[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Funny Kirishima story from today

[Jeff A]

Moti

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Jeffrey Anderson
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The saddest are these:
It might have been.
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From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Subject: [Sumo news] - Funny Kirishima story from today
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


Sekiwake Kirishima overcame a mishap and beat Ounokatsu to keep his one
loss status. kept his one loss. After the bout he revealed, "Today, my
tsukebito forgot my mawashi and I was in a hurry. I was worried." The kesho
mawashi that he had been wearing for the Makuuchi dohyo-iri until Day 7 was
returned to his heya the night before. He was supposed to wear a different
kesho mawashi from today, but due to a mistake, it was not in the dressing
room. The Makuuchi ring-entering ceremony is at 3:40 pm, but he noticed the
absence around 3:20 pm. Fukunosato, the wakaimonogashira
<https://sumowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Wakaimonogashira>  of Otowayama
stable, called the heya and had it delivered quickly. Fortunately, the IG
Arena is a 10-minute drive from Otowayama beya. At the IG Arena's entrance
for personnel, his tsukebito Hakuryuu received the kesho-mawashi and dashed
down the corridor making haste, crossing the tatami room in the western
dressing room. While waiting, Kirishima temporarily put on the kesho-
mawashi belonging to Juryo Daiseizan from the same Tokitsukaze ichimon and
prepared himself. There was also an idea to use the kesho-mawashi of the
Kyokai , which is worn by the rikishi who performs the yumitorishiki.
Kirishima took off Daiseizan's kesho-mawashi and quickly changed into his
own which had arrived in the meantime. He made it in time for the dohyo-iri
with one minute to spare. Yuuki, the sewanin
<https://sumowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Sewanin> of Otowayama beya, said,
"Those were a miraculous 15 minutes," looking relieved.
.
 The cause of the mistake is unclear. New recruit Nishimura, who borrowed
Kirishima's mawashi for the new recruits ceremony today had left it in the
dressing room instead of taking it home? Or should his tsukebito have
brought a new kesho mawashi from the heya? His tsukebito, Kouseiryuu, who
was waiting for him at the IG Arena, said, "We're going to have a meeting
when I get back to the heya..." Kirishima revealed that he was also pressed
for time on the dohyo during his bout, saying, "Time flew by.. I thought
there would be one more salt-throwing round. Oh, I found it was a bit
unsettling." Although he was constantly pressed for time today, the fact
that he won was a relief.

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