Hoshoryu, Hiradoumi and Ura Bring Back the Matching 'Aji Fry' Kesho-Mawashi for the Yokozuna Dohyo-iri
ABEMA TIMES says yokozuna Hoshoryu (Tatsunami) and his attendants, tsuyuharai Hiradoumi (Sakaigawa) and tachimochi Ura (Kise), wore matching kesho-mawashi for his Unryu-style ring entry on Day 2: light blue with the words 'Aji Fry' (fried horse mackerel). The set comes from Sanyo Co., based in Nagahama, Chuo Ward, Fukuoka, which runs restaurants built around aji fry, and it was a hit at last year's Kyushu basho as well.
Fans wrote 'Aji fry is here!', 'The three of them together is intense,' 'Aji Fry Trio' and 'The gap is amazing' against the solemn ceremony, and one wrote, 'I've waited a year for this kesho-mawashi.' The crowd shouted 'Yoisho!' as he stamped. Hoshoryu went on to beat Asanoyama by yoritaoshi in the musubi to go 2-0.