Akinomaki 41,841 Posted April 21, 2024 (edited) Today the 46th Sakura-zumo in his honour took place in Kotozakura's hometown Kurayoshi, after the emergence of Hakuoho, the number of participants has grown this year. As usual - again, Sadogatake-oyakata and rikishi were at the event, this time juryo Kotoeko and 2 lower ranked - Kotonowaka - soon Kotozakura II - is at the jungyo. vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOsIvKkGunE oo o o o o o the day before at the zenyasai o Edited April 23, 2024 by Akinomaki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,841 Posted April 24, 2024 On 21/04/2024 at 15:12, Akinomaki said: Today the 46th Sakura-zumo in his honour took place in Kotozakura's hometown Kurayoshi, after the emergence of Hakuoho, the number of participants has grown this year. As usual - again, Sadogatake-oyakata and rikishi were at the event, this time juryo Kotoeko and 2 lower ranked - Kotonowaka - soon Kotozakura II - is at the jungyo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOsIvKkGunE o o o o o an entertainer who was there for shooting his show took part o o Things like this may be classified as child pornography by the social media check bots - Bilibili has such a case https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1zz421673q/ - likely because of: "ten year old with 43 year old?" in the title - that was at the latest "Johnson" show at the sumo club of Fujinomiya North high school - VOD: https://tver.jp/episodes/epsrw0dz6i Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,841 Posted June 6, 2024 (edited) Kasugano-beya at the training camp in Iruma city had an event for kids on the 5th, with OB Tochitaikai from the local Irumagawa youth sumo club o o Kimigahama with rikishi held a sumo class in on the 2nd in Saiki, Oita (hometown of Yoshikaze) o vid extra part with adults https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6b4yFi5iiU Kagayaki on the 30th with kids in Kanazawa, near his old middle school o 29th naki-zumo at the Choko-ji on the 2nd in Numazu, Shizuoka (Hiryu high location) with the usual duo: local Kaorufuji and pref. local Shoketsu o o o o o On the 1st at the Irugi shrine irugijinjya.jp/nakizumou/ in Shinagawa ward with Tatsunami-beya rikishi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm331zgqX3Q o Yokozuna dohyo-iri for the 52nd Tsunashima 綱島 kids tournament o Edited June 6, 2024 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,841 Posted June 13, 2024 (edited) Atamifuji was surprise guest at the wampaku sumo Shikuoka pref. tournament on the 8th at the Mishima shrine - prelim for the national tournament on Aug. 4th in the kokugikan, girls on Sep. 22nd at the Ehime budokan. Atamifuji was there as 6th year, there was no wamapaku sumo in reach before that and so he did no sumo. with 4th year winner Uesaka - 8-0 in the round robin event, he also won the 4th year event last year, as 3rd year, best 8th at the Hakuho cup. o o o o the next Kotomotomura? o o The connect-to festival of Arashio-beya on the 8th&9th at the training camp in Fukushima o o vid The 3rd Tokitsukaze-cup was on the 8th in Tome, Miyagi - the oyakata and pref. local Ohata (like Tokihayate from Kurihara - both still wrong in the DB) were there from the heya o Edited June 13, 2024 by Akinomaki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,841 Posted July 5, 2024 Events at the Tokitsukaze-beya training camp on Miyakojima on the 21st with Setoyutaka and Hakuomaru o and on the 23rd o Nagoya PR event in Toyokawa on the 23rd with Kise-beya's Wakafuji-oyakata (Otsukasa), Daiseiryu (pic) and Hatooka o o Futagoyama-beya sumo class for about 30 kids on the 23rd in Otawara by local rikishi, Kotakiyama and Keiga, pref. local Nabatame and with the oyakata o o On the 2nd at a nursery school in Shizuoka city with pref. local Yoshii vid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dingo 1,479 Posted July 5, 2024 5 hours ago, Akinomaki said: vid Just another day in Tamawashi's keiko routine. (yeah that's not Tamawashi but the opportunity was just too good to pass). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,841 Posted August 19, 2024 (edited) On 29/08/2023 at 23:35, Akinomaki said: Beach cleaning season - Otake-beya rikishi with the kids and the Sazae-san family on the 26th, Oho was at the jungyo but his older brother Naya took part, also Shinyashiki and Kamitani o Again Otake-beya is the heya for dosukoi beach cleaning this year - on the 17th in Fujisawa, with Sazae-san & husband Masuo o with the oyakata, Suzaki, Shinyashiki, Ginseizan, Mudoho, Daishinkai, Tappa (not in that order) https://www.uminohi.jp/eventsearch/event-1529/ https://umisakura.com/doskoi/2024/ o o o o o o o o o last year(s) https://umisakura.com/doskoi/ Tamashoho and the 2 lower ranked from Kataonami-beya on the 1st were at the Tenshi kindergarten in Ina, Nagano oo o Edited August 23, 2024 by Akinomaki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,841 Posted October 29, 2024 (edited) The 38th Kimura Shonosuke returned to the dohyo for the first time after retirement - the last bout of a kids tournament home in Shimane pref., in Yasugi o afterwards a talk-show This year the NSK sumo lessons are not listed on the NSK site, Ishiura held one on the 18th in Zao, Miyagi, with 2 rikishi of the heya o others are by heya - Musashigawa had one at their Kyusho lodgings in Nogata vid 4K report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evnhjvx5nAI Yoshikaze-cup, Toyonoshima-cup - and now a Tochiozan-cup - yesterday at a shrine in Yasuda town, Kochi - Tochiozan as a kid took part there and now the trophy for the team yusho is the Tochiozan-cup vid the 3rd Oitekaze-cup had as usual Daieisho as heya representative - full event, first Daieisho on sympathy call, last a message from him, in between as shimpan and doing the winners awards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkDIuLfuFjA On 19/08/2024 at 13:53, Akinomaki said: Again Otake-beya is the heya for dosukoi beach cleaning this year - on the 17th in Fujisawa, with Sazae-san & husband Masuo o with the oyakata, Suzaki, Shinyashiki, Ginseizan, Mudoho, Daishinkai, Tappa Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AY2rJH3HTY Gallery (about a hundred pics) http://blog2.umisakura.sub.jp/?eid=2654 Gallery (about a dozen pics) http://sponichi-plus-alpha.sponichi.net/doskoibeachclean2024/ Edited October 30, 2024 by Akinomaki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,841 Posted December 3, 2024 Isegahama-beya's Satonofuji, with acquired Chikuba and Raiho on the 26th were at a Kindai Kyushu college attached kindergarten in Iizuka o On the 25th Atamifuji, Takerufuji and 6 others from the heya with the oyakata were in Naha, Okinawa for a sumo event o o Tagonoura-oyakata with his rikishi held a sumo event for local kids, at the training camp in his hometown Izumi, Kagoshima Naruto-beya rikishi had an event on the 27th in Karatsu o 3 Minato-beya rikishi on the 26th were at the 47th kids tournament at a school in Hita, Oita, as always, except during Corona times ovid Wakahizen on the 27th was at his old school in Unzen, Nagasaki o o 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,841 Posted December 13, 2024 On 11/12/2023 at 14:32, Akinomaki said: On 10/12/2023 at 13:20, Akinomaki said: he 1st Wakanosato cup, home in Hirosaki, Aomori, on Dec. 10th: to revive the "sumo kingdom" Aomori with his first daughter Hana, who won the yusho in the inexperienced 1st years category (9 boys and 3 girls) - of course from team Wakanosato (which consisted of her alone) 5th/6th grade final won by 6th grade primary school yokozuna Okayama (183cm/140kg) - against a girl: 5th grade girls national wampaku-zumo yusho winner Kokoro Niida The 2nd Wakanosato cup on the 7th&8th - 50 more participants, 2 days of action now, the oyakata was there, but didn't post results on his blog - his daughter is no longer inexperienced, so I guess she didn't win, if she was there. o o again Okayama and Niida in finals: Okayama, now in first year middle school, lost, Niida, now in 6th year, won against a boy o o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,841 Posted December 15, 2024 On 08/04/2024 at 22:58, Akinomaki said: Terunofuji donates a dohyo to Yokohama-city, to give more kids the opportunity to do sumo and stop the decline in the sumo population in Japan, which leads to ever declining numbers of new recruits. He wants to donate more dohyo to other locations in the country, this is financed by himself and the koenkai. Today he was at the city hall and handed the mayor the gift certificate and the design. At the Takarazuka jungyo, Terunofuji On 14/12/2024 at 09:19, Akinomaki said: explained that wants to install 20 dohyo for kids all over the country o - very much the thing a shisho nowadays should do to have enough new recruits in the future - preparing for the task Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,841 Posted April 10 (edited) Aoiyama ranzel time The intelligent forum admin software (way below ChatGPT) blocked my IP - I have to edit existing posts to post - I first post a blacklist-holder on my mobile for this On 10/04/2024 at 15:03, Akinomaki said: On 08/04/2020 at 17:14, Akinomaki said: The NSK donated Hiyonoyama ranzel-covers to all 1737 new elementary school pupils of the (closed due to Corona) Sumidagawa ward school(s). It's an event for 1st years, also the oyakata are 1st years - and still with mage Main 1st year oyakata on randoseru duty this time (the Hiyonoyama PR group) was Iwatomo (Aoiyama), with the heya's Tochinoshima and Tochinobori o o o - the forum software also blocks editing of larger parts - one has to add piece by piece He received the letter of gratitude from the ward mayor o the team with Hiyonoyama rival Akawashi with a no longer fresh oyakata - without mage: Izutsu with Hatooka and Shuji o o the other teams were not listed Edited April 10 by Akinomaki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,841 Posted June 28 (edited) A new cup for the kids, by the first sansho winner from Okinawa in his hometown Uruma: the 1st Churanoumi cup was held on the 23rd o o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHBJQhLBMwU more in Okinawa: get-in-touch-with-sumo tournament at the 6th Tokitsukaze-beya training camp on Miyakojima on the 22nd o o before that on the 19th 4 ms rikishi around Hamayutaka were at a school to give the kids a sumo experience - local news clip o Ichiyamamoto (yes, the green guy from Hokkaido) was home in Iwanai town on the 27th and gave middle school kids a sumo experience - local NHK news clip o Hakkaku himself in mawashi was giving sumo classes on the 21st at the heya Nagoya location, though not in the local NHK news clip: o o o Tokiryu with 2 other rikishi from Tamanoi-beya was at a school in his hometown Oguchi, Aichi on the 25th o Nishonoseki-beya entered their main sponsor location in Anjo, Aichi on the 25th, AI komuten's Aibase Aichi, and first had an event for the local kids o Tagonoura-oyakata with 4 rikishi at the heya Nagoya location had an event in Seto for local kids on the 25th o 5 rikishi of Minato-beya on the 26th were at 2 primary schools in Mitake town, Gifu o The first time Sendagawa (with rikishi, but from only Kise- or also Nishikido-beya?) was giving one of the official NSK sumo classes of the year, on the 14th in Usuki, Oita - local NHK news clip o at the Kasugano-beya training camp in his hometown Kuji, Hatachiyama with 3 rikishi was at a local school on the 16th - local NHK news clip o Anosho with others from Ajigawa-beya on the 21st was home in Kurihara, Miyagi for a get in touch event - local news clip o Edited June 28 by Akinomaki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,841 Posted August 17 On 28/06/2025 at 11:11, Akinomaki said: A new cup for the kids, by the first sansho winner from Okinawa in his hometown Uruma: the 1st Churanoumi cup was held on the 23rd o Already the 2nd Churanoumi cup - he was there again o Kaisei (Tomozuna) was the oyakata for the official NSK sumo class in Ina, Nagano on the 16th. He came with Kaisho and Kaishinmaru o o Baby dohyo-iri on the 15th at the Oshiogawa training camp in Ogata village local NHK news clip: o keiko for kids on the 17th at the Kasugano training camp in Utsunomiya, Tochigi o 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,841 Posted August 28 (edited) On 19/08/2024 at 13:53, Akinomaki said: Again Otake-beya is the heya for dosukoi beach cleaning this year And again dosukoi beach cleaning is an Otake-beya event, this year on Aug. 16 https://umisakura.com/doskoi/2025/ Naya o last year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AY2rJH3HTY Edited August 28 by Akinomaki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 41,841 Posted August 29 20 hours ago, Akinomaki said: And again dosukoi beach cleaning is an Otake-beya event, this year on Aug. 16 https://umisakura.com/doskoi/2025/ Naya o Playlist from @MyJetSetLife youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfjKhBMdi67oAGJnYwQxs_yTWjM2AAWOf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
