New Juryo Teraswa, Ichinojou news

[Moti Dichne]

Ichinojou has been granted Japanese citizenship.

New Juryo promotee Terasawa has changed his shikona to Asanowaka. Asanowaka on his new shikona, taken after coach Wakamatsu Oyakata who was Asanowaka when we were younger- Terasawa was injury-prone, ex-Asanowaka never missed a day in his 80 basho career. "He was famous for going all out and was never injured, so I decided to assume that shikona. I feel very happy, and I feel I shall gambarize from here on," he said. He was injured in 2018 and dropped off the banzuke entirely. "I was  in a bad place mentally and physically and couldn't even think about doing sumo. But with a little help from my Oyakata and other rikishi, I made it back. I just want to get a kachikoshi without getting injured.," he summed.