TOKYO, Feb 12 (News On Japan) –
The first-ever “Dream Girls Cup,” a girls’s sumo event supported by former yokozuna Hakuho’s Miyagino stablemaster, was held in Tokyo, stirring pleasure with individuals from the earthquake-stricken space of Ishikawa Prefecture on the Noto Peninsula.
The occasion, geared toward selling girls’s sumo, gathered about 200 individuals from elementary to highschool college students nationwide at a venue in Sumida Ward, Tokyo. Among them was Yuna Fujishima, a ninth-grader from Shika Town in Ishikawa Prefecture, which skilled a seismic depth of seven in the course of the Noto Peninsula earthquake. Despite her dwelling affected by water outages because of the earthquake, Fujishima declared earlier than the match, “Thanks to the support from our community, I was able to continue sumo wrestling. I want to deliver courage and smiles.” She lived as much as her oath by exhibiting robust sumo, pushing ahead and grabbing her opponent’s belt, which led her to grow to be the runner-up within the junior college heavyweight division.
Miyagino stablemaster, the previous yokozuna Hakuho, was concerned within the event as a supporting cheerleader, carefully observing the bouts and applauding the athletes. He expressed his admiration for the occasion, saying, “The sumo was as powerful as that of the men. I don’t think there has ever been a national tournament for women like this. I would like to continue it every year.”
Source: NHK