Former Yokozuna Champion Takanohana After Retirement
This caught my eye as I was looking through Yahoo Japan today.
'Takanohana III' was a Yokozuna Champion who weighed in at 160kgs during his competing peak years. Today he is down to 90kgs, his hair is cut short and well, he looks real weird. He obviously had the barrel chest that developed to sustain the mass, but now that the mass is gone, it sort of sticks out funny. Here, he returns to the training room to coach his youngsters for the first time in about a year. It's a weird sight.
Anyway, thought I'd share it with you.
Takanohana and his older brother Former Yokozuna Champion 'Wakanohana II' pretty much defined the Sumo scene of the 1990s. In their retirement they have fallen out and now that their father has passed away their bickering has gone public. It's quite sad because once they were the most celebrated men in the sport. Sort of like Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras of sumo if they brothers.
- Art Neuro
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