Akinomaki 40,494 Posted December 9, 2023 (edited) A few rikishi standard tasks for year end/start: first of all mochi-pounding and telling the kanji that represents the year, later the goal for next year Kotonowaka for this year picked 進 shin, susumu - proceed (to a higher rank), as in shoushin 昇進, promotion: he made it to sanyaku, komusubi for Hatsu, sekiwake for Aki and laid the foundation for the jump to ozeki o Chiyoarashi (graduate 1998) on the 8th with his little kohai at the Takayanagi kindergarten in Kisarazu, Chiba - Chiyonokatsu was with him o o Edited January 4, 2024 by Akinomaki 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunbaiHolder 29 Posted December 10, 2023 Go Kotonowaka! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,494 Posted December 11, 2023 Nishonoseki-beya yesterday did fan and sponsor service in Anjo, Aichi, the location of their Nagoya lodgings, provided by heya (main) sponsor AI komuten Mochi-tsuki taikai - mochi-pounding convention at the AI park Aichi, one Nishonoseki address https://nishonosekibeya.com/introduction/#heya with chanko served to the locals o and photo shoot opportunities o 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,494 Posted December 24, 2023 (edited) Atamifuji picked the first kanji of Atami: netsu 熱 heat as the kanji to represent his year: a heated, intense year it was for him: 2 times runner-up, with a newcomer award in the end (likely he'll get the official Chuspo one as well) http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2023/12/24/kiji/20231224s00005000450000c.html o Hakuoho for this year picked Taiho's favorite 忍 nin, endurance - he really had to endure a lot: a rising star at the start of the year, injury, surgery and tomorrow the drop back to close where he started after so far 2 kyujo at the other task: mochi pounding at the heya, with the white(haku)Ho AKA Miyagino o mochi pounding elsewhere Nishiiwa-beya rikishi at the Asakusa fire station, close to the heya o at Tatsunami-beya vid Edited December 24, 2023 by Akinomaki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,494 Posted January 4, 2024 (edited) Another task continuing into the new year is the hope for that new year - I only post those who show it in writing End of the year Nishikigi named return to sanyaku and Oshoumi established as sekitori o o Today the Nishonoseki duo were asked to show their "coloured paper" / shikishi 色紙, which is what the cardboard for this purpose is called: for Onosato "Higher up", for Shirokuma makuuchi o o o More mochi pounding Isegahama-beya - Satonofuji at the hammer (emoji error) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSmEUk5Q82g Oitekaze-beya as usual at the Yasuragi-en care home in Asahi, Chiba - Tobizaru at the hammer - he was already there in 2015 as Iwasaki yasuragien.or.jp/2015/12/29/hello-world-2/ and received a kesho mawashi from there yasuragien.or.jp/2017/07/08/やすらぎ園にて翔猿関の化粧回し贈呈式を行いま/ o On 09/07/2017 at 12:10, Akinomaki said: Tobizaru got a new kesho mawashi - and a monkey - from the Yasuragi-en (garden of serenity) care center for the elderly in Asahi-city, Chiba, as one of 5 rikishi of Oitekaze-beya that have close relations with the facility http://www.yasuragien.or.jp/news/ The design is a duck - the 5 rikishi love to eat that at the local top-restaurant(s) when they come to the center - carrying bananas (not negi - kamonegi ) - the favorite monkey food. http://www.chibanippo.co.jp/news/local/421594 more pics of the event for Tobizaru: http://www.yasuragien.or.jp/news/906/ restarted last year https://yasuragien.or.jp/2022/12/30/やすらぎ園もちつき大会開催！-4/ Edited January 4, 2024 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,494 Posted January 8, 2024 More goals for this year, at Coming of Age Day Hakuoho at 20 would have been a new adult under the old terms (now Japan has gone down to 18) - going through with it やりきる : first of all next basho, he definitely wants to enter o o o Ichiyamamoto at 30: Health first o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
