Haru jungyo 2016

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On April 5th a basho in Izumisano-city, Osaka area, after about 60 years again.
http://www.sankei.com/west/news/150706/wst1507060080-n1.html
Jungyo man Takasaki-oyakata (ex-Kinkaiyama) was on location

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NHK news page with video, including a comment from ex-Touki, jungyo man Sendagawa-oyakata on tour to Takasaki-city.

After this year in April, also next year there will be a Takasaki-basho, April 16th.

http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/entame/entertainment/452938/

Edit: Page gone, and unfortunately I saved an earlier version without the video - no way to get to the link now

Edited October 3, 2015 by Akinomaki

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On April 14th the Machida-basho: Kitataiki from Machida-city, Tokyo, was there for the forming of the koenkai for that basho.
The head of his own koenkai there was appealing to the NSK for years to have a basho in Machida "While there is a local sekitori in makuuchi" (could be too late then).
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/tokyotama/news/20151001-OYTNT50395.html

Edited October 4, 2015 by Akinomaki

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April 13th (a Wednesday) the Kawasaki basho, after 19 years again. Announcement: http://kawaspokyo.jp/osirase/20151013sumou.pdf
http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/kanagawa/list/201510/CK2015102002000191.html

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On April 8th the Tatebayashi jungyo, Gunma, after 25 years again in that city. Onaruto-oyakata (Dejima) was there for PR.
http://mainichi.jp/graph/2015/12/02/20151202ddlk10050129000c/001.html


Next year will again have a Shizuoka Fuji-san basho in April, on the 10th. Jungyo man Shiratama-oyakata (Kototsubaki) was there.
http://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/shizuoka/20151201/CK2015120102000043.html

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The Kyokai announced the full schedule for the first jungyo of the year recently, 16 events.

April 3rd - Ise Jingu Honozumo, Mie prefecture

April 4th - Iga, Mie

April 5th - Izumisano, Osaka

April 6th - Okazaki, Aichi

April 7th - Matsumoto, Nagano

April 8th - Tatebayashi, Gunma

April 9th - Fujisawa, Kanagawa

April 10th - Shizuoka, Shizuoka

April 12th - Tsukuba, Ibaraki

April 13th - Kawasaki, Kanagawa

April 14th - Machida, Tokyo

April 16th - Takasaki, Gunma

April 17th - Kawaguchi, Saitama

April 18th - Yasukuni Jinja Honozumo, Tokyo

April 19th - Saku, Nagano

April 20th - Toyama, Toyama

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Visiting the mayor of Kawasaki for talk about the jungyo there on Apr. 13th were shukun-sho winner Toyonoshima (Tokitsukaze - he might be remembered in the future mostly as the only one to the win against the only Japanese-born yusho winner in 10 years) and Kasugayama-oyakata (ex-Hamanishiki) - his heya is located in Kawasaki and the only one in Kanagawa prefecture.
The mayor is the honorary president of the jungyo, the ozumo Kawasaki furusato-basho.
http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASJ21449QJ21ULOB003.html


PDF flyers so far:
Izumisano: http://www.kankou-izumisano.jp/ikkrwebBrowse/material/files/group/31/Omote.pdf
Okazaki-basho: http://okazaki.sumo-j.com/pdf/okazakibasyo-20160406.pdf
Matsumoto-basho and Saku-basho - Mitakeumi is from Nagano pref.: http://www.kyodo-hokuriku.co.jp/information/oozumou松本佐久.pdf
Shizuoka-basho: http://sumou-fujisan.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/d612937e5c7cc679b6b630d18abab214.pdf
Machida-basho - Kitataiki is a local: http://www.shopper.jp/campaign/sumo_html/pdf/sumo-machidabasho.pdf
Toyama-basho: http://www.kyodo-hokuriku.co.jp/information/toyamachirashi.pdf

Kawaguchi-basho - Minato-beya is located there, Ichinojo thus is semi-local: http://kawaguchibasho.com/kyousan.pdf


Takasaki - will Endo be there?


Tsukuba - Kisenosato and Takayasu are from Ibaraki, Ichinojo seems overrated for the Haru jungyo

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Visiting the mayor of Kawasaki for talk about the jungyo there on Apr. 13th were shukun-sho winner Toyonoshima (Tokitsukaze - he might be remembered in the future mostly as the only one to the win against the only Japanese-born yusho winner in 10 years) and Kasugayama-oyakata (ex-Hamanishiki) - his heya is located in Kawasaki and the only one in Kanagawa prefecture.

The mayor is the honorary president of the jungyo, the ozumo Kawasaki furusato-basho.

http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASJ21449QJ21ULOB003.html

This jungyo basho has a YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE9pGm4pUWs6BDZezHvvuaQ/videos?sort=dd&shelf_id=0&view=0

Toyonoshima and Kasugayama-oyakata have short appearences

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Before the Iga basho (on the 4th., Ise on the 3rd) in Mie pref., Hanaregoma-oyakata (Tamanoshima) visited the governor of Mie and did a sumo pose with him. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/mie/news/20160330-OYTNT50269.html

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The governor appears to be an Ura fan.

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Kisenosato wins the Ise tournament again this year, beating Kotoshogiku with a Uwatenage(?)

Here is the draw.

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Edited April 3, 2016 by rhyen

[Akinomaki 41,856]

Kyujo for the jungyo, with pain from the old injuries (and maybe aggravated at the basho): Terunofuji and Endo.

Today Goeido with a torn muscle from day 5 against Kotoyuki did only the dohyo-iri and wasn't in the tournament.

http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1626260.html

News page with video of the Ise hounou-zumo http://www.hicbc.com/news/detail.asp?cl=c&id=00040146
->http://cbc.webcdn.stream.ne.jp/www08/cbc/news/local/00040146_0403180857.mp4
pics
http://iseshima.keizai.biz/headline/2548/

Edited April 3, 2016 by Akinomaki

[rhyen 1,858]

Kotoyuki windmill vs Kakuryu... (Laughing...)

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Kisenosato wins the Ise tournament again this year, beating Kotoshogiku with a Uwatenage(?)...

Spectator tweet video

Edited April 3, 2016 by inhashi

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Kotoyuki channeling Terao. Nice to see Kotoyuki getting more press. I'd better send him a gift now before he gets inundated. HHHHUUUU!!!!

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Today Goeido with a torn muscle from day 5 against Kotoyuki did only the dohyo-iri and wasn't in the tournament.

the day 5 tsuki-taoshi loss against Kotoyuki http://www.daily.co.jp/sumo/2016/04/04/0008956093.shtml

so now we know why he didn't win the yusho

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The Iga jungyo today was sold out with about 2800 spectators.
Local Chiyonokuni was glad to be able to take part as a sekitori as the jungyo came to his hometown after 39 years again.
He was of course busy, too busy: model for mage making, fan duty - but after juryo keiko he went to the bath and forgot that he also had kids duty. When he came out of the bath he heard from Yoshikaze "Kids sumo has already started", remembered and rushed back to the dohyo. http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1626760.html

Jungyo head (ex-deputy) and deputy watching keiko - Irumagawa as well







Ise - about 2500 spectators
Hakkaku aisatsu

Kakuryu-Kotoyuki

Yoshikaze-Kotoyuki

Edited April 4, 2016 by Akinomaki

[rhyen 1,858]

Kisenosato wins the Ise tournament again this year, beating Kotoshogiku with a Uwatenage(?)

Here is the draw.

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Wow, the way the Japanese updated the site, means that we can even get Ise tournament result with just one image pre-tournament.

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Back to Osaka, Izumisano today

http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1627159.html

Kotoshogiku still a favorite of the female fans, especially the elder - asa-geiko

Iga

Chiyonokuni-Asasekiryu

Ise

Kisenosato-Kotoshogiku, yumitori-shiki

BTW, the Ise shrine hall site is completely open: http://www.jingukaikan.jp/kaikan/

all folders with old and new sumo contents can be viewed:

videos/ has a video of the 58th tournament

imgs_topics/ has the pics folders for sumo (the first 3 are also sumo pics), all the torikumi.gif are there as well

The other torikumi before the top 16 tournament are here http://www.jingukaikan.jp/kaikan/topics61_sumo_torikumi.html

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Izumisano - last bout: Kakuryu-Hakuho - only 3 kensho but for each a very long announcement

yumitori-shiki by Satonofuji

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On the 6th the jungyo celebrating 100 years of Okazaki-city (Aichi愛知), with about 5000 spectators.
The first ozumo bout of local future Kotomitsuki II 琴光喜 - Aiki 愛喜 (7, 127cm, 41kg), against Takekaze.
Ike's dream had been: "I want to fell Hakuho and send him to intai"
Taka the boss: "A future Yokozuna" http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2016/04/07/kiji/K20160407012358070.html

with dad Tamiya (39)

at the danpatsu-shiki last year Feb.

local Dewahayate yorikiri against Asasekiryu http://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/aichi/20160407/CK2016040702000051.html


Iga
yokozuna doyho-iri
Harumafuji with Takarafuji and Daieisho
Hakuho with Kaisei and Daishomaru
Kakuryo with Ikioi and Shodai

jinku

Edited April 7, 2016 by Akinomaki

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Ike's dream had been: "I want to fell Hakuho and send him to intai"

Careful, he'll hurt you..

[rhyen 1,858]

Ike's dream had been: "I want to fell Hakuho and send him to intai"

Careful, he'll hurt you..

Hhmmmm...8 more years before he can enter a heya.

Assuming a Shodai-ish performance with no MK, that would take another 2 years before he reach joi ranks.

Will Hakuho still be around in 10+ years time?

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Ike's dream had been: "I want to fell Hakuho and send him to intai"

Careful, he'll hurt you..

Hhmmmm...8 more years before he can enter a heya.

Assuming a Shodai-ish performance with no MK, that would take another 2 years before he reach joi ranks.

Will Hakuho still be around in 10+ years time?

They'll allow Hakuko to relinguish his Yokozuna title, slowly falling down to the unsalaried ranks oer the years to wait the little boy's pure promise of intai-ing him.

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Matsumoto, Nagano - Mitakeumi's home prefecture.
arriving yesterday evening - Harumafuji

Mitakeumi was main performer at keiko with kids

Homarefuji, so far the core of the kids duty corps, spoke of intai (from that duty) - he as juryo has to wait till makuuchi keiko is over and when kids keiko finishes, soon the juryo dohyo-iri starts: "1 day in 3 please" http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1628200.html

waiting for the salute from the kids

but Taka praised him (and Mitakeumi and Chiyootori, also Sokokurai took part) as a real entertainer http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1628201.html

Edited April 7, 2016 by Akinomaki