Kirk here. Any sumo fans out there? If you’ve been following news about the current tournament you may have noticed a name that has a familiar ring: Kinbouzan. Yesterday, I heard that Kinbouzan had lost to Yokozuna Terunofuji and thought “Could that be the Kinbouzan (Kinbozan, sometimes rendered “Kinpozan”) near Kumamoto City?” Turns out that, yup, that’s the reference. It seems that Kinbouzan’s shishou (teacher) is Kimura Seihei who is from Kumamoto and used to wrestle as Higonoumi (“Sea of Kumamoto [Higo]”). The wrestler, however, is from Kazakhstan. Here’s wishing Kinbouzan continued success in the world of sumo wrestling!
Wikipedia page: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E5%B3%B0%E5%B1%B1%E6%99%B4%E6%A8%B9
How Kinbozan became Kazakhstan’s first sumo sekitori: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW7QsR6Vd6A
Page from which image was taken: https://www.sumo.or.jp/ResultRikishiData/profile/4112/