New Ozeki Oonosato trains

[Moti Dichne]

 Ozeki Oonosato was injected  with the "soul of a Yokozuna." He has begun full training for his debut as an Ozeki in Kyushu and had twelve bouts - 9 wins and 3 losses against Juryo rikishi the likes of Shirokuma (seems to be over his injury?) after which he was "treated" to some love by his Oyakata, ex-Yokozuna Kisenosato, who still has it in him it seems, for seven full minutes.  By the time the Oyakata was done with him, he was rolling in the ring covered in sand totally exhausted. He is now aiming for a higher rank and is preparing for that. He felt his Oyakata's passion firsthand. It's rare for an Ozeki to be on the receiving end of some tough love. but as he made his Makuuchi debut in the summer tournament last year and it is only his 10th Makuuchi tournament, the Oyakata took it upon himself to dish out some tough training, personally showing his skills and teaching Oonosato the power of a Yokozuna with a "special lesson" lasting about 7 minutes. "I'm grateful that my Oyakata let me borrow his chest as it helped me get my body back in shape. There's only a limited amount of time left (until the first day). I want to start getting myself in shape for the tournament today." On the 17th, Oonosato withdrew from the autumn jungyo due to ill health caused by an "adenovirus infection," and is well aware of his lack of training. "It's been a while since I last did sumo," said Oonosato.. Starting next week, he will take part in the Nishonoseki Ichimon rengo keiko, with the intention of making up for the time lost so far. "I don't want to show bad form.  There are areas where I'm lacking in training, so I hope I can find  good things to work on," he said optimistically.