Washuyama

I used to love attending the Tachikawa jungyo when I was little. That and the old KK were my Disneyland! Great memories

I remember giggling at that a few times (very FEW) myself from THIS guy.

This oughta be a barn-burner! Moriurara had been in sumo almost six years (without a single KK) when 15 year old Kikuchi was born.

It would be very risky, as you would only be two total meltdown basho by the ozeki for there to be a banzuke completely without Yokozuna or Ozeki...

Who is this Kiribayama guy?

Chiyo's just lucky Stallone didn't put that baseball cap on and turn it backwards... IYKYK..

The top one is when I started watching sumo. Some of those yusho bring back vivid memories.

I'm glad someone else noticed... Doesn't seem like the sharpest tool in the shed but maybe he was just nervous.

Which one? I've been to two.

Futabayama His consecutive win streak record is still being chased almost 100 years later. Arguably the greatest in the first half of the 20th Century. Taiho Set the benchmark for greatness. The greatest in the second half of the 20th Century. Takamiyama The first foreigner to win the cup set the stage for the waves of foreign rikishi who still have a great influence. Andy Adams Single handedly responsible for introducing me and countless others to sumo through his Sumo World magazine.

He's done. I think this is the last basho we'll see Kotonowaka...

Yet....... There's still time..

I just remember seeing old pics of ex Wakanohana I and Tochinishiki doing the pensioner bouts back probably in the 60s or so.

No slight intended to those listed above, but it would generate more interest if they featured Hakuho, Kakuryu and Kisenosato... Just my 2 yen..

He CAN, but he would have to enter the bout not thinking about who his opponent is. He just looked afraid/star-struck/intimidated in their first match up this basho.