Kitsune 8 Posted February 1, 2017 (edited) Hi there. My name is Benjamin, I'm 28 years old and I'm from northern Germany. (Lübeck, to be exact) I already saw, that there are more people like me, who came across Sumo in the middle of the 90s because of Eurosport. As a 8-9 year old kid I was fascinated by the sport and I really loved the little caricatures of the Rikishi they used. (I don't really know why...maybe because no other sport had something like this) With the demise of Sumo in german television, my interest shifted towards other things and other sports like Rugby. Last year I stumbled upon Kintamayama's YouTube channel and in the blink of an eye I was hooked again. I then watched the Bashos of 2015 and followed every single Basho since I discovered Kintamayama's channel. (I'm very thankful for every single person, who brings this awesome sport to the rest of the world via YouTube) Now I'm here and I hope that I can get even deeper into Sumo, because I love to watch it, but I'm so bad when it comes to learning new terms and names of maneuvers etc. That's it for now. I hope we all have rich conversations and discussions in the future. I'm looking forward to it. :) Edited February 1, 2017 by Kitsune 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kuroimori 1,634 Posted February 1, 2017 Moin! and welcome to the forum! even though I don't hail from Lübeck, it was a friend of mine from Lübeck who dragged me into Sumo when he let me stay at his spacious but still just a single-room apartment in Tokyo for one complete month in January 2004. So, Hatsu Basho 2004 is where it all began for me, with an incredibly dominating Asashoryu who was starting a 35 bout win streak. Memories... Anyway, welcome again and I am sure you will like it after you have rediscovered your fascination for Ozumo! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
orandashoho 720 Posted February 1, 2017 Welcome to the forum! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PawnSums 59 Posted February 1, 2017 Welcome! May you have many posts! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Swami 245 Posted February 1, 2017 Hearty salutations from the Swami! Swami Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
egparis18 622 Posted February 2, 2017 Nice to meet you. I'm rubbish at memorising names of kimarite and whatnot too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kitsune 8 Posted February 2, 2017 Well... Thank you all for the warm welcome. :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
