Sumo for kids

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https://www.facebook.com/kanji.aranishi/posts/1144670338929071

Not sure if this will work, but those with access to Facebook may be able to see some photos taken by a friend of mine during a kids sumo tournament in Itami City back in May. I'll look for a way to post individual pics. Where is a good place to host?

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Where is a good place to host?

This is the one I use. Once your image is uploaded, click on it to open it in a new tab, then you can right click to copy its address for pasting into your post.

https://imgsafe.org/

[Atenzan 1,084]

imgur.com works very well for me

[Akinomaki 40,833]

Goeido - Mitakeumi and others were there as well - on the 2nd in a primary school in Toyosato-town, Shiga. They had their 50th sumo tournament: for the 6th year, girls and boys have their separate tournaments with the winners as yokozuna. http://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/shiga/20160703/CK2016070302000019.html

Rikishi with girls only seems to be a recent trend (in the media)


Ex-Wakanosato had mixed opponents in his old primary school in Hirosaki on the 24th last month, his first visit to his home prefecture after the danpatsu-shiki. http://www.toonippo.co.jp/news_too/nto2016/20160624014824.asp

Edited July 5, 2016 by Akinomaki

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Hakuho gave a special training lesson to Kotomitsuki junior (and didn't hurt him): "In the future maybe yokozuna, without doubt ozeki."
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2016/07/08/kiji/K20160708012923540.html
http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1674813.html

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

Dad was there of course


Some of the kimarite-series of Koni-chan at E-tere's "Let's play with Japanese (language)" for small kids

For bigger kids a sumo-beya experience stay at Takanohana-beya
http://www.nishinippon.co.jp/nnp/f_chikuhou/article/257023
Edited July 8, 2016 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 40,833]

Tatsunami-beya has a training camp at Tairadate high school in Hachimantai-city, Iwate. Like the last years they visited the local Yoriki nursery to show sumo to the kids. The Hachimantai YouTube channel is full fo sumo:

Tatsunami rikishi this year, last year, 2 years ago, 3 years ago.

The nursery kids also went to the high school sumo club to get some sumo lessons: this year, last year.

Edited August 12, 2016 by Akinomaki

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41 minutes ago, Akinomaki said:

Azumazeki-beya for the 13th year is in Oguni-town, Yamagata. Ex-Fujizakura (former Nakamura-oyakata, for a short while in Azumazeki-beya) and Furiwake are supervising the training of 10 rikishi

And they were invited to the 2nd Kids Ozumo Kajo-central basho in Yamagata-city - planned for their stay. About 100 primary school kids, in groups of 4-7 against a rikishi. http://yamagata-np.jp/news/201608/16/kj_2016081600314.php

[Akinomaki 40,833]

On 17.8.2016 at 17:28, Akinomaki said:

On 17.8.2016 at 16:37, Akinomaki said:

Azumazeki-beya for the 13th year is in Oguni-town, Yamagata. Ex-Fujizakura and Furiwake are supervising the training

And they were invited to the 2nd Kids Ozumo Kajo-central basho in Yamagata-city

Furiwake had a special appearance: against 2 local mascots, kid Jukkii-kun with his mother - Furiwake smashed Jukkii twice but lost to the mother.

The whole  family of Yamagata mascot characters: http://www.kankou.yamagata.yamagata.jp/db/cgi-bin/search/search.cgi?panel=detail&d01=132789612293083&c=10

[Akinomaki 40,833]

Sumo-class with Isegahama-beya rikishi at a high school in Odawara city, 2nd time after last year. 60 kids from nursery to high school with 7 rikishi, Harumafuji and here Takarafuji among them http://www.kanaloco.jp/article/195834

[Akinomaki 40,833]

Ikioi and heya-mates were invited to the local pear (nashi) and sumo festival in Chikusei city, Ibaraki.

https://youtu.be/xIc32OnaFfk?t=1m

http://ibarakinews.jp/news/newsdetail.php?f_jun=14729848647927

Edited September 5, 2016 by Akinomaki

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Tochiozan visited his hometown Aki-city and was at a local nursery school http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASJ9Y44VCJ9YPLPB006.html

The day before he was at a local primary school with also local boy Tochinohama http://www.kochinews.co.jp/article/52233/

 

Also Dewanoumi-beya's jd Matsuyama (back to real name last basho for Dewataikai, his real first name Hiromi is written Taikai 大海) was home and visited a local nursery school, in Miyakojima-city http://miyakoshinpo.com/news.cgi?no=15660&continue=on

Edited September 30, 2016 by Akinomaki

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Ikioi and Sendagawa-oyakata (Mr. Jungyo, who appears all over the country) were at a nursery school in Naha, Okinawa, where the winter jungyo is for 2 days.

 

Edited September 30, 2016 by Akinomaki

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Kotouraga (left) and Kotootomo at a shrine in Matsumoto-city yesterday showed how to do the shiko to kids. http://www.shinmai.co.jp/news/nagano/20161023/KT161022GVI090004000.php

Already on the 14th, Takasago-oyakata taught it (and other basics) to kids at a primary school in Ureshino-city. Afterwards he watched their tournament. http://www.saga-s.co.jp/news/saga/10105/367239

 

[Akinomaki 40,833]

Local Hasugeyama (and at least one other rikishi) provided a sumo experience for kids at a matsuri in Aikawa town, Kanagawa. http://www.kanaloco.jp/article/207985

 

Edit: a 3min radio interview with him (born in Thailand)

Edited October 26, 2016 by Akinomaki

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On 4.11.2013 at 12:30, Akinomaki said:

The other ozeki hoping for the first yusho this time canceled degeiko to prevent the strained back from occurring again. Kotoshogiku        was

at a primary school sumo tournament held in commemoration of 10^th yokozuna Unryu from that Fukuoka area (Yanagawa). Local Kotoshogiku won that tournament in his 5^th and 6^th year.
The winner also got as “Kotoshogiku award” from him a mountain bike.

For this year, in which the yusho hope got fulfilled, Kotoshogiku has donated a new yusho flag to the tournament, which started in 1988, always on Culture Day. His father on the 31st had handed it over to the mayor on his behalf. http://www.nishinippon.co.jp/nnp/f_chikugo/article/286003

designed by Kototsurugi, the rikishi in gappuri-yotsu pose had been the order from Kotoshogiku

The 29th 10th yokozuna tournament was yesterday. Kotoshogiku was there with Sadogatake-oyakata and 2 young rikishi and let the kids have a keiko experience. http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASJC33449JC3TGPB005.html

Edited November 4, 2016 by Akinomaki

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From NHK-E today (a repeat), Tamanoi-oyakata teaches sumo - to start at primary school

 

Edited November 6, 2016 by Akinomaki

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Only talk about sumo for the kids came from Musashigawa-oyakata and Kotoshogiku, at places near their heya lodgings in Kyushu - and they gave the kids some fun by talk about eating (which is what the kids apparently are the most interested in):

ex-Musashimaru at a primary schools in Iizuka, about why he entered sumo: "Because I could eat chanko for free." http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/sumo/20161105-OYT1T50120.html

he seems to have his top weight again

Kotoshogiku had a talk-show in the Daimaru department store in Fukuoka-city and got asked by the kids about his favorite food: "Chanko and white rice." - and how much? "In the past to build my body 5 ramen bowls full of it, now about 2 (usual) rice bowls: I felt I mustn't have more kg than cm (179), and because I'm just about to cross that line, (a diet) to avoid at least this of all things."

http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1734139.html

Edited November 6, 2016 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 40,833]

Ex-Homasho like last year was guest at a kids tournament on the 3rd at the Iminomiya shrine in his hometown Shimonoseki - as a kid this was the first sumo tournament he took part in. 

Osunaarashi on the 6th had keiko with kids at the sumo ground of a shrine in Kanzaki city, Saga. http://www.saga-s.co.jp/news/saga/10105/374515

Dewahayate on the 5th did sumo with kids at a primary school in Ogi city, Saga, the hometown of Oginohana I, the father of Dewanoumi-(Oginohana II) and Nakadachi-oyakata (Oginishiki), organized by the heya's (oyakata's) Ogi koenkai. Aonosho and others from the heya were there as well. http://www.saga-s.co.jp/news/saga/10105/374174

3 of the Oitekaze II rikishi at the Saga shrine on the 2nd visited a local primary school, a custom for the 4th year in a row. http://www.nishinippon.co.jp/nnp/saga/article/287272

 

[Akinomaki 40,833]

On 29.12.2015 at 17:04, Akinomaki said:

Takekaze at a high school sumo club in Seiyo city, Aichi pref.
He had been invited to the Otoi ozumo this year in the same city.

On 27.11.2013 at 17:38, Akinomaki said:

At the 160year old traditional Otoi-Ōzumō on the 26^th, 27^th in Nomura-cho, Seiyo city, Ehime pref., sekitori etc. took part: local Kataonami-oyakata; Shohozan and Goeido at a baby dohyo-iri.
This is the long-time unique tournament event with ama-pro bouts.

This year Kisenosato was invited and for local Kataonami his deshi Tamawashi. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/ehime/news/20161129-OYTNT50165.html

 

A slightly different sumo lesson for older kids: dohyo-iri with the Otsukasa kesho mawashi from the local koenkai of Wakafuji-oyakata, at his old Miki middle-school http://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/miki/201612/0009712866.shtml

[Akinomaki 40,833]

Several very different recent events for the kids.

Only talk about sumo from KONISHIKI on the 21st last month at a primary school in Minami-Awaji (Terutsuyoshi's home), as part of the city's "Dream Project". http://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/awaji/201611/0009687602.shtml

Also a lecture and then only arm-sumo (ude-zumo) on the 3rd by Yoshikaze with a kid from his old middle school in Saiki-city http://www.oita-press.co.jp/1010000000/2016/12/04/JD0055256825

And the usual stuff by Amakaze & co. On the 29th at a primary school in Tara-town - local former Ieda and for Kyushu nearby located Oguruma-beya cooperated to realize this. http://www.nishinippon.co.jp/nnp/saga/article/293253

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Oiwato was home not only for the setsubun festivities, he also visited a nursery school in his hometown Tsuruoka. http://yamagata-np.jp/news/201702/04/kj_2017020400117.php

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xje1fMM4v78

Recently some keyboard combination accidentally sends the post although I'm still not finished with it.

Edited February 7, 2017 by Akinomaki

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Ctrl+ENTER perhaps?

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Hitachigo and Fujitaisei on the 25th&26th last month visited several nursery schools and other facilities in Ogano-town and Chichibu-city. Ogano local ex-Tsurugidake had planned the thing: he now runs the family ryokan and wants to give something back to the locals who had given him a kesho-mawashi etc. http://www.saitama-np.co.jp/news/2017/01/27/11.html

Fujitaisei with the kids

I'm nowhere near enter while typing - and also hardly on return - a try with ctrl-return: yes that sends it - I guess some shift-/ctr-/alt- shortcut for return does this

Ikioi on the 27th was at a nursery school in Kawasaki-city as part of PR for the jungyo there in April. http://www.kanaloco.jp/article/227620

 

Edited February 7, 2017 by Akinomaki

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Not just soccer kids, also baseball kids visit heya: Azumazeki-beya opened the heya for a team. The oyakata has baseball experience and a friend made this visit possible - and he saw one (some) who could also do sumo. http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/sumo/20170219-OHT1T50259.html

On 7.2.2017 at 13:50, Akinomaki said:

Ikioi on the 27th was at a nursery school in Kawasaki-city as part of PR for the jungyo there in April.

more: http://kawasaki.keizai.biz/headline/157/

 

Ikioi and 9 others from Isenoumi-beya on the 18th were at a primary school in Wakasa town, Fukui. http://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/fukui/20170219/CK2017021902000020.html

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Hakuho visited the Kinokuni children's village in Hashimoto-city, Wakayama - as usual talking about dreams: "If they don't come true it's OK. It's important to have many dreams. Put your best efforts into it and move forward, then dreams come true."

with video: youtube-dl gets it from the page: http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASK2Q3695K2QPXLB004.html

at the sumo experience he was the gyoji

 

Takekaze visited a primary school in his hometown Kita-Akita-city and promised the kids: "I'll gambarize for still quite a while." http://www.sakigake.jp/news/article/20170223AK0005/

he rather did ude-zumo(arm wrestling) with them

Edited February 23, 2017 by Akinomaki