Official Sumo Thread

[Saburo]

Harumafuji: 70th Yokozuna!

http://www.sanspo.com/sports/photos/20120928/sum12092805020000-p3.html

But why oh why is he adopting the Shiranui-gata Dohyo-iri style?!! I know, just following in his shisho's footsteps.  The hell with that -- Unryu-gata all the way!


(This has been a sumo nerd post...)

[Saburo]

Harumafuji's first dohyo-iri at Meiji-jingu, Tokyo: http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20120929/sum12092905030000-n1.html

[khairilh]

This really could be a chance for Hakuho althought today he lost

[JFC]

Daaaaaaaaayum.


I don't know what I find more impressive, what happened during the match itself or the fact that there were that many western people watching a sumo event.

[JFC]

Watch out ref, or whatever it is that you call the guys who officiate sumo matches!

[JFC]

Back when I was younger and a little more stupid, I might have looked at this and said "challenge accepted".

Now I just know better.

[Saburo]

Y'all might have seen this: the kanreki dohyoiri of ex-Yokozuna Chiyonofuji. http://www.the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002190355

News story on the event:


Cool video here:



Man, sixty... He was the badass rikishi of my youth. Now he's grandpa-aged.

[Saburo]

FYI Kuro is live Tweeting/Instagramming his day at a real, goddamn day of Ozumo at the Ryogoku Kokugikan.

Yeah, wish I was there...

[JFC]

Never would have thought that they'd even be allowed to "play around" like this.

RocketNews24.comJoin the hordes of net users giggling at GIFs of sumo wrestlers performing comedic moves [Videos]
- en.rocketnews24.com/2015/10/05/join-the-hordes-of-net-users-giggling-at-gifs-of-sumo-wrestlers-performing-comedic-moves[videos]

[kuro_808]

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-sumo-matchup-centuries-in-the-making/

Interesting read

[Saburo]

The Wolf passes on: ex-yokozuna Chiyonofuji dead at 61.

This one is brutal. I saw Chiyo go on an extended run of yusho in his thirties that seemed to me unbelievable. A combination of power and grace and amazing technique in a sport dominated by massive, immobile forces.


Cancer is a bitch. It can bring down Everest. And a Fujisan.

[daigong]

Fuck. Fuck. Cancer. RIP Chiyonofuji, a real warrior

[muppet]

Rest in Peace
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu sama

[JFC]

SoraNews24.com - Japanese schoolgirls in sailor suit uniforms demonstrate 82 sumo techniques
- rocketnews24.com/2017/05/13/japanese-schoolgirls-in-sailor-suit-uniforms-demonstrate-82-sumo-techniques[video]

[Saburo]

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180128/p2g/00m/0sp/041000c

A hiramaku yusho is possible when there's chaos in the upper ranks. In this tournament two yokozuna withdrew, one was "retired," and one more went on a four-bout losing tailspin in the second half. I don't anticipate Tochinoshin to keep this up when the joi-jin are all back and healthy but hey, I really hope he soaks all of this in. Pennant flags fly forever and so do yusho portraits at the Kokugikan.