Terukuni

This time, I took a minor dive into the 1960s era of sumo, headlined with the two words "GREAT PHEONIX" in all capital letters. First, several photos of the great duo together in all yokozuna glory: "Yes, young one. I am the man they call Taiho." Now for some Kashiwado pictures: Bowing out at his danpatsushiki in 1970 The great one doing what he did best "Wow, that was one fine ketaguri, I surely have the yusho now!" Now for some of the more overshadowed rikishi: Tochinoumi's dohyo-iri "No Tochinoumi, it's this way. If you keep on doing it like that you'll miss the clap altogether!" With the coveted Emperor's cup Sadanoyama pictures! First dohyo-iri at the shrine The former Tochinishiki instructing him \ That's all for now! I hope you all enjoy and I will be back with more next week.

Hakuho 15-0 Jun-Yusho: Terunofuji 13-2, Hoshoryu 13-2

Everybody wants to see a Hakuho - Terunofuji 14-0 senshuraku yusho fight. It hasn't happened before that since 2012, and before that, 1983. This tournament is one for the ages.

I was looking at old sumo wrestling videos on Youtube when I got the idea to scour video licensing sites for sumo footage. One site in particular, POND5, turned up great results. I highly encourage you all to check the site out for yourselves! Taiho's Retirement Ceremony (features Taiho and Kitanofuji's dohyo iri and Taiho fighting with kids) Footage of a bout in 1959 Tamanishiki and Minanogawa's Dohyo-Iri in surprisingly high-quality video with a bout between two rikishi I don't know An old bout in which a rikishi (I'm sure its Tamanishiki again) beats his opponent with a yoritaoshi The Russia Exhibition Tournament in 1968 (featuring Kashiwado's Dohyo-Iri and Taiho winning the championship per usual) A bout between Asashoryu and Hakuho (both Yokozuna at this point) at some sort of shrine Asashoryu's dohyo-iri later in his career (Note how the video hilariously is titled "Bad Boy Sumo Wrestler Performs Holy New Year's Rite") Musashimaru's Tsuna-uchi and first dohyo-iri Takanohana and Wakanohana doing the dohyo-iri in 1999 These tidbits above are just some of the 300+ strong sumo video collection on this site. I encourage you to get lost in their expansive collection!

Hakuho, Takakeisho, and Terunofuji all go into a 3 way play off 14-1. Takakeisho wins and proceeds to break Futabayama's win streak.

They should all be working now

My apologies, I will try to upload all of the photos to another service (Flickr).

Hello All, It had certainly been a while since I posted on this forum, but I recently discovered an online colorizer that would enable me to take any image, including older sumo images, and colorize them. I tried it out with several photos, but I think the ones below turned out the best. It really gives these photos more life. The famous photo of 5 yokozuna in 1954 (Azumafuji (middle) had just retired and Tochinishiki (far left) had just succeeded in his rope run) A photo of the 38th Yokozuna Terukuni Futabayama's final dohyo iri at his retirement ceremony. He is attended by Haguroyama at left and Terukuni at right A seemingly interested Haguroyama (with a bandage of some sort on his chin) looks at a photographer during a jungyo. Chiyonoyama looks anxious while his tsukebito help him with the tsuna The 38th Yokozuna Tamanishiki poses with some civilians A very happy Tamanoumi and Kitanofuji show off their Zensho-Yushogaku's to the public I'll try to post more later when I have more time, but this was very interesting and I hope you guys like it!

I know that Sadanoyama did very well in the few tournaments leading up to his retirement: Aki 1967: 12-3 Jun-Yusho Kyushu 1967: 12-3 Yusho Hatsu 1968: 13-2 Yusho Haru 1968: 2-4 Intai

I think that everybody would love to see a 3-way playoff, with Hakuho, Takakeisho, and Terunofuji going into senshuraku with all 14-1 records. It could happen if all rikishi come into Day 13 with 12-0 records. Let's say that Hakuho faces Takakeisho and wins, Takakeisho is 12-1 and Hakuho 13-0. The next day, Takakeisho defeats Terunofuji, so Takakeisho is now 13-1 and Terunofuji 13-1. Let's say that Hakuho wins his bout, and also advances to 14-0. Now, Takakeisho wins his bout and Terunofuji ends Hakuho's zensho-yusho chances, with all of them level at 14-1. This would be an absolute dream to see, but I just don't think that all three of them will be in any condition to end regular senshuraku with 14 wins. Coming back from a long kyujo and going 14-1 is something that I don't think has ever been achieved before. Takakeisho has been quite inconsistent in his performances but given his performances in Aki and Kyushu 2020 he has proved himself to be a credible threat. When he's not hampered by injuries, he always has a shot at the yusho. Terunofuji has the momentum, but I'm just not sure if he can weigh the pressure. There isn't any solid ground to make a feasible prediction for how the big three (Hakuho, Takakeisho, and Terunofuji) will perform in July. However, this Nagoya Basho will definitely be one of the most exciting and important in recent times. A LOT is on the line here.

Maybe this wasn't that bad of a take after all.... This Nagoya Basho has so much at stake for Mongolian Rikishi.

I’m just so happy that Terunofuji’s impressive comeback story ended perfectly for him, this basho is a testament to his amazing determination and will power, and I want to see how far he can go in Makuuchi. As for Asanoyama, he also had a really strong performance and, in my opinion, looks like the next guy to possibly wear the tsuna.

However the suspense for the final day’s bouts is killing me. I’m rooting for Terunofuji, because he has had one of the most incredible comeback stories, if not the most incredible one that sumo has ever seen.

I like how Asanoyama’s basho went. I feel like he could have beaten Terunofuji in their bout, and Terutsuyoshi won by Ashitori. I think he may be the next Yokozuna or a great Ozeki, but time will tell

Wakanohana I performs his final dohyo-iri, flanked by the great duo of Kashiwado and Taiho The former Futabayama cutting his chonmage Asashio III also had his last dohyo-iri flanked by Kashiwado and Taiho His oyakata (I forgot) cutting off Asashio’s topknot for the last time Tochinoumi , like his 2 predecessors, was flanked by Kashiwado and Taiho The former Tochinishiki cutting off Tochinoumi’s topknot A better and clearer view of Kasugano Oyakata cutting off Tochinoumi’s topknot I think this is a photo of Tochinoumi right after his ceremony ended I cannot find an image of Sadanoyama’s dohyo-iri, but I remember it being the first one to not have Yokozuna as attendants Tamanoshima (later Yokozuna Tamanoumi) cuts Sadanoyama’s chonmage The new Yokozuna duo of Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi flanked Kashiwado’s final dohyo-iri The end of an 8 year Yokozuna rivalry, as Taiho cuts his great friend and great rival’s chonmage I think this is Kashiwado after the ceremony, but I am not sure