On the 8th, Fuji’s winning number, the 58th Yokotsuna Chiyo of the Grand Sumo Tournament, was installed at the west exit gate of JR Ryogoku Station, and the opening ceremony was held there.

In attendance were the second daughter, model Kozue Akimoto, fighter Saori Yoshida, who won the Olympics for the third time in a row, and Shinsuke Yamanaka, the former WBC bantamweight boxing world champion.

The winning amount is from the place in Kyushu in 1985, when it won the 14th victory, and the size is 3 meters long and 2 meters wide. It was displayed at the Fukushima City General Gymnasium in Fukushima City, Hokkaido, Chiyo Fuji’s hometown, but Chiyo Fuji’s grieving family inquired about the installation.

Chiyo’s eldest son Tsuyoshi Akimoto said in a greeting from the organizer, “It is a special feeling that the winning amount has returned to both countries, which are related to sumo wrestling, after 1986-34.” Said the feelings of all feelings.

Kuju’s master (formerly Chiyo Ozeki Oumi), who runs the current Kuju room, commented as a guest greeting. This is one of the 31 winning awards that the master has won by accumulating winning stars, a good shot like lightning that is drawn from the muscular body of Showa Yokotsuna Chiyo’s Fuji, the appearance of entering a beautiful bullet is transmitted forever. I hope that. “Chiyo Fuji, the former teacher of Kuju, died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 61, and it has been four years since he took over the hall. Although he was unable to attend this day due to the regulations of the Association of Sumo from Japan, said, “I will continue to inherit the master’s sumo wrestling and continue to strive for the prosperity of the room and the development of sumo wrestling,” he said enthusiastically as a teacher.

The winning amount displayed at the station, which is the closest station to the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, is the fifth after Mienoumi’s four Yokotsuna, the second generation of Wakanohana, Musashimaru and Hakuho, which has been installed since March 2014. converted.[Reisei Sato]