Sumo program announcements (pics and vids)

[Akinomaki 39,797]

This weeks Sports Japan
shows highlights from the March Sumo Tournament. Focus on Endo, investigating why he's so popular.

On the NHK World live feed on Sunday - schedule and here another.

JST 23:10, 5:10, 00:10, 11:30, 17:30.

[Asashosakari 18,786]

Focus on Endo, investigating why he's so popular.

Ah, so as part of the ongoing Endo hype they're going to investigate how all the Endo hype has made him popular with the casual fans whose main exposure to Ozumo is through media hype. That's going to be insightful.

[Akinomaki 39,797]

A documentary on Satoyama, Apr. 5th 11:30-11:54 a.m. JST NHK-G

http://www4.nhk.or.jp/mokugeki/x/2014-04-05/21/06984/

Edit: Baseball pushed it to next week (link)

Edited April 6, 2014 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 39,797]

For Niji users:
Today 23:15-24:15 JST TV Asahi: scoop stories by 20 top athletes, with Hakuho and Toyonoshima (Daikiho only commented) somewhere in the middle of the program.
I guess that's a repeat of Hakuho about sekitori not washing themselves in the o-furo - the tsukebito do it for them, etc.
http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/mininaru/

NHK educational news to train English conversation on the 10th, JST 6-6:20, 22-22:20 and the 12th, 5:-5:20:
New yokozuna Kakuryu - guest: Demon-kakka.
http://tv.yahoo.co.jp/program/86019071/
NHK world English news are used for that - maybe also useful to learn a bit sumo Japanese.

Nihon TV on the 14th 23:59-24:54 JST: Kanjani7/8 (boy group) reporting on different aspects of the sumo world: oyakata, gyoji, o-kami-san, rikishi-wife, NSK, foreign rikishi, etc.
http://tv.yahoo.co.jp/program/86175640/

Edited April 8, 2014 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 39,797]

Sunday 23:30～23:56 JST Nihon TV: the Chiyo brothers reflect upon being too fat
http://natalie.mu/owarai/news/114331

Edited April 12, 2014 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 39,797]

Oitekaze-beya asa-geiko live on the sokagenki-tv channel on Ustream, Wed. 7:00 a.m. JST - finish
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sokagenki-tv

[Akinomaki 39,797]

This weeks Sports Japan shows highlights from the May Sumo Tournament. Focus on Kakuryu.



Guest: Doreen Simmons

On the NHK World live feed on Sunday - schedule and here another. I was delighted to find NHK World now also on the Hotbird satellite, which also carries JSTV (with the Japanese and bilingual part of NHK kokusai housou for free on the pay channel). Now I can do a timer recording on that as well. NHK World is also on Astra and surely many other satellites around the world.

JST 23:10, 5:10, 11:30, 17:30.

Edited June 7, 2014 by Akinomaki

[Asojima 2,870]

NHK World has a cool Japan segment on sumo scheduled for today and tomorrow. Cool Japan is a very interesting program which gets English speaking foreigner's impressions of various aspects of life in Japan.

[Akinomaki 39,797]

On Niji: Today/Night to Monday in Japan 1:15-2:15 JST Fuji TV: All about Musashigawa-beya

http://www.fujitv.co.jp/sports/gladiolus/

[Akinomaki 39,797]

Hakuho was the guest on Fuji TV's Wonderful Life.

http://www.fujitv.co.jp/wonderful-life/009.html

Edited June 17, 2014 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 39,797]

A special on Endo on TBS Jounetsu Tairiku (preview video), the 29th 23:00-23:30 JST

http://news.walkerplus.com/article/48027/






BTW, there were several news on Endo lately, last was a talk-show together with new juryo Daeisho from his heya
http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/sumo/news/f-sp-tp3-20140626-1324289.html

[Akinomaki 39,797]

A special on Endo on TBS Jounetsu Tairiku (preview video), the 29th 23:00-23:30 JST

http://news.walkerplus.com/article/48027/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DzVJXV_YL0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMzCARgIds4

[Akinomaki 39,797]

A repeat of a special on Osunaarashi on NHK World: SUMO SPIRIT A Storm from Egypt http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/tv/special/201405.html#pId201405100010 (with preview)
Sa. 12.07. Check the schedule at http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/tv/schedule/index.html

for the time it starts at your time zone.

[I am the Yokozuna 187]

The program on Endo was great. Unfortunately, he speaks with too many cliches. And Hakuho does not come across as a nice person to be around.

I always thought that gym training was frowned upon by the powers in charge or my memory on Chiyinofuji is wrong? Now, almost all upper rank rikishis seem to have personal trainers and visit gyms.

[Torabayama 51]

Appears I just missed it as the account has been terminated. Was on this morning when I woke up but silly me thought I would watch it a little late.

[Asojima 2,870]

NHK World is rerunning the Osunaarashi segment by popular demand several times in the next 2 days.

[Asojima 2,870]

Mongolian wrestling competition currently being broadcast on UBS. The program is covering the Naadam.

The Naadam is an annual festival which national competition in wrestling, archery and horse racing (Loong distance with young children as the jockeys).

Edited July 12, 2014 by Asojima

[Akinomaki 39,797]

This weeks Sports Japan has the focus on foreign wrestlers. They should show highlights from the Nagoya Tournament, but nothing is announced.



Guest: John Gunning

On the NHK World live feed on Sunday - schedule and here another.

JST 23:10, 5:10, 11:30, 17:30.

[inhashi 2,363]

Something to watch in between. Entertaining none the less. Gave me a chuckle :D

In Japanese only but still fun to watch. I love how Ichinojo is so soft spoken for such a massive young man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTXo73buIEI&index=301&list=PLj_5xaD5AfJCovmv5pq-t8-5ff-305y9j

let's see if youtube will keep these available for a bit since the last one I've posted are now gone :-/

Edited July 13, 2015 by inhashi

[yorikiried by fate 1,989]

This weeks Sports Japan has the focus on foreign wrestlers. They should show highlights from the Nagoya Tournament, but nothing is announced.

Guest: John Gunning

On the NHK World live feed on Sunday - schedule and here another.

JST 23:10, 5:10, 11:30, 17:30.

Make sure to replace the last pic with "(edit)" at one point.

[Akinomaki 39,797]

This weeks Sports Japan "Sumo's Unique Culture" has Doreen Simmons showing Ryoguku.

On the NHK World live feed on Sunday: schedule.

JST 23:10, 5:10, 11:30, 17:30.

(Sports Japan archive page)

Make sure to replace the last pic with "(edit)" at one point.

With what and at which point?

Edited October 12, 2014 by Akinomaki

[Orion 431]

This weeks Sports Japan "Sumo's Unique Culture" has Doreen Simmons showing Ryoguku.

On the NHK World live feed on Sunday: schedule.

JST 23:10, 5:10, 11:30, 17:30.

(Sports Japan archive page)

Make sure to replace the last pic with "(edit)" at one point.

With what and at which point?

Whoops! considering we haven't even made the real program yet, this is scary! The top photo is from the upcoming show, while those beneath are from the one we did a couple of months ago. Of the NHK English commentators, I am told that David Shapiro has done two, John Gunning has just appeared in his first, and my own second is upcoming. Who's next? At least I'm not getting bad vibes from the neighbors...

Doreen the busy

[Akinomaki 39,797]

This weeks Sports Japan "Sumo's Unique Culture" has Doreen Simmons showing Ryoguku.

Whoops! considering we haven't even made the real program yet, this is scary! The top photo is from the upcoming show, while those beneath are from the one we did a couple of months ago.

They usually change the old pictures later into some from the new show.

[Hakuhonofan 334]

Hakuho recording the narration for the year-end special program “The Hakuho Japanese don't know about.” on TBS, 31^st 4:30 PM He thinks his pronunciation and understanding has improved with this 3^rd time he was narrator.

http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/sumo/news/f-sp-tp3-20131218-1233122.html

Sorry, but this is the only one I can find available anywhere.

The video " 日本人の知らない白鵬 " has overlapping Mongolian dub, but it has text in Japanese and you can still hear him talking in Japanese in the background.

Below is my poor attempt at summarizing. Others who can do a better job than me are welcomed for input.

It showed when he visited Taiho's grave, and flashback to the last conversation he had with Taiho (where he said he wanted to reach Taiho's record).

During vacation time in Mongolia, he and his dad were guests of honors at a Naadam festival, then it showed Hakuho's reunion with former classmates, and the time when he got beaten by Mongolian wrestlers when he tried wrestling them.

When Ryuo retired, Hakuho was devastated because he basically started almost at the same time as Ryuo. At Ryuo's dampatsu-shiki, Hakuho was seen rather emotional after he took his turn snipping.

After he won his 27th Emperor Cup, he went for MRI because of back pain. Not exactly sure what the result was, but there's a gap in the lower back's spine. This triggered his desire to practice Futabayama's "go no sen". He then met a 69 yr old judo-ka legend, a 1964 Olympic gold medalist Isao Okano to learn and practice some techniques that the yokozuna thought was similar to "go no sen".

He also visited Oita, to the house where Futabayama was born.

Then the memorable broken winning run. When Kisenosato stopped his winning record at 62, the audiences shouted "Banzai!Banzai!Banzai!" (maybe because they were relieved that Futabayama's record wasn't broken by a foreigner?), and Hakuho revealed what he felt at the time.

Edited November 29, 2014 by Hakuhonofan

[Orion 431]

Hakuho recording the narration for the year-end special program “The Hakuho Japanese don't know about.” on TBS, 31^st 4:30 PM He thinks his pronunciation and understanding has improved with this 3^rd time he was narrator.

http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/sumo/news/f-sp-tp3-20131218-1233122.html

Sorry, but this is the only one I can find available anywhere.

The video " 日本人の知らない白鵬 " has overlapping Mongolian dub, but it has text in Japanese and you can still hear him talking in Japanese in the background.

Below is my poor attempt at summarizing. Others who can do a better job than me are welcomed for input.

It showed when he visited Taiho's grave, and flashback to the last conversation he had with Taiho (where he said he wanted to reach Taiho's record).

During vacation time in Mongolia, he and his dad were guests of honors at a Naadam festival, then it showed Hakuho's reunion with former classmates, and the time when he got beaten by Mongolian wrestlers when he tried wrestling them.

When Ryuo retired, Hakuho was devastated because he basically started almost at the same time as Ryuo. At Ryuo's dampatsu-shiki, Hakuho was seen rather emotional after he took his turn snipping.

After he won his 27th Emperor Cup, he went for MRI because of back pain. Not exactly sure what the result was, but there's a gap in the lower back's spine. This triggered his desire to practice Futabayama's "go no sen". He then met a 69 yr old judo-ka legend, a 1964 Olympic gold medalist Isao Okano to learn and practice some techniques that the yokozuna thought was similar to "go no sen".

He also visited Oita, to the house where Futabayama was born.

Then the memorable broken winning run. When Kisenosato stopped his winning record at 62, the audiences shouted "Banzai!Banzai!Banzai!" (maybe because they were relieved that Futabayama's record wasn't broken by a foreigner?), and Hakuho revealed what he felt at the time.

I've never seen 'Hakuho' written in Mongolian. I see they gutturalize both 'h's.

Orion