18-Year-Old Kosei Takes Down 50-Year-Old Shoketsu With an Ashitori; Fans Marvel at His Thighs
ABEMA TIMES says Jonidan 20 Kosei (Hidenoyama) beat Jonidan 21 Shoketsu (Shibatayama) on Day 2 by dropping under the bigger man's charge and lifting his right leg for an ashitori. Kosei, an 18-year-old from Takeo, Saga, stands 166.0 cm and 81.2 kg; Shoketsu, 50, is 183.3 cm and 165.0 kg, a gap of 32 years and 83.8 kg. As an elementary schooler Kosei drew notice at the Hakuho Cup for beating an opponent more than twice his weight.
When he stood up below the dohyo, the broadcast caught his heavily muscled thighs and hamstrings, and viewers wrote 'Amazing thigh muscles,' 'They've gotten bigger' and 'Perfect timing' on the leg pick. Kosei is 1-0; Shoketsu is 0-1.