NHK Welfare show and Fuji TV 1 day tournament
Moti Dichne
The NHK welfare show was held yesterday at the Kokugikan. Much singing.
The "Fun Singing Competition" corner featured participation from Yamashina Oyakata (ex-Toyohibiki), Komusubi Wakamotoharu, and Maegashira Hakunofuji, Atamifuji, and Hiradoumi. Singers Kawanaka Miyuki, Mizumori Kaori, STU48, Umetani Kokoro, and Arai Maju showed off their beautiful voices in duets and solos, captivating the 4,327 spectators in attendance. The songs sung by the stablemasters and wrestlers were as follows:
[Duet]:
◆ Koisuru Fortune Cookie = *Atamifuji & STU48
◆ Tenshou no Uta (Song of Pointillism) (feat. Inoue Sonoko) = Hiradoumii & Arai Maju
◆ Moshikashite Part 2 = Hakunofuji & Umetani Kokoro
◆ Laughing and Falling = Wakamotoharu & Mizumori Kaori
◆ Nikansou =Yamashina Oyakata & Kawanaka Miyuki
*At the beginning, Atamifuji sang "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie", standing in the center, sandwiched between STU48 members. During the performance, he also perfectly demonstrated the choreography he had learned. The audience was thrilled by his synchronized dancing with the other members.
[Solo] :
◆Banzai ~I'm glad I like you~ (Ulfuls) = Atamifuji
◆Kita Sakaba (Hosokawa Takashi) = Hakunofuji*
◆Wine Red Heart (Anzenchitai) = Hiradoumi
◆Electronic Chrysanthemum (Kariyushi 58) = Wakamotoharu
◆Detour (Kotokaze) = Yamashina Oyakata
*Hakunofuji passionately sang Takashi Hosokawa's "Kita Sakaba" . Regarding the reason for his song selection, Hakunofuji said, "I've had a connection with Takashi Hosokawa for the past three years, and he's been very kind to me. Last year, when I performed, I sang a song by Ikuzo Yoshi, and he said, 'Why not my song?' So I'm going to sing this one." The fans laughed a lot.
The one-day Fuji TV tournament was held today. Shounannoumi won the Juryo contest after a three-way same-heya playoff. He beat Koutokuzan in the first round, then Kotoeihou in the second, then Kyokukaiyuu in the third. He won the three-way Takadagawa beya playoffs by beating Kagayaki (oshidashi) and Hakuyouzan (yorikiri). Prize? 500,000 yen. "I really didn't want to lose this (playoffs).. I'm happy to be able to make my Oyakata happy. I will seriously attempt to yusho next basho and rise up in the ranks," he said. He loses to both of them in keiko a lot, it is said.