Michinoku-Beya Picture


from left to right,
top row : Rikitou, Tokodai (Tokoyama: hair-stylist), Nomura, Hoshitango (33), Tamura manager (former makushita Kishinosato, who is also the driver), Hoshiandesu (30)
middle row : Kikuchi, Narahashi, Kamiyama
front row from the bottom : Naoko (Okamisan), Oyakata, Shimosako

The one who drunk 8 liters of water for the admission test is Kikuchi. None of the newcomers look like a 'sumotori'. You understand how slender and frail they look near Hoshiandesu and Hoshitango and even near Rikito (who though had a pitiful score of 1-6 for 98 Haru-basho). Kirishima does all he can to look after them, and looks rather like a 'mother goose', but the question is how far he'll be able to bring them.