I became a sekitori on the third basho of my career! Still, it’s fair to say I haven’t met expectations as I should have. I’ve earned kinboshi – all of them during the same tournament, which saw an ozeki being promoted to yokozuna right after.
My first stint in san’yaku lasted just one basho, with a 6-9 record. My second spell, however, was way longer.
I share an unusual record with former sekitori Kotonishiki.
I’m born in Nagano-ken on December the 25th. I’m…
Without looking anything up, Mitakeumi?
I was thinking “Not meeting expectations – long san-yaku stint – Nagano? Got to be Mitakeumi”.
I did go and verify, though.
Not a lot of recent Yokozuna promotions, so that timing was helpful too.
So was it a tiny bit harder this time? I thought it was not even worth checking, for you guys.
Yes, had to think about this one for a moment 🤔
I got it on my first guess, as the clues were strong ones. I had forgotten he started his career at MS10.