Taikoubana

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About Taikoubana

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    Takayasu

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  1. Taikoubana

    Sekitori Sweepstake - March 2025

    In
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    TORCHBEARER 2025: invitation, rules, and your picks

    Shirokuma Ms12e
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    Sekitori Sweepstake - January 2025

    In please!
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    Trivia bits

    So, what's the record for most monoiis by the yusho winner? Just curious.
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    Sekitori Sweepstake - September 2024

    Well, I have nothing to lose. In!
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    Sekitori Sweepstake - July 2024

    In, thanks!
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    Sekitori Sweepstake - May 2024

    In, good luck all!
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    Sekitori Sweepstake - March 2024

    In, thanks!
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    TORCHBEARER 2024: invitation, rules, and your picks

    Takahashi(Shirokuma), J5e
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    TORCHBEARER 2023: invitation, rules, and your picks

    Changing my pick to j13e, Oshoma
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    Hatsu 2022 discussions (results)

    What a shame, I enjoy Inosuke's energy but he isn't exactly honoring the rank. And here I've been looking forward to a new Kimura Shonosuke sometime soon. Don't suppose they can bump one of the sanyaku gyoji up to Shonosuke instead? Also going to withhold my comments on Mitakeumi. I'll just be throwing salt over my shoulder and rubbing a rabbit's foot until the basho is over.
  12. I recall a tournament, sometime between 2013-2017, where the dohyo-iri was ready to begin (can't recall what day it was, or if it was juryo or makuuchi), and Kimura Yodo was late. I remember Osunaarashi was there, because he was poking his head out of the line, looking around and laughing. The camera cut to the back halls of the kokugikan, and Kimura Yodo was quickly power walking to the front of the line. Does anyone remember that moment? And if so, does a clip still exist of it? I'd love to see it again. Also a sort of off-topic question, but the gyoji who announce the names, birthplaces, and heya of each rikishi as they step up during the dohyo-iri -- what determines which gyoji are assigned that duty? Is it only gyoji from a certain division? Thanks again.
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    Pokemon collabs with Sumo

    Pokemon is the highest revenue media franchise in the world, beating out Hello Kitty. So I don't think sumo could get a much better collab than this! That being said, Pokemon is getting exposure in sumo for a couple basho. But is sumo getting exposure in Pokemon? If not, can you really call it a "collaboration"?