Tokifudo Survives Hatsuyama to Go 2-1, After Tearing Up at a Movie Before the Basho
West Juryo 13 Tokifudo (Tokitsukaze) beat East Juryo 14 Hatsuyama (Tamanoi) on Day 3 to go 2-1, Sports Hochi reports. Hatsuyama got his right arm inside and drove him to the edge, but Tokifudo held on and pushed back for the oshidashi. 'I was a step behind the whole time. I have to attack first,' he said. 'It's only Day 3.'
His shikona comes from 'fudoshin,' an unshakable mind, but before the basho he went alone to a nearby theater to see the film 'Mama ga Mou Kono Sekai ni Inakutemo' and was so moved he said, 'It's a movie that makes you cry, so you should go by yourself.' Hochi says his training went well after that, and he has been eating his beloved ramen.