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5/31/2025, 1:05:41 AM
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202505300001545.html
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202505300002092.html
Nikkan has put out a couple articles reiterating that Hakuhou intends to retire. Most oyakata/kouenkai sources interviewed say he is firm in his resolve to retire, one says that he was told "I've given up on giving up" by Hakuhou as recently as Day 14 of Natsu.
The sources disagree on how long he's felt this way, but it seems to primarily relate to the one-year mark of the dissolution of Miyaginobeya. That was the limit of his patience. One claims that Hakuhou explained his intentions as "even if I got it back tomorrow, I would be starting from nothing".
This time, they're saying his papers were turned in on the 30th, not the 26th or 29th. Nikkan interviewed at least one riji who thought that one year has been enough, but another said "there's no time limit on this". Newest article closes by saying they (Nikkan) want answers from Hakkaku and the rest of the top brass.
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202505300002092.html
Nikkan has put out a couple articles reiterating that Hakuhou intends to retire. Most oyakata/kouenkai sources interviewed say he is firm in his resolve to retire, one says that he was told "I've given up on giving up" by Hakuhou as recently as Day 14 of Natsu.
The sources disagree on how long he's felt this way, but it seems to primarily relate to the one-year mark of the dissolution of Miyaginobeya. That was the limit of his patience. One claims that Hakuhou explained his intentions as "even if I got it back tomorrow, I would be starting from nothing".
This time, they're saying his papers were turned in on the 30th, not the 26th or 29th. Nikkan interviewed at least one riji who thought that one year has been enough, but another said "there's no time limit on this". Newest article closes by saying they (Nikkan) want answers from Hakkaku and the rest of the top brass.
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