Hakuouhou

[Moti Dichne]

Yesterday,  Isegahama beya held an open training session at its heya in Sumida Ward, Tokyo. East Maegashira 2 Hakuouhou resumed training ahead of the Aki basho). At the new training grounds, he fought a total of 10 bouts against Makuuchi Atamifuji. After the jungyo he limited the number of training bouts, but commented, "I don't think my movements were too bad. I wasn't able to train that hard during the jungyo, so I'll gradually work on it starting today." Last tournament, he finished with an 8-7 kachikoshi, including his first kinboshi, and will enter Aki at his highest career rank of M2E. "I've always set my goal to be promoted to Sanyaku by the end of the year, and I've been getting closer little by little, and finally I'm at a rank where I can see Sanyaku. I think that if I can continue to use the aggressive sumo I've been practicing in training, I'll see results. I want to give it my all," expressing his desire to become a Sanyaku rikishi by the end of the year.