Gaijingai 404 Posted December 31, 2019 2019 Sumo Yearbook https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/790/ 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Otokonoyama 2,708 Posted January 3 Reviewing last year, previewing 2020 in sumo Quote Happy New Year to you all. Here’s to a great 2020. Sumo is the daytime soap opera of sports when it comes to drama. Action inside the ring is often controversial — the result of many rules actually being guidelines that are open to interpretation —while regular scandals and political machinations outside it ensure there are few slow news days in Japan’s national sport. Last year was no exception, with the storylines coming thick and fast right from the start... https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/01/03/sumo/reviewing-last-year-previewing-2020-sumo 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benihana 1,146 Posted January 3 2 hours ago, Otokonoyama said: Reviewing last year, previewing 2020 in sumo @John Gunning [...] the mice (Takayasu, Hokutofuji, Yutakayama) might play [...]? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Otokonoyama 2,708 Posted January 9 Sumo practice blowups nothing new in sport ruled by traditions Quote The problem of violence reared its ugly head in sumo again recently, but this time it came with a twist. Instead of a hazing and bullying or a drunken brawl in a bar, the violence on this occasion occurred inside a ring — specifically the practice at the Miyagino stable. Anyone who has ever attended a sumo training knows they aren’t for the faint of heart and that controlled aggression is an ever present in stables... https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/01/09/sumo/sumo-practice-blowups-nothing-new-sport-ruled-traditions/ 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jakusotsu 3,138 Posted January 9 (edited) 9 hours ago, Otokonoyama said: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/01/09/sumo/sumo-practice-blowups-nothing-new-sport-ruled-traditions/ " Yes things can overheat — especially when two wrestlers engage in a series of intense bouts. To expect otherwise would be to make demands on human biology beyond its current capability. When the testosterone and adrenaline flow, control regularly takes a back seat." That passage is pure Pulitzer material. Excellent work, John! Edited January 9 by Jakusotsu link fixed 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Otokonoyama 2,708 Posted January 10 New Year Basho provides intriguing mix of storylines Quote Every sumo tournament contains a myriad of storylines. One of the most fascinating aspects of the sport is the fact that the kachikoshi/makekoshi delineation of winning and losing records determines both the starting positions for the following meet and the lifestyle of the wrestlers. In sports like soccer, football or golf no matter who wins a competition, everyone goes back to square one the next time out... https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/01/09/sumo/new-year-basho-provides-intriguing-mix-storylines 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 404 Posted January 10 https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200110/p2g/00m/0sp/086000c Basho preview 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amamaniac 1,036 Posted January 12 (edited) Focusing on the decline of sumo's top two: https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0006281384 Edited January 12 by Jakusotsu link fixed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Otokonoyama 2,708 Posted January 12 American-born Akebono blazed path to pinnacle of sumo Quote Rowan, an anglicization of the Irish O Ruadhain, isn’t a name widely found in sport. Indeed, apart from a South African cricketer active from the 1930s to 1950s, you’d be hard pressed to find any noteworthy athletes with the name. A few journeymen soccer and baseball players and someone who started a single game for the Philadelphia Eagles back in the 1930s is about the extent of it. By far the most successful Rowan of all time when it comes to sport didn’t even go by that name... https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/01/12/sumo/american-born-akebono-blazed-path-pinnacle-sumo/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 404 Posted January 12 https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3045618/japanese-sumo-wrestling-champion-walks-tamil-film-hilarity-ensues 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asojima 2,189 Posted January 12 13 minutes ago, Gaijingai said: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3045618/japanese-sumo-wrestling-champion-walks-tamil-film-hilarity-ensues Starring Tooyama. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 404 Posted January 12 2 hours ago, Asojima said: Starring Tooyama. Ah - Thanks! I was wondering what the guy's shikona had been. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 404 Posted January 13 Kotomitsuki https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/01/13/sumo/technical-acumen-couldnt-get-kotomitsuki-hump/#.Xhxc5cBOklQ 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naganoyama 3,700 Posted January 13 Yeah. Kotomitsuki! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Otokonoyama 2,708 Posted January 13 Endo completes sweep of yokozuna Quote Fan-favorite No. 1 maegashira Endo brought Ryogoku Kokugikan to its feet on Monday with a stunning upset of yokozuna Hakuho on the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament’s second day... https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/01/13/sumo/basho-reports/endo-completes-sweep-yokozuna/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Otokonoyama 2,708 Posted January 14 Kisenosato is gone, but his impact lives on 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eikokurai 1,700 Posted January 14 (edited) On 13/01/2020 at 20:11, Gaijingai said: Kotomitsuki https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/01/13/sumo/technical-acumen-couldnt-get-kotomitsuki-hump/#.Xhxc5cBOklQ The buzz over his Ozeki run in 2007 had sumo firmly on the front pages and was one of the things that held my attention and consolidated my interest in the sport, along with Hakuho’s Yokozuna promotion. There hadn’t been a new Japanese Ozeki for five years (Kaio, Chiyotaikai and Tochiazuma were old hands or had retired by then) and the sport was being dominated by the Mongolians and Eastern Europeans, so the country briefly went crazy over the long-awaited emergence of a homegrown talent. Good times. Edited January 14 by Eikokurai Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 404 Posted January 15 Hakuho Kyujo!! https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/01/70a0900f3e93-sumo-hakuho-out-of-new-year-meet-kakuryu-lone-competing-yokozuna.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Otokonoyama 2,708 Posted January 15 Tochiazuma's bloody rivalry with Asashoryu a spectacle Quote In terms of sumo’s vintage years, 1976 was one of the best. The bumper crop included three-time champion Chiyotaikai, fellow ozeki Kotomitsuki (also a title winner), long time sanyaku (the three ranks below yokozuna) occupant Wakanosato and several other top-division stalwarts. A third ozeki, Tochiazuma, was born the same year. Like Chiyotaikai, he went on to lift the Emperor’s Cup on three occasions... https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/01/15/sumo/tochiazumas-bloody-rivalry-asashoryu-spectacle/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 404 Posted January 15 https://vulturehound.co.uk/2020/01/remembering-kazou-sakurada/ Kazuo Sakurada - RIP 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 404 Posted January 16 Kakuryu Kyujo! https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/01/9165e4d2891a-sumo-kakuryu-pulls-out-of-new-year-meet-joins-hakuho-on-injury-list.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jakusotsu 3,138 Posted January 16 5 hours ago, Gaijingai said: Kakuryu Kyujo! Do you really think this belongs to this thread? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 25,924 Posted January 16 16 minutes ago, Jakusotsu said: Do you really think this belongs to this thread? Did we ever have an article thread in honbasho? The English title in the URL says all anyway (a message from the "Scrap that spoiler crap" movement) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jakusotsu 3,138 Posted January 16 It's not so much about spoilers but being more of a news flash than a real article. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 25,924 Posted January 16 13 minutes ago, Jakusotsu said: It's not so much about spoilers but being more of a news flash than a real article. Ah, I jumped to conclusions again without actually looking at the article - I only read the headlines most of the time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
