Musashimaru Press Conference

Musashimaru Q&A Session
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-How do you feel now?
M: I consulted with the shiso yesterday and made up
mind to retire. I have lost the will to continue.
Right now I feel a bit relieved.

-What was your condition this basho?
M: To tell you the truth, it wasn't good at all.  More
than my left wrist (which caused him to go on kyujo
previously), I could not move
my left shoulder to neck areas. Actually I had injured
my neck before I joined Sumo but I never told the
shisho about it (looking over sideway to see
Musashigawa oyakata's reaction).  

(Musashigawa oyakata indicated the doctor also told
him the wrist injury likely was a result of an old
injury Musashimaru suffered when he was playing
football in Hawaii.) 

-Were you ever thinking of going on kyujo and coming
back the next basho?
M: Not at all. It doesn't look good keeping going on
kyujo and returning.

-Have you contacted your mother in Hawaii?
M: I called her yesterday. As soon as I told her I was
quitting, I couldn't talk anymore.  

- The most memorable moment?
M: When I won all 15 days and won the Yusho (at the
Nagoya in 1994). I thought I lost it after giving up
the mawashi (to Takanohana). I felt so high when I
won, I literally blanked out and don't even remember
how I got to the backstage.  

-Can you talk about your last Yusho when you beat
Takanohana?
M: I pledged myself I would do all I could until
Takanohana returned. I had no other thought other than
to win then. I was thinking of leaving if 
I had lost...I didn't tell that to the oyakata though.

- About Takanoha.
M: Oh...you know he is a Devil.

-About guiding and instruting junior rikishis.
M: I will follow behind the oyakata and want to learn
from him. 

-Do you feel better by coming to Japan?
M: I think so. I have no regret whatsoever. I will be
in Japan till the end.