Rookie Dewanoryu Goes 4-1, Talks Sushi With Mitakeumi, His Dislike of Cilantro and Why He Can't Swim
West Maegashira 14 Dewanoryu, 25 (Dewanoumi), a makuuchi newcomer, forced out Tokihayate on Day 5 to go 4-1. He spent three years at Kibogaoka High School in Fukuoka, and he's enjoying Kyushu off the dohyo too. Mitakeumi, whom he served as tsukebito for about three years, loves fish and took him nearly 50 minutes from their lodgings to a sushi counter in Kokura that seats five or six: 'You can hardly get a reservation. No alcohol. Warm tea.' The sushi? 'Delicious.'
'There's no Japanese food I dislike,' he said, 'but I hate cilantro. That's not Japanese food, right?' When reporters admitted foods they didn't like, he scolded them with a smile: 'You shouldn't be picky.' His other favorite is the sea in front of the stable's lodgings, though he grew up in landlocked Mongolia and was scared of it at first: 'I nearly drowned in a lake when I was little.' He still can't swim (Nikkan Sports).