Incidents

[Moti Dichne]

 There was an incident today where a rikishi overslept and was unable to make it to his match, resulting in a fusenpai. Tanji (19 = Arashio),  Makushita 24W , was unable to make it to his bout, resulting in his opponent Chiyotora getting a  freebie.. As a notice of absence had not been submitted, the wakaimonogashira searched the east and west dressing rooms. This blunder occurred while his Oyakata Arashio, was commentating on the makushita division on NHK.　　　◇　　　 He was confused and did not understand what had happened. Just before the match, when Tanji did not appear in the hanamichi  the wakaimonogashira called out in the east and west dressing rooms, "Is Tanji from Arashio beya here?" Nobody responded, so a yobidashi hurriedly brought out the kyujo banner. At that time, Tanji was at his heya, about a seven-minute drive from the Kokugikan. After his morning keiko, he had eaten chanko and taken a nap. Another rikishi, noticing something was wrong, woke him up, and he hurriedly took a taxi to the Kokugikan. "I'm late," he said with a sigh, and went to apologize to the shinpan. While there have been cases of fusen for being late in the past, this was a rare fusen in Makushita , where bouts are held in the afternoon. Tanji's record now is 1 win and 2 losses. Afterward, he did his job as Wakatakakage's tsukebito  before heading home.

 Tanji was a promising wrestler who had been promoted to  Makushita at the age of 17. Takadagawa, the head of the judging department (former sekiwake Akinoshima, known for being very strict..), received the report and harshly rebuked him, saying, "This is no time to sleep," but added, "He must be frustrated and regretful. He will be a successful wrestler who will rise to the rank of sekitori in the future. He will be aware of his fate and will never do it again."  

Hananoumi (22, Nishonoseki), who was scheduled to compete next, was the first to notice Tanji's absence inside the Ryogoku Kokugikan. Hananoumi noticed that Tanji, who usually performs his meticulous warm-up exercises, was absent from the corridor leading to the west hanamichi. He asked Torafusayama, the wakaimonogashira n charge of proceedings, "Tanji's not here. Is he taking a break?" This was when he discovered something was wrong. The wakaimonogashira split up and searched the east and west dressing rooms, where they discovered that Tanji was absent. Unfazed by the chaos, Hananoumi pushed out Wakamiyabi (22, the funny guy from the Futagoyama videos), ranked Makushita 23E, to improve to 2-1. "Thanks to that, I was able to calm down. It eased my tension. I'm glad I won," he said