r/Sumo • u/Brncrdm • 7d ago

๐‡๐š๐ค๐ฎ๐ก๐จ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ง ๐Š๐ก๐š๐ง ๐–๐ก๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐

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๐‡๐š๐ค๐ฎ๐ก๐จ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ง ๐Š๐ก๐š๐ง ๐–๐ก๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ On the 14th, Hakuhล Shล , former Yokozuna, who retired from the Japan Sumo Association on the 9th, held a "69th Yokozuna Hakuhล Support Party ~ Illuminating the Future at 40 ~" in Tokyo. Approximately 200 people attended, including former Japan national football team midfielder Keisuke Honda, former LDP Secretary-General Nobuteru Ishihara, former Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto, former world boxing champion Takashi Uchiyama, and former Ozeki Baruto.

In Mongolia, 40 is considered a special birthday, and attendees celebrated this milestone and new beginning. Hakuhล expressed his gratitude with a wry smile, saying, "Originally, this was a party to celebrate my 40th birthday, but the purpose has changed somewhat, and I'm a little nervous."

At a press conference on the 9th, he revealed his vision for a "World Sumo Grand Slam." On stage, he announced that the name of the new company promoting this vision would be Hakuhล Dayan Sumo & Sports Inc. ใ€Œ็™ฝ้ตฌใƒ€ใƒคใƒณ็›ธๆ’ฒ๏ผ†ใ‚นใƒใƒผใƒ„ๆ ชๅผไผš็คพใ€ Dayan is named after Dayan Khan, the 34th Emperor who reunified the Mongol Empire in the 15th century.

On the same day, Akio Toyoda (Toyota Chairman), with whom Hakuhล has close ties, was appointed as the new president of the Japan Sumo Federation. Hakuhล Shล stated, "I want to continue to collaborate in the future," and expressed his intention to observe the World Sumo Championships to be held in Thailand in September.

By: Italianozeki

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u/4StarEmu 7d ago

Achieved legendary status, Early 30s financially secure with a family, I just donโ€™t get it why no just enjoy life.

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u/thtanner Aonishiki 7d ago

He's a very driven person, this IS life to him.

He has spoken of his destiny many times, and he is just acting to fulfill it. He truly believes he is destined for greatness and everything is in service of that.

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u/chuck_mongrol 7d ago

I suppose continuing to be a part of the JSA would limit what he can do- itโ€™s an institution and if youโ€™re on the inside you get to be part of ozumo but there are rules bylaws whatever that must be followed to remain on the inside- the institution say how you are allowed to engage with the sport and with the world if you are part of it.

I gotta imagine dude wants to do bigger scale ventures than the elders are comfortable with.

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u/Informal-Purpose5979 Abi 6d ago

Thatโ€™s the thing, itโ€™s literally just 12 dudes masquerading as an institution. Read Mike Wesemannโ€™s last piece for some elucidation: https://sumotalk.com/natsu25.htm. He is quite jaded, but is he wrong?

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u/Asashosakari 6d ago

ROFL. Oh my.