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Kyushu Day 11 Comments

Nov. 20 - I woke up this morning and saw the news announcing the death of former Yokozuna Kitanofuji. Kitanofuji retired long before I ever started watching sumo wrestling, but this guy was a staple on the NHK broadcast for decades. Kitanofuji was always in the booth for the big days of the broadcast, and people loved him because he was so candid in his remarks. I'm pretty sure all of the guys in the booth receive printed notes from NHK and the Association's PR department guiding the preferred dialog of the broadcast, but you could tell that Kitanofuji always went off script, and that's why sumo fans loved him.

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