Houshouryuu

[Moti Dichne]

Mongolian Houshouryuu faced heyamates Akua and Meisei for 30 bouts today. "I'm going about it feeling exactly as I should. My body is moving well , I am properly hitting, - in all, I feel good!" he announced. He is stressed out due to the fact that his uncle (ex-Asashouryuu) has announced his intention of coming to watch the sumo in Kyushu. He has never been seen in live action by his stern uncle. "I want to show him good stuff. I want to do sumo worthy of his praise. I want to concentrate 100% !!" he said. He went kyujo last basho because of tonsillitis. "The kyujo caused  me to lose some of my stamina. My lower body was weak. I lost a lot of the bouts at the tachiai," he added. He is now training with the intent of strengthening his lower body in order to add more speed to his tachiai. He gets inside a rubber tube and pulls while doing suriashi. This basho, a new Mongolian recruit who came with him on the plane to Japan will be joining sumo at Makushita tsukedashi 15 - Naruto beya's Oushouma (Delgerbayar). "At first, we used to wrestle together. I then switched to the sumo club, but he did that later, in college. I'm glad my friend is joining sumo. He is starting high in the ranks as the top college graduate and I think that's great. I think he'll be climbing up the ranks and I am looking forward to facing him!" he enthused.