AOMORI (Kyodo) Former sumo wrestler Mainoumi on Friday declined an offer by the Liberal Democratic Party to run as its candidate in the summer House of Councilors election in his native Aomori Prefecture.Thank goodness. He was one of my favorite sumo wrestlers. (The perfect match was him against giant Konishiki.) I can't name a favorite LDP politician.
In a press statement, the sports commentator said he refused the offer from the LDP's Aomori prefectural chapter because he does not believe the work he does on behalf of his hometown would be furthered if he became a lawmaker.
His management office said the 35-year-old Mainoumi, whose real name is Shuhei Nagao, has repeatedly turned down LDP requests since late last year.
Here's a comment on the diminutive Mainoumi's style, with an aside about Kyokushuzan--the Mongolian "Supermarket of Tricks"--from sumo commentator Mike Wesemann:
And as much as I harp on Kyokushuzan and Asanowaka, it's true. If you're dumb enough to charge straight ahead against these guys, I guess you deserve to lose. Whatever happened to the good 'ol Mainoumi-Tomonohana tachiai days where both guys stood straight up and egged each other on with their hands just daring the other to make the first move. You'd be five seconds into a bout before anyone made contact."Despite being short and having a pint-size build, [Mainoumi] rose to become one of Japan's top five wrestlers. He earned him[self] the nickname, the 'department store of technique'." I can hardly wait for the day when Arkansas sends its own "Wal-Mart of Cheap Tricks" to the sumo world.
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