Akinomaki 40,098 Posted July 26, 2023 (edited) Onosato and Takahashi oooo with Nishonoseki-oyakata at the heya sponsor's place o oo oo o vid Asakoryu with Takasago-oyakata oo oo oo o after the win over Onosato on day 11 o Tenshoho with Miyagino-oyakata o o o o vid Edited July 26, 2023 by Akinomaki 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katooshu 3,182 Posted July 26, 2023 (edited) Onosato and Takahashi have been training partners and classmates since they were kids. Nice to see them become sekitori together - and congrats to Kise on his first two shin-juryo! g\ Edited July 26, 2023 by Katooshu 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RabidJohn 1,725 Posted July 27, 2023 (edited) I've been meaning to ask for a while, but what's with the universal buzzcuts? Is it mandatory for Japanese schoolboys, or only certain schools, or just a high-school/college sumo thing? Edited July 27, 2023 by RabidJohn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dingo 1,212 Posted July 27, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, RabidJohn said: I've been meaning to ask for a while, but what's with the universal buzzcuts? Is it mandatory for Japanese schoolboys, or only certain schools, or just a high-school/college sumo thing? I'm not pretending to have deep insight to Japanese schools, but as far as I know it's not mandatory. I think in Japan the athletic types often go for buzzcuts -- easy to maintain and so on. Also dare I say, but it's an easy choice for the less fashionable kids. Japanese male haircuts can get quite elaborate so those who don't have much interest in that have an easy choice. Edited July 27, 2023 by dingo 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katooshu 3,182 Posted July 27, 2023 In some clubs it's used as a team building exercise - they take turns shaving each other's heads. In fact, there was an episode of a TV show which followed the club shown above and they did just that before a tournament. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,098 Posted July 28, 2023 Some more pics - of the Nishonoseki duo oo oo o oo o and Mukainakano/Tenshoho o his mother with a photo from middle school o 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites