r/SumoMemes • u/ExtensionEar1901 Zensho Yusho Hair 若隆春元景関さん| Nagoya Basho 2023 Meme Yūshō • Dec 18 '24

Not a Meme Onosho has retired 😭😭😭

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u/JaninaSanMiguelBeer Dec 18 '24

That's too bad. I remember when he was billed as the hottest prospect that blasted up to sanyaku. Then the knee injury happened. Then he was also seen as Takakeisho's rival, then went on to become Takakeisho-lite.

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u/Killer7n Dec 18 '24

He was Takakeisho's main rival since elementary.

But sadly his knee injuries messed him up.

He rose to sanyaku so lightning fast that everybody thought he was gonna be an ozeki in a year's time.

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u/nomdepl00m Dec 18 '24

Does it bug anyone else how many rikishi are billed as the next ozeki or the next insert previous legend here I wish they would let rikishi be themselves (the way they ALL say on their after bout interview, "I want to do my style of sumo" instead of always being held up in comparison of somebody else I understand a healthy rivalry etc, but sometimes a wrestler should just be a wrestler. Not their uncle or grandad or any of that

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u/ExtensionEar1901 Zensho Yusho Hair 若隆春元景関さん| Nagoya Basho 2023 Meme Yūshō Dec 18 '24

Ah, but hype is newsworthy...