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Post by michiba on Mar 21, 2006 22:10:30 GMT -5
Has anybody seen the episode where Akebono is a judge. It was one of the battles in the king of iron chef tournament.
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Post by missteetheironchef on Mar 22, 2006 16:10:51 GMT -5
No. but Akebono-san paid a visit to the WWE last year.
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Post by Iron Chef Mandy on Mar 26, 2006 15:33:52 GMT -5
He was in the Chen/Kobe battle with Tokyo X Pig. I remember that battle and how much he got in terms of portions.
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Post by michiba on Mar 26, 2006 20:55:02 GMT -5
Yeah I know, he ate SOO much food. Chen gave him an extra large helping and he finished it in like 5 minutes
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Post by missteetheironchef on Mar 27, 2006 17:54:30 GMT -5
Akebono-san is a sumo wrestler, he needs to eat more.
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Post by michiba on Mar 27, 2006 18:58:30 GMT -5
the title Yokozuna, means that you are a 1st place champion sumo.
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Post by missteetheironchef on Mar 28, 2006 17:27:24 GMT -5
Thanks for that meaning of that...
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Post by michiba on Mar 29, 2006 17:27:05 GMT -5
mistee here's a little more about the title Yokozuna.
wikipedia.org wrote: Yokozuna (横綱 yokozuna) is the highest rank in sumo wrestling. The name comes from the most visible symbol of their rank, the wide (yoko) rope (tsuna) worn around the waist. The rope bears a marked similarity to the Shinto shimekazari rope often attached to torii temple gates and sacred trees, and like them serves to purify and mark off its content. The rope, which may weigh up to 20 kilograms, is not used during the matches themselves, but is worn during the yokozuna's dohyo-iri ring entrance ceremony.
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Post by missteetheironchef on Mar 29, 2006 17:54:40 GMT -5
Thanks for the sumo facts.
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Post by michiba on Apr 3, 2006 17:30:42 GMT -5
the rank right below Yokozuna, is Uzeki.
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Post by missteetheironchef on Apr 4, 2006 15:21:46 GMT -5
hmmmm. wonderful.
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Post by kadaj on Apr 6, 2006 16:23:26 GMT -5
I remember watching a sumo tournament on the Japanese channel once. However i no longer get that chanell, lol.
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Post by missteetheironchef on Apr 6, 2006 17:07:27 GMT -5
OH my!
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Post by kadaj on Apr 6, 2006 19:34:20 GMT -5
mistee, congratulations on your promotion to kaga. Mistee, does your computer have Japanese text display? Can your computer view these Japanese characters 横綱? or does it come out as just boxes?
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Post by neoblisseyx on Jun 25, 2010 20:23:59 GMT -5
Akebono was also a judge in the 21st Century Battle (second battle-Flay/Morimoto II)--he retired from sumo soon after the 21st Century Battle aired in Japan, IIRC.
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