64th Kanto High School Sumo Championships (2016-6-11)

[mikawa 1,794]

The main results are as follows:

Individual Competition:

Winner (100+ kg): Ito Chikashi (伊藤 周) (Kashiwa Nittai High School, Wanpaku quarter-finalist / Middle School quarter-finalist, right in photo)

Winner (80 - 100 kg): ビャンバー (Kashiwa Nittai High School, middle in photo, along with Ito and Yoshioka)

Winner (80- kg): Yoshioka Kodai (吉岡 功大) (Kashiwa Nittai High School, former member of Komatsuryu Dojo in Tokyo, has a talented younger brother called Yoshioka Yudai, 吉岡 友大, who is currently in his 2^nd year in Middle School)

Team Competition:

1st: Saitama Sakae High School (Saitama)

2nd: Adachi Shinden Senior High School (Tokyo)

3rd: Takushoku University Koryo High School (Chiba)

4th: Kurobane Senior high School (Tochigi)

Currently the strongest high school in sumo (and a traditional powerhouse, featuring alumni such as Goeido, Myogiryu, Daieisho, Sato etc), Saitama Sakae High School have recruited some very talented members over the past couple of years. Their winning team this time around include:

Nishikawa Toki (西川 登輝, 3^rd year) (reached the last 16 of the Wanpaku tournament twice and last 32 the other time, he has gone from strength to strength since entering high school)

Tsukahara Takaaki (塚原 隆明, 2^nd year) (twice qualifying for the Wanpaku Tournament, Tsukahara won the Middle School Team Championships 2 years ago alongside last year's Middle School Yokozuna, Kamiyama Ryuichi 神山 龍一)

Naya Konosuke (納谷 幸之介, 2^nd year) (grandson of the late Yokozuna Taiho and runner-up in the Wanpaku Tournament in Grade 4, Naya has always attracted a lot of media attention, a bit like his senpai Kotokamatani)

Miyazaki Rei (宮崎 麗, 2^nd year)

Tebakari Toshiki (手計 富士紀, 2^nd year) (semi-finalist at the Wanpaku Tournament and later on the Middle School Yokozuna from 2 years ago, Tebakari Toshiki is certainly someone to watch out for in the next few years. He has a talented younger brother called Tebakari Taiki 手計 太希, who has just entered Middle School. Even though he is skinny by sumo standards, Taiki has a lot of skill, somewhat like Satoyama and Ura)

Below is a group photo of the winning Saitama Sakae team. In the back row, 2^nd from left is Tsukahara Takaaki (塚原 隆明), 2^nd from right is Tebakari Toshiki (手計 富士紀), 1^st from right is Naya Konosuke (納谷 幸之介); in the front row, 1^st from left is Nishikawa Toki (西川 登輝).

Edited July 3, 2016 by mikawa