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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Swami" data-source="post: 213836" data-attributes="member: 13">announces his retirementDetailsWritten by Tachiai.orgPublished: 19 April 2020Hits: 18<img src="http://www.cibersumo.com/images/rikishis/Toyonoshima01.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The NSK official Twitter, as well as most of the sports outlets in Japan, report that the highly popular Tokitsukaze beya veteran, Toyonoshima, has announced his retirement and will now become Izutsu oyakata.Toyonoshima was ranked Ms2e for Haru and expected to gain back his sekitori privileges (and income) with a simple kachi-koshi. Sadly, that kachi-koshi didn’t come, and his 2-5 result was certain to send him below the promotion rank on the Natsu banzuke.When that result became clear, Toyonoshima asked the press to give him some time to consider his options. He said he was more or less ready to quit, but his daughter wanted him to press on.We sometimes refer to short-stature rikishi like Ishiura, Terutsuyoshi and Enho as “pixies”, and marvel at their ability to maintain high rank and fairly impressive results in Makuuchi. But Toyonoshima and his 170cm have been there long before them. Toyonoshima reached the rank of Sekiwake several times, and raked in 5 jun-yusho, 10 special prizes and 4 kinboshi during his 18 year career.As Izutsu oyakata, he intends to continue serving at Tokitsukaze beya.Swami</blockquote>