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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 11h

Good way to look at it. I ate it. 🤗

sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 20h

The friend who gave me the cracked in half WTK cookie loved my analogy and he decided to give me an intact cookie, Shōdai. Now I’m afraid to bite into our former ōzeki lest I jinx his recent turnaround. So hard to be me. 🤗

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 1d

Should’ve known this pic was coming. 🤗

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 1d

Scenes from London.
“Put them in different groups from their heya” they said. “It will keep them from forming cliques” they said. 🤗

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 1d

If we hear Hoss can’t compete in the London tournament we’ll no why.

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 2d

Sumo in London is gearing up.

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 4d

(Non sumo post. I promise never more than one a month)
Two young girls sitting near me in a restaurant killing time before dancing in a festival (which my kinda trained eye tells me is an Awa Odori festival). One is snoozing one is on her phone. I love this adopted country of mine. I’m staying. 🤗

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 5d

An acquaintance of mine got a few rikishi cookies from a friend and gave the Wakatakakage one to me because he knew I liked sumo. However the cookie looked like this by the time it got to me. Thinking on this last basho - couldn’t help but see some symbolism.. He’ll bounce back though I’m sure.

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 7d

Yes it’s Kage and Kiri. Kage was easier to make out in these pics from behind I agree.

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 7d

Had never seen this before.

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 7d

Are we really all standing up here dressed like this? It is a dream? 🤗

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 7d

At the 100 year event these two men performed a ceremony called Kami (gods) Sumo to ward off evil spirits. Having their topknots made up in this style - a tradition from the Edo period. Can you make both men? 🤗

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 8d

The 100th year of the JSA commemorative event happened.

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 9d

Well you can tell her you were right this time. I’ve seen him in person in the venue. Was even more striking.

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 11d

Civilian Takakeishō. I like it. The haircut makes him look less thin. It suits him.

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 11d

Takakeishō’s transformation into a 13 year old boy is almost complete.

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 11d

Takakeishō’s danpatsu (top knot cutting) ceremony. Notice former Ōnoshō is more emotionally than TKS. 😊

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 14d

For what it’s worth the Kiri in his kabu Kiriyama is the character 桐 which means pawlonia wood, while Kirishima’s kiri is 霧, which means mist.

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 14d

You might have meant お疲れ様でした maybe? I kind of like what you wrote though: “You were the moon.”
Kind of works with that round face of his. I like it. 🤗

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 14d

Takarafuji - Treasure of Fuji - now 38 years old, is retiring. He would have dropped to makushita next basho. He’ll stay in the JSA and take the elder name/kabu of Kiriyama. news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/974...

大相撲　元関脇宝富士ら１６力士の引退を発表【一覧】１６歳、１７歳の若手も（デイリースポーツ） - Yahoo!ニュース

日本相撲協会は１日、元関脇宝富士（伊勢ケ浜）ら１６力士の引退を発表した。宝富士の年寄・桐山襲名も承認された。　３８歳の宝富士は２００９年に初土俵。１７年９月場所では新関脇に昇進した。０９年初場

news.yahoo.co.jp

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 15d

Bsky algorithms continue to think I look at lots of images of large half naked men. Well I do but..

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 16d

You got my brain cells going - ah right - they had that big face off on the last day in 2021 or so, Terunofuji was still an ōzeki and though Hak took the yūshō they still made Teru a Yokozuna and then Hak retired the next basho.

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 16d

I knew it was Sh.. something. Heh.

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 16d

And from this day forth shall be his name.

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 16d

This man, name eludes.. was full on this basho. High hopes. (knocks on wood three times).

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