Sumo articles by journalists who are Forum members/or not

[Kotoviki 16]

I have to say Otokonoyama is so right...So this professor may know nothing of what he's writing about just elaborating on things he's heard or read that may or may not even be reliable.

Nailed it! (I am not worthy...)

AND as Doreen says he may also have written that article in English for a foreign audience.

Though it is shameful that he would write such a thing without clear evidence... regarding his profession and all. People in Japan really respect professors!

Lost it! (Shaking head...) Let's go back and see who wrote what:

One may charitably assume that some of the problems of the professor's piece were caused by a bad translation of an article originally written in Japanese. The title tells it all: 'Sumos' and the yakuza.

Orion

I strongly suspect the article was written in English by the author himself, and intended for a foreign audience.

Sorry about that!!!! (Shaking head...) I get lost with all the quotes... (Shaking head...) apologies all around... :-D (Clapping wildly...) (On the banzuke...)

[Kintamayama 45,543]

MB back with a vengeance. Quite right.

[Kintamayama 45,543]

Mark on the new regime

[ryafuji 815]

Nishonoseki Ichimon

[Asashosakari 19,685]

Nishonoseki Ichimon

[Otokonoyama 2,735]

Hakuho still man to beat

John Gunning / Special to The Daily Yomiuri

[James H 0]

Hakuho still man to beat

John Gunning / Special to The Daily Yomiuri

Glaring factual error?

Karma...

[Otokonoyama 2,735]

I for one am happy to see more sumo writing in the mainstream media. (In jonokuchi...)

[Babaryutaikai 1]

Hakuho still man to beat

John Gunning / Special to The Daily Yomiuri

Glaring factual error?

Karma...

Nice to see your by-line in a legit publication, John!

[Kintamayama 45,543]

Hakuhou=Dimaggio?

Musashimaru=medicine man?

Edited September 17, 2010 by Kintamayama

[Kintamayama 45,543]

Sumo situation

[Kintamayama 45,543]

Japan Times by A.N.Onimous

[ryafuji 815]

MB on Hakuho's greatness.

I must have missed the news that Kaio is to retire in November. (Perhaps something got lost in the editing?)

I'm also not convinced that the current crop of ozeki is the best for 10 years. What about Chiyotaikai, Kaio and Tochiazuma circa 2004?

[Doitsuyama 1,194]

MB on Hakuho's greatness.

I must have missed the news that Kaio is to retire in November. (Perhaps something got lost in the editing?)

I'm also not convinced that the current crop of ozeki is the best for 10 years. What about Chiyotaikai, Kaio and Tochiazuma circa 2004?

MB might actually be correct on both accounts as the second is a judgement call and the first will be settled soon. But there is a really big blunder as he attributed the "record number of wins per year" to Asashoryu. He is correct with the record number of 86, but that was the number of Hakuho's wins in 2009 while Asashoryu's best was 84 wins in 2005.

[ryafuji 815]

I still think it highly unlikely that Kaio will retire after a tournament in which he will be in no danger of losing his ozeki rank.

[Asameshimae 220]

I still think it highly unlikely that Kaio will retire after a tournament in which he will be in no danger of losing his ozeki rank.

Yes, because I would I wouldn't expect it of him, it would be a nice touch for him to pull off a kachikoshi in Fukuoka, then retire with some class when he is not kadoban. However, chances are he won't get his kachikoshi.

[Doitsuyama 1,194]

However, chances are he won't get his kachikoshi.

No doubt based on his recent results which are... wait... nine kachi-koshi and a 6-5-4 in the last ten basho. Somehow I'm thinking he's more likely to get a kachi-koshi than not...

[ilovesumo 12]

When it comes to Kaio - NO IDEA.

I was sure he would retire some....3 years ago or so.

Always the same game "we hope he can make it to Fukuoka" - as if he would definetly retire there.

And then he went on "

" (What's Brian doing there? ) or not - we will never know. The way this worked for years, it could as well go on. One day it will end - The Kyokai still needs him as one of, or even THE most popular Japanese Rikishi. No Kaio, less fans. Maybe they could even close down Fukuoka after his Intai....

[Jejima 1,427]

When it comes to Kaio - NO IDEA.

You need to add 'Fukuoka basho' into the equation. I just had a quick scan of Doitsubase, and the last time that Kaio had an MK in Fukuoka (excluding two recentish November bashos, when he pulled out early in the first week) was back in 1990, when he went 3-4 in Makushita. So by those stats, expect either an early withdrawal, or Kaio once again starting a new year in ozumo, meaning that the 'When will Kaio retire poll?' can be given yet another airing....

[Asameshimae 220]

You are right, I was being lazy. It just "seems" like Kaio goes kadoban a lot. My bad, I should've have looked at his record more closely before I shoot off at the mouth. He probably WILL get his kachkoshi, but I do indeed hope he ends on that note. It is long past time good ole Kaio had his swan song.

[kame 0]

You are right, I was being lazy. It just "seems" like Kaio goes kadoban a lot. My bad, I should've have looked at his record more closely before I shoot off at the mouth. He probably WILL get his kachkoshi, but I do indeed hope he ends on that note. It is long past time good ole Kaio had his swan song.

And why is this?

[Chinonofuji 35]

In Sumo

[Kintamayama 45,543]

MB sums up the decade

[Otokonoyama 2,735]

Turning over a new leaf / Expelled Russian rikishi resurfaces on Fla. gridiron with lofty goal

John Gunning / Special to The Daily Yomiuri

In the summer of 2008, as the global economy approached meltdown, the sumo career of Soslan Aleksandrovich Gagloev, formerly known as Wakanoho, met a similarly spectacular and self-inflicted end.

Two years later, both are tentatively on the road to recovery...

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/T101110002731.htm

[Chinonofuji 35]

MB sums up the decade

Is Takanohana a shoo-in to become rijicho, per MB's article?