日英バイリンガル通信 No. ４４ Hiroshi Matsuoka 松 岡 博
A HEART TRANSPLAT FOR ASASHORYU
Asashoryu raised his arms in victory when he defeated Hakuho in the January Grand Sumo Tournament. His victory pose was criticized. Many people said that he did not uphold the standards of behavior expected of a Yokozuna grand champion. Some Yokozuna Promotion Council members said his behavior was below the dignity of a Yokozuna. The director of the council said he would give him a scolding. Weren’t they too severe with him?
Asashoryu is Mongolian and not Japanese. It seems that many Japanese regard him as a 100 percent Japanese. That is why they thought his victory pose was unfit for a Yokozuna and that Asashoryu should have been modest rather than showy. If Asashoryu were Japanese, he wouldn’t have made such a victorious gesture. He would have behaved like a good-mannered dignified Yokozuna. Because he looks Japanese and because he speaks good Japanese, Japanese people tend to take him for a Japanese.
Asashoryu is a 100 percent foreigner. He was born in Mongoria in 1980 and grew up there until 1999 when he made his sumo debut in Japan. His blood, background, and the culture he was born and grew up in are quite different from Japanese. Isn’t it natural that people unconciously express their happiness in their own way? The victory pose may not have been suitable for a Yokozuna, but it was a natural expression of his delight for his comeback, especially after suffering from severe injuries.
If you want Asashoryu to behave like a full-blooded Japanese, he should, first of all, have Yamato-damashii (a Japanese spirit), Japanese DNA-bearing blood cells, and a Japanese heart. But how? Here I have a humble proposal. To begin with, let him have Japanese blood transfusion and a Japanese heart transplant.
Grand sumo tournament
The ringside judges
Object to the victory pose
朝青龍に心臓移植を
朝青龍は大相撲初場所で白鵬を破り、ガッツポーズをして非難された。ガッツポーズは横綱にあるまじき行為だと言う人が多く、横綱審議委員会の委員も朝青龍の行為は横綱の品位に欠けると発言し、同委員長は朝青龍に注意をする意向だと述べた。しかし、この批判は厳しすぎではないか。
朝青龍はモンゴル人で日本人ではない。日本人は朝青龍が百パーセント日本人だと勘違いしているようだ。だからガッツポーズは横綱にふさわしくないとか、もっと謙遜な態度を取るべきだったとか、勝ち誇った姿を見せびらかすべきではなかったとか思っているのだ。もし朝青龍が日本人だったら、ガッツポーズをせず、品位のある威厳正しい横綱を演じたであろう。朝青龍は顔が日本人そっくりで、日本語がうまいから日本人と勘違いされやすい。
朝青龍は正真正銘の外国人だ。1980年モンゴルで生まれ、1999年の初土俵までモンゴルで育った。彼の血も、育ちも、生まれ育った文化背景も日本とはまるっきり違うのだ。誰でも無意識に自分流で嬉しさを表現するのは当然のことではないか。ガッツポーズは横綱にはふさわしくなかったかもしれないが、朝青龍にとっては、身体の大きな故障後の相撲だけに復帰した喜びの表現としてはガッツポーズがごく自然な表現だった。
もしどうしても朝青龍に正真正銘の日本人のような態度を取ってほしいのなら、まず第一に、彼は大和魂と、日本人のDNAを帯びた血液と、日本人の心を持たなくてはならない。しかし、どうしたらそうなるのか。ここで、私はささやかな提案をしたい。それには、まず朝青龍に日本人の血液を輸血し、日本人の心臓移植をすればいいのだ。
大相撲
ガッツポーズに
物言いつき
Asashoryu raised his arms in victory when he defeated Hakuho in the January Grand Sumo Tournament. His victory pose was criticized. Many people said that he did not uphold the standards of behavior expected of a Yokozuna grand champion. Some Yokozuna Promotion Council members said his behavior was below the dignity of a Yokozuna. The director of the council said he would give him a scolding. Weren’t they too severe with him?
Asashoryu is Mongolian and not Japanese. It seems that many Japanese regard him as a 100 percent Japanese. That is why they thought his victory pose was unfit for a Yokozuna and that Asashoryu should have been modest rather than showy. If Asashoryu were Japanese, he wouldn’t have made such a victorious gesture. He would have behaved like a good-mannered dignified Yokozuna. Because he looks Japanese and because he speaks good Japanese, Japanese people tend to take him for a Japanese.
Asashoryu is a 100 percent foreigner. He was born in Mongoria in 1980 and grew up there until 1999 when he made his sumo debut in Japan. His blood, background, and the culture he was born and grew up in are quite different from Japanese. Isn’t it natural that people unconciously express their happiness in their own way? The victory pose may not have been suitable for a Yokozuna, but it was a natural expression of his delight for his comeback, especially after suffering from severe injuries.
If you want Asashoryu to behave like a full-blooded Japanese, he should, first of all, have Yamato-damashii (a Japanese spirit), Japanese DNA-bearing blood cells, and a Japanese heart. But how? Here I have a humble proposal. To begin with, let him have Japanese blood transfusion and a Japanese heart transplant.
Grand sumo tournament
The ringside judges
Object to the victory pose
朝青龍に心臓移植を
朝青龍は大相撲初場所で白鵬を破り、ガッツポーズをして非難された。ガッツポーズは横綱にあるまじき行為だと言う人が多く、横綱審議委員会の委員も朝青龍の行為は横綱の品位に欠けると発言し、同委員長は朝青龍に注意をする意向だと述べた。しかし、この批判は厳しすぎではないか。
朝青龍はモンゴル人で日本人ではない。日本人は朝青龍が百パーセント日本人だと勘違いしているようだ。だからガッツポーズは横綱にふさわしくないとか、もっと謙遜な態度を取るべきだったとか、勝ち誇った姿を見せびらかすべきではなかったとか思っているのだ。もし朝青龍が日本人だったら、ガッツポーズをせず、品位のある威厳正しい横綱を演じたであろう。朝青龍は顔が日本人そっくりで、日本語がうまいから日本人と勘違いされやすい。
朝青龍は正真正銘の外国人だ。1980年モンゴルで生まれ、1999年の初土俵までモンゴルで育った。彼の血も、育ちも、生まれ育った文化背景も日本とはまるっきり違うのだ。誰でも無意識に自分流で嬉しさを表現するのは当然のことではないか。ガッツポーズは横綱にはふさわしくなかったかもしれないが、朝青龍にとっては、身体の大きな故障後の相撲だけに復帰した喜びの表現としてはガッツポーズがごく自然な表現だった。
もしどうしても朝青龍に正真正銘の日本人のような態度を取ってほしいのなら、まず第一に、彼は大和魂と、日本人のDNAを帯びた血液と、日本人の心を持たなくてはならない。しかし、どうしたらそうなるのか。ここで、私はささやかな提案をしたい。それには、まず朝青龍に日本人の血液を輸血し、日本人の心臓移植をすればいいのだ。
大相撲
ガッツポーズに
物言いつき
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