[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - News

[Jeffrey Anderson]

Moti

Gaijingai sipping a Blue Moon in Atlanta  between flights.

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From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 7:59 AM
Subject: [Sumo news] - News
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


The special entry rank for college rikishi who made it to the top 8 in
nationwide tournaments which was Sandanme 100 tsukedashi, will now be
Sandanme 90, it was announced today. This will be implemented this coming
basho. The first one to be ranked there will be Nishonoseki (ex-
Kisenosato) beya's new recruit Kayou.

The jungyos  (regional exhibition tournaments) are returning. A jungyo will
be held after Nagoya basho, it was announced today. It will be the first
jungyo since November 2019. No dates or venues announced yet.

For the first time since the Corona outbreak, a full house of spectators
will be allowed. This will happen in Nagoya 2022, it was announced today.
There was a limit of 75% this last basho.

Two new female members have joined the YDC (Yokozuna Deliberation Council)
today. They are the first women since Ms. Uchidate
<https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Uchidate_Makiko>. Yasuko Ikenobo
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuko_Ikenob%C5%8D>, ex-politician and
Kyokai hyogiin (trustee, head of the Kyokai's board of councilors) since
2014, and actress Misako Konno <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misako_Konno>,
member of the Kyokai's "inheritance development advisory committee".

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It might have been.
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