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etto_neh wrote:Is it true that, by assoc. laws, that only one FG per sumo house(?) is allowed?
etto_neh wrote:according to the wife, kids at most schools aren't allowed to have chapatsu.
Try News on Japan:etto_neh wrote:Thanks Mulboyne!
I wish there were a brain-dead way, like google news, that covered the English news sites about .jp. Weeks after the fact it's hard to remember where some tidbit of information came from.. like Mainichi, wife, drunken bar room conversations, etc.
Taro Toporific wrote:ALIEN INVASION!
...the number of foreign-born sumo wrestlers in the top flight to 16, the most in sumo history. (Kyodo, April 25, 2008 )
kamome wrote:This is pretty cool news. It seems that all or nearly all of the new foreign rikishi hail from the former Soviet republics or from Mongolia (of course, Hawaiians have participated in years past, too). Anyone know offhand why there is a pipeline of Rikishi from those regions and not others?
Charles wrote:A guess: some people will do anything to get out of Mongolia.
kamome wrote:You forgot the former Soviet republics.
Greji wrote:The US. The half black wrestler who's still in the lower divisions yet, is the son of Inter-FM's announcer Marvin.
Mulboyne wrote:Who the hell came up with Gagamaru as a name?
kamome wrote:Anyone know offhand why there is a pipeline of Rikishi from those regions and not others?
Mulboyne wrote:Baruto has been promoted to ozeki. Here he is with his wife Elena.
Mulboyne wrote:Baruto has been promoted to ozeki. Here he is with his wife Elena.
Yokohammer wrote:Good on 'im! He deserves it.
I was a little surprised to see that he has an Estonian (?) wife. I thought it was de-rigueur for foreign sumo wrestlers to marry the tiniest Japanese women they could find.
Yokohammer wrote:Good on 'im! He deserves it.
I was a little surprised to see that he has an Estonian (?) wife. I thought it was de-rigueur for foreign sumo wrestlers to marry the tiniest Japanese women they could find.
sublight wrote:I believe he was married before he came to Japan.
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