While his two brothers went 3-4 (younger brother Mudoho lost to the
even younger Yoshii,who at 4-3 will be in the upper half of Makushita
in January and turns 18 next August),Taiho's highest-ranked grandson
went 6-1 at Makushita 1 and finally makes the leap to sekitori status...
his new shikona,as the first sekitori born in the year 2000,will be
"Oho".

It's an homage to his grandfather..."Tai"/"Dai" and "O" are both
augmentives meaning "big" or "great" (as in o-zumo,o-zeki,or
dai-yokozuna) and can be represented by the same character,apparently;
"Taiho" has been translated "Great Bird" and someone has rendered
"Oho" as "King Phoenix".

He has quite a legacy to live up to,we'll see how he does in juryo.

Meanwhile Hoshoryu (Asashoryu's nephew) wound up make-koshi in makuuchi,
while both Oshoryu and Shohoryu were kachi-koshi in makushita.
My hopes of a Confusion Trio remain on track.

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