Churaumi

Made a leap there. If the Kyokai put it online, perhaps us foreigners would be able to watch it. Then again, the Abema feed still exists but there has been no push evident to make that officially available either.

Hahahahahahahabaha....the NSK doing anything that could make sumo accessible to fans outside Japan without VPN trickery or valiant efforts of people reposting NHK content....that’s a good one. They did have that rather pricey feed they cut off a few years ago, crickets since. The best we get are NHK World highlights or home movies from the Kokugikan. Better than nothing but the Kyokai doesn’t make it easy to be a foreign fan. I don’t see coronavirus forcing their hand.

I vaguely remember him saying he would give it a year when he started. I wonder if his 5-2 effort last basho didn’t net the expected rise in rank? No shade, he’s given sumo a good effort. Some come up, some just don’t.

I will gambarize to be humble in my victoriousness.

“Yes, foreign tourists. Come, get hooked on sumo so you can go home and we’ll never give you any official way to watch it. Mwa ha ha!”

He might just be wearing thicker socks.

Well...yeah. It’s the YDC. The could complain about anything. It’s kind of their job to be whiny, and they excel at their duties.

I think Ichinojo needs to make friends with Terunofuji, if he hasn’t already. He needs to find out how Terunofuji came back and apply those techniques to himself. Crash weight loss didn’t help any more than I expected it to, and seems to have hurt more than I thought.

I’m sad to see him go but glad he’s retiring. He hasn’t looked like sumo has been fun for him in a while, and I’m happy he’s pulling out while he’s still on top rather than hanging on until his soul is crushed. I hope this breaks the seal on some of the other superannuated sekitori retiring soon.

You don't seem to like Terunofuji Love the guy. Just didn’t believe he could get back to where he is.

No offense taken. I’m almost 100% at picking the opposite of what ends up happening.

Looks like I've been wrong about Terunofuji's comeback. I doubt he'll make it back to ozeki but makuuchi seems achievable.

And they weren’t even wins against Takayasu!

We’re talking fine art here. Or, math is hard...

Named for a ninja? Or, is it for blossoms? Is it worth the thought?