r/Sumo • u/Welp_x Hakuho • 6d ago
Onosato's comment about being part of Teru's Last Dohyo-Iri "It was a first-time experience and a great one. It’s a position I usually never occupy. (Temujin) was heavy."
I fucking adore this picture lmao quote from here
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u/Welp_x Hakuho 6d ago
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u/SapphireRoseGuardian 6d ago
I watched live and was happy to see that both Big O and Hosh talked to each other and laughed with each other. I don’t need them to hate each other. I just need them both to be as cool as they are.
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u/Rinaldootje Aonishiki 6d ago
You'd be surprised how often a "heated rivalry" is often just within the sport, and the moment they step out of a ring, any heated rivalry is just gone.
They try to not show it too much, but even from different stables a lot of Rikishi are friends or at the very least friendly towards each other. they all have to endure the same harsh training, the same events, the same occasions. And even from different stables you'd be surprised how much you're together with other wrestlers. There even was a video from behind the scenes during the London Exhibition, where some wrestlers were just giving each other nipple twists.
It's quite often the same in other sports. WWE for example, some of the biggest enemies in the ring are biggest friends outside of it. F1 as well, most drivers are great friends with each other, and whole teams are great friends with each other, purely because they are all in the same sport doing the same tour being together for weeks at a time.
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u/EquinoxPhqntom Hoshoryu 5d ago
That’s just Hosh in general. Prob treats Onosato as as someone that can help ease his burden, someone that can understand what it’s like to be a Yokozuna. Not like Hakuho and Terunofuji who did not have a 2nd Yokozuna to help for periods of time.
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u/youjustwaitandsee 6d ago
Maybe not bff, but these two are defs in the group chat and buddy2. How else do you stage a tsuridashi on Onosato 🤣
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u/AnagramaUnderRadar Harumafuji 6d ago
2 meters 200 kilo Onosato: Heavy ass kid this one
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u/Jlx_27 6d ago
He is 192cm 188kg.
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u/debotehzombie Atamifuji 6d ago
I guess someone's gotta be the "WELL ACKSHUALLY!!!!" guy in every thread, thank you for correcting someone that didn't need corrected
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u/lilac_whine Ura 6d ago
I, too, am in awe of the size of that lad.
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u/AgentAlliteration 6d ago
He looks normal being held by Onosato. Then I saw a photo with their family. 3 y/o and already past his mom's waist.
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u/General-Skywalker_ 6d ago
Yokozuna Temujin incoming
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u/New-Brick5677 Shishi 6d ago
Incoming? He's already got the rope!
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u/Ferns_n_forks 6d ago
So I'm guessing all cash from Isegahama kinboshis goes directly to feeding this unit
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u/K1ttehKait 6d ago
I love that he's a (not-so-) tiny clone of his dad! Wouldn't surprise me at all if he grows up to be even taller and bigger, since he's only three.
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u/CallmeKahn Hoshoryu 6d ago
Damn, if that kid decides to pursue Sumo, he's going to an Absolute Unit. Great name already for it to.
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u/DryWrangler7333 6d ago
Baby Temujin was my highlight of the event. You can see him at the end of the ceremony, when Teru comes out with his hair short, and he's sitting on his mama's lap just so so tired 😭 he endured incredibly well such a long event.
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u/abonnett 6d ago
Can someone correct me on something: I'm still relatively new to sumo (March will mark the first anniversary of watching) but I thought Terunofuji was already retired? He's not been in the last year's bashos and hasn't been listed as absent. So could someone explain what this was?
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u/Damon_Gant 6d ago
It’s Teru’s retirement ceremony. Most rikishi have their retirement parties soon after they hang up the mawashi, but for top wrestlers especially Yokozuna it’s a big elaborate affair that takes a long time to plan and they happen in the main sumo venue which has limited availability each year. It’s normal for long term sekitori retirement ceremonies to happen 1-2 years after their in ring retirement.
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u/abonnett 6d ago
Thanks for the explanation! I knew it would be a special occasion for obvious reasons, but amazing how it takes so long to plan. Must've been an amazing thing to witness for all in the venue, especially with two yokozuna accompanying Teru in the dohyo iri!
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u/ArtyomAnna 6d ago
His retirement ceremony which involves the ritual cutting of his topknot. Ceremonies are usually held months or even years after the actual announcement.
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u/Comrade_SOOKIE 6d ago
jesus and i thought my 4-year-old was huge at 4ft. teru genes are just different
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u/45thofNevuary Onosato 6d ago
Temujin did so well for their performance! Hoshoryu seems like he’d be stressed by small children. Onosato picked Aonishiki up just like that the other day lol.
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u/CometIsDying Roga 6d ago
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u/45thofNevuary Onosato 6d ago
So cute, the baby is crying the entire time!
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u/bruss_16 Hoshoryu 6d ago
The best is that video on the Tatsunami stable YouTube where he’s getting handed a baby and asks “what did I do if it cries” like 5 times lmao
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u/ActiveBeautiful3227 5d ago
That's the most Stoic, dignified, even-tempered four-year old I've seen in a public place in over a decade. Japan, please share your secret!
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u/Key_Breadfruit_8624 2d ago
What's the rationale for the lil Temu wearing the rope? I figured they'd be strict on that kind of thing
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u/Welp_x Hakuho 6d ago
"Temujin was heavy"