Gaijingai 1,040 Posted April 15 Interview With Tokyo University Sumo Wrestler About Going Pro https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220415/p2g/00m/0sp/068000c 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kintamayama 38,764 Posted April 22 John emerges from hiatus: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/04/20/sumo/foreign-wrestlers-future/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 1,040 Posted April 27 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/04/27/sumo/summer-basho-2022-banzuke/ John Gunning column 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 1,040 Posted April 29 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220429-life-after-sumo-retired-wrestlers-fight-for-new-careers outstanding article!! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 1,040 Posted April 29 https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2022/04/29/the-rule-bound-world-of-japanese-sumo/ simple and to the point! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inside Sport Japan 512 Posted May 4 Fan-produced content boosts sumo's international visibility - Japan Times (Contains mentions of this site and several of its members) 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kintamayama 38,764 Posted May 4 2 hours ago, Inside Sport Japan said: Fan-produced content boosts sumo's international visibility - Japan Times (Contains mentions of this site and several of its members) I shall henceforth be known as the "feather-ruffler." 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 1,040 Posted May 25 Terunofuji John Gunning Column https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/05/25/sumo/terunofuji-legacy/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 1,040 Posted June 1 Old timers leaving, new men coming . John Gunning https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/06/01/sumo/sumos-wheel-of-life/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reonito 393 Posted June 1 2 hours ago, Gaijingai said: Old timers leaving, new men coming . John Gunning https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/06/01/sumo/sumos-wheel-of-life/ Surprising error in this one: "Sitting alongside 202 cm tall Sadogatake (formerly Kotooshu)..." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 1,040 Posted June 3 Identical Twins Aim to Be Yokozuna https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/06/02/sumo/sumo-twins-yokozuna-goal/ Gaijingai 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reonito 393 Posted June 3 4 hours ago, Gaijingai said: Identical Twins Aim to Be Yokozuna https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/06/02/sumo/sumo-twins-yokozuna-goal/ Gaijingai Hmm, no mention of the most recent set of identical twins in sumo. I sincerely hope it goes much better this time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 1,040 Posted June 6 Great Hiro Morita video looking at the top and upcoming rikishi. Don’t miss it! https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/videos/20220606104729846/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
code_number3 577 Posted June 8 John Gunning on "degeiko" https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/06/08/general/degeiko-training-back-in-sumo/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 1,040 Posted June 16 John Gunning: Konoshiki reflects on his career https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/06/15/sumo/konishiki-career-40th-anniversary/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 1,040 Posted June 22 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/06/22/sumo/wrestlers-ramp-public-appearances-pandemic-subsides/ Tremendous John Gunning Column!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 1,040 Posted June 22 https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220622/p2a/00m/0sp/026000c Konoshiki’s 40th. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eikokurai 3,287 Posted July 13 (edited) Randomly came across some archived sumo articles from the NYT and WaPo. You won’t learn much but could be of interest just to see them. NYT article is from 1978, WaPo one from 1993. https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/24/archives/sumo-wrestling-has-judge-that-never-blinks-simultaneous-thuds-in.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1993/09/30/no-instant-replay-no-appeal-for-sumo-refs/1b8247fc-8ab0-4834-9228-89b57514fba0/ Edited July 13 by Eikokurai 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 1,040 Posted July 19 John Gunning: Importance of Nagoya Hasho 50 Years Ago https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/07/18/sumo/takamiyama-nagoya-basho-victory-1972/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inside Sport Japan 512 Posted July 19 9 hours ago, Gaijingai said: John Gunning: Importance of Nagoya Hasho 50 Years Ago Pretty sure John hasn't joined the Chunichi Shimbun. Not one of his. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seiyashi 2,743 Posted July 21 Asahi has a couple of pretty interesting paywalled articles: https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASQ7F76FMQ74UTQP00W.html This first is an interview with Konno Misako, new member of the YDC, where she talks about what yokozuna should be and mentions her favourite wrestler is Tokushōryū. https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASQ7J7QNFQ7JUTQP014.html?iref=pc_ss_date_article&iref=pc_extlink I have a bit more of a horse in this race; this is an article about ōzeki quality and a conversation with Kitanofuji on that topic. The authors of the article say that they've crunched ōzeki data; I'd like to see how that matches up against the numbers I put up a while ago on assessing ōzeki. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryafuji 719 Posted July 23 This one really is John Gunning, on the late Wakanohana II and the declining fortunes of his stable, Magaki. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/07/20/sumo/wakanohana-legacy/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 1,040 Posted July 27 And this is really John Gunning with an excellent past, present, and future of Ichinojo https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/07/27/sumo/nagoya-basho-ichinojo-yusho/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inside Sport Japan 512 Posted August 3 Hakuho has 27 years left until he has to retire as a stable master - less than the average time taken by the past five JSA chairmen to reach the sport’s top post, following the end of their active careers. - Japan Times 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 16,484 Posted August 3 I mean... Tsunenohana 14 years (retired 1930 -> rijicho at age 47, 1944-1957) Futabayama 12 years (retired 1945 -> rijicho at age 45, 1957-1968) - died in office Dewanohana 28 years (retired 1940 -> rijicho at age 59, 1968-1974) - stop-gap candidate after Futabayama's death Tochinishiki 14 years (retired 1960 -> rijicho at age 48, 1974-1988) Wakanohana 26 years (retired 1962 -> rijicho at age 59, 1988-1992) - transitional candidate, same generation as Tochinishiki Sadanoyama 24 years (retired 1968 -> rijicho at age 53, 1992-1998) - retired due to lack of confidence Yutakayama 30 years (retired 1968 -> rijicho at age 60, 1998-2002) - stop-gap candidate after Sadanoyama's loss of confidence Kitanoumi 17 years (retired 1985 -> rijicho at age 48, 2002-2008) - retired due to marijuana scandal of heya's rikishi Mienoumi 28 years (retired 1980 -> rijicho at age 60, 2008-2010) - stop-gap candidate after Kitanoumi's retirement, retired himself due to health issues Kaiketsu 31 years (retired 1979 -> rijicho at age 62, 2010-2012) - stop-gap candidate after Mienoumi's retirement Kitanoumi again 2012-2015 - died in office Hokutoumi 23 years (retired 1992 -> rijicho at age 52, 2015-now) Generally speaking, it's only the transitional and emergency candidates who had to wait a long time, and it can't really be called "wait" anyway since most of them weren't actually expected to ever get the post. The obvious candidates have all become chairman in their late 40s or early 50s. The same is likely going to be true for whoever out of Kisenosato/Kakuryu/Hakuho gets to become rijicho in the mid-2030s, making for a wait of under 20 years for him. Hakkaku right now is kind of a weird case since he's both a stop-gap and a young rijicho, as a combination of a very early retirement from the dohyo, Kitanoumi's death opening up the position two and a half years early, and the obvious successor candidate Takanohana flaming out (he'd have been 45 at the time of Kitanoumi's expected 2018 retirement). 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
