The rankings for next month's Grand Sumo Tournament have been announced. rice field.
At last month's Kyushu tournament, where Aen was the 9th maegashira of the west, he won the championship match "Tomoe match" by three people and won the championship for the first time.
On the 26th, the ranking of the first place was announced, and Aen, who was to raise the ranking to the third maegashira in the east, said at an online press conference, "Inside me, I'm switching to the next place. I'm doing it with the motto "Concentrate on the number", so if I keep doing that, I think the ranking will go up."
Also, regarding his teacher and former sekiwake Terao boss Sasayama, he said, "He's a big person, and he warmly watches over me." However, there are still many things that I cannot reach, so I want to move forward one step at a time so that I can surpass it."
Then, for his first place, he enthusiastically said, "I want to go up to the ring without forgetting my feelings of gratitude, thinking only about 'most focused'."
The Grand Sumo Tournament will be held on the 8th of next month at the Kokugikan in Ryogoku, Tokyo.