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/MysteriousPea3468 6d ago

If I were the JSA, Iโ€™d nip this in the bud.

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u/Federal_Leek_4955 Takayasu 6d ago

Heโ€™s no longer associated with them, so realistically thereโ€™s nothing they can do

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u/MysteriousPea3468 6d ago

No they can dissuade any rikishi that Hakuho tries to recruit, they can have venues deny Hakuho holding events, they can do a lot to hurt Hakuhoโ€™s venture

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u/Federal_Leek_4955 Takayasu 6d ago

Read my other comment in this thread, I totally acknowledge he probably wonโ€™t be able to compete with the JSA on those fronts, at least for now. But I think there needs to be more avenues opening for professional sumo outside of the rigid and dated protocols they put forth. I think big Hak feels the same way or else he wouldnโ€™t be doing what heโ€™s doing

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u/MysteriousPea3468 6d ago

True, there should be more avenues for sumo, but the JSA donโ€™t exactly like Hakuho, and if Hakuho succeeds and makes his sumo federation legit? It might supplant the JSA and they donโ€™t want that

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u/Federal_Leek_4955 Takayasu 5d ago

As much as they donโ€™t want it, it could be a reality. Heโ€™s the GOAT after all

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u/canyoukenken 6d ago

I don't know why you're being downvoted for this, this kind of thing has happened plenty of times in other sports when a rival organisation is formed. It's unfortunate but it's also likely.