Ex-Hakuhou talks to Ex-Asashouryuu on YouTube
Moti Dichne
Yokozuna Hakuhou updated his YouTube channel on the 1st, releasing a video of a conversation with fellow former Yokozuna Asashouryuu, Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj.The two legends, who competed fiercely against each other during their active careers and combined a total of 70 yushos (Hakuhou 45, Asashouryuu 25), had a conversation. When asked about his most memorable match against Asashouryuu, Hakuhou recalled, "My first kinboshi. It was in the November 2004 tournament. I was able to get a kinboshi in our second match." Asashouryuu then remembered, "Oh yeah, there was one time when I gave him an extra shove (dame-oshi)!" referring to a match in the summer 2008 tournament, to which Hakuhou responded with a wry smile, "You're going there..." In that basho, they faced each other in the final match of the last day, with Asashouryuu defeating Hakuhou with a hikiotoshi, but Asashouryuu pressed added an additional push to Hakuhou, who already had both hands on the ground. Hakuhou pushed Asashouryuu back with his right shoulder, and the two glared at each other on the dohyo. Asashouryuu revealed, "That wasn't on purpose. It wasn't on purpose, so I was shocked when he added a move that looked like it was on purpose. The reason why it was so unpleasant is because there was some messy stuff going on in the past. It's a trivial matter, but something like that happened. It sounds strange to say that I was in the wrong as a Yokozuna, but..." Hakuhou replied with a laugh, "In the end, I was the bad guy." On social media and in the comments section, there were many reactions, with comments such as, "It's amazing that he's having a normal conversation with Asashouryuu," and "I never thought I'd see the day when we'd see the two of them talking with smiles on their faces."
The talk, In Japanese with English subtitles too, though very small letters: