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Does anyone here watch SUMO?

Started by Hijikata · 25 Feb 2004 · 403 replies

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17 Jul 2013, 21:33 #121
Day 11 in the books, Hakuho still perfect, Aoiyama, Kotooshu, and Kaisei next at 9-2, Harumafuji again disappointing at 7-4. The only question is will Hakuho go undefeated: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdG-yTxj_Q0

(Current streak at 41)
5 Aug 2013, 07:18 #123
I was watching NHK "Sports Japan" today and they said Harumafuji has received a "letter of encouragement" from the sumo association. Which is a nice way of saying, "shape up or ship out". If I can find a link I'll add it.
17 Sep 2013, 23:35 #127
gaijinmark wrote:First day of the Fall Basho, couldn't find any video highlights but their were no surprises, Hakuho, Harumafuji and Kisenosato all won: http://www.sumo.or.jp/en/honbasho/main/torikumi?day=1&rank=1

Baruto announced his retirement earlier, guess he's going back to Estonia and be a farmer.


Baruto, despite his success, never really looked comfortable in the sumo world. I remember a match where he was obviously asked to engage in yaocho; he looked so clueless in throwing the bout I think everyone was embarrassed for him.
22 Sep 2013, 19:05 #130
Day 8 in the books, over half way Hakuho alone at the top 8-0, Kisenosato next at 7-1 and then a big log jam of 8 guys at 6-2 led by Harumafuji.

So looks like it's not anybody's tournament to win so much as its Hakuho's to lose. All those 6-2 guys will match up and eliminate each other, unless one of them (cough, 'Harumafuji' cough) can come out of the pack looks like Kisenosato is the only guy with a realistic shot at catching Hakuho.
27 Sep 2013, 19:17 #134
And Kisenosato proceeds to lose to Goeido: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU4gXT6CXDY&feature=c4-overview&list=UUpOmy6iy-dJHMXvvA_Ok19g

:shakehead:

Hakuho now 2 wins ahead with 2 to go. Another Emperor's Cup to add to the collection. Except for his loss to Harumafuji, Goeido has had a pretty good tournament, beat Hakuho and Kisenosato. Good comeback for him after two mediocre showings 7-8 at the Natsu basho and 8-7 at the Nagoya basho.

Goeido and Kisenosato both seem to have the same problem. They struggle against the guys they're supposed to beat. :headscratch:
29 Sep 2013, 20:15 #136
gaijinmark wrote: Looks like Hakuho got a cut below his left eye hopefully this won't affect him tomorrow against Harumafuji


It didn't: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkdKDdoiZ4A&feature=c4-overview&list=UUpOmy6iy-dJHMXvvA_Ok19g

Hakuho ends up 14-1,probably kicking himself over that one loss to Goeido. Kisenosato and Goeido next at 11-4, another 10-5 basho for Harumafuji. I expect they'll be rumblings that Harumafuji should step down. Anyway, onwards to Kyushu.
2 Oct 2013, 05:55 #137
gaijinmark wrote:

It didn't: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkdKDdoiZ4A&feature=c4-overview&list=UUpOmy6iy-dJHMXvvA_Ok19g

Hakuho ends up 14-1,probably kicking himself over that one loss to Goeido. Kisenosato and Goeido next at 11-4, another 10-5 basho for Harumafuji. I expect they'll be rumblings that Harumafuji should step down. Anyway, onwards to Kyushu.


It'll only be a matter of time before Hakuho breaks the all-time record for yusho (32 championships by the late great Taiho). It's a shame that he is competing in an era where his competition is mediocre at best.

As far as Harumafuji's lack of yokozunaness, it now seems that the JSA's hopes that a second yokozuna would make for a more competitive situation has crashed and burned. Where are the Hawaiians when you need 'em!
23 Oct 2013, 01:01 #139
gaijinmark wrote:They did a feature on this guy on this weeks' edition of 'Sports Japan'. The next 'great Japanese hope': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endo_Shota

His match against Kyokutenho is the one that woke everybody up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERcwPFbs_e4

Btw, that's a typo on his Fall Basho results. He went 9-5-1, missed his final match with a sprained ankle.


The guy hasn't been in professional sumo long enough to have his hair grow out so he can have a chonmage.

Seems to have had a stellar collegiate career, but that doesn't mean much anymore. For at least the last couple of decades the better Japanese athletes avoid sumo like the plague. That's why, both in terms of quality and quantity, homegrown sumo talent has dried up considerably.
4 Nov 2013, 23:55 #140
Egyptian promoted to sumo's top division

Osunaarashi was named as the first wrestler from Africa to enter the elite makuuchi division when the sumo rankings were announced on Monday for the upcoming Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.

The 21-year-old Egyptian, whose real name is Abdelrahman Ahmed Shaalan, went 10-5 in his two tournaments at the juryo level and will wrestle as a 15th-ranked maegashira when the 15-day tournament begins at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 10. Since his March 2012 debut, Osunaarashi has needed 10 tournaments to reach the top division, the second fewest after maegashira Jokoryu.

At the top of the makuuchi mountain, Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho will be going for his 28th career championship after going 14-1 in September. His total currently trails only Chiyonofujifs 31 titles and the legendary Taihofs 32. Hakuhofs hard-pressed rival, compatriot and fellow yokozuna Harumafuji, is coming off a 10-5 record in which he was dogged by injuries.

Kotooshu is in danger of losing his ozeki ranking if he fails to win a majority of his bouts in Fukuoka. The Bulgarian hurt his hamstring on the fifth day of the Autumn Basho and was forced to sit out starting from the eighth day. This will be his seventh tournament as a kadoban ozeki.

After the ozeki quartet of Kotooshu, Kisenosato, Kotoshogiku and Kakuryu, Goeido moves from west sekiwake to the more prestigious east side, while Tochiozan has been bumped back to sekiwake for the first time since July 2012 after going 8-7 in September as a komusubi.

For Goeido, it is his 10th straight tournament at sekiwake.

Shohozan and Okinoumi complete the sanyaku ranks in the two komusubi slots.

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