2022 Collegiate Sumo + Banzuke

[Katooshu 3,179]

2022 World Games entrant and football hopeful Hidetora Hanada won a national collegiate tournament in Usa, beating Toyo's Odofu in the final. 3rd place was Kindai's Yamazaki, and 4th place was Nihon University's Haruyama. Nihon University won the team event, beating Chuo 4-1 in the final.

Nittaidai teammate, defending amateur yokozuna, and fellow WG entrant Daiki Nakamura was supposed to have competed in the tournament according to the Nittaidai blog, but he didn't appear for the individual tournament and I can't see his name in the team results either.

Edited December 12, 2022 by Katooshu

[Katooshu 3,179]

Hanada also won the national Kyushu tournament held a few days after, beating another Mongolian (Munk - a Kyushu Joho grad) in the final. In the semifinals he beat his rival Naoya Kusano of Nihon University - I think the 5th straight time he's beaten him. Daiki Nakamura was again missing, which is probably helping Hanada in cleaning up the tournaments so far.

Nittaidai won the team event, with a 2-1 win over Kindai in the final. They won all their other matches 3-0. 

The winning Nittaidai team: Ishizaki (took Nittaidai's only loss of the team event), Choijil, and Hanada

Edited May 5, 2022 by Katooshu

[Katooshu 3,179]

The first thought with Nakamura would be that he's injured, although he posed for a 'starting team only' photo right before the Usa tournament last week, the club's blog listed him as a competitor the night before the event, and then he was at the tournament wearing a mawashi.

That doesn't fit with him being injured, but I can't think of why else he wouldn't be competing....

Edited May 5, 2022 by Katooshu

[mikawa 1,794]

19 hours ago, Katooshu said:

The winning Nittaidai team: Ishizaki (took Nittaidai's only loss of the team event)

With his younger brother Ryoma coming in, it's almost like Takuma never left......

[Akinomaki 40,034]

On 05/05/2022 at 11:13, Katooshu said:

2022 World Games entrant and football hopeful Hidetora Hanada won a national collegiate tournament in Usa, beating Toyo's Odofu in the final.

The national university select sumo Usa tournament live stream

Homepage with results as pdf: https://www.usasumo.net/

Spoiler

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 個人戦決勝戦

個人戦試合結果

 

団体戦１回戦

団体戦２回戦

団体戦３回戦

団体優秀８団体

団体８団体決勝

Local TV news clip

So far, the sumo archives channel has posted videos of the team tournament: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJyiIU9-4he2E4xv_rtT62Q9cbi6Xn-dI

I haven't found a list of criteria for the selection at these "select" (senbatsu) tournaments, like I did for the All Japan. They have application forms and then publish the results of those who were selected to take part. In Usa the universities apply with a team and apparently only students from the selected ones can take part in the individuals.

Edited May 6, 2022 by Akinomaki

[mikawa 1,794]

On 05/05/2022 at 18:23, Katooshu said:

The first thought with Nakamura would be that he's injured

Apparently he really is injured

[Katooshu 3,179]

I hope not too badly, he is such a talent.

[Chartorenji 235]

4 hours ago, mikawa said:

Apparently he really is injured

Any details on severity? Would be a shame if it's bad. 

[Bakayokozuna 52]

A week ago i was watching this :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abEBdJILcUw&feature=youtu.be

 

It was fun to watch but i didnt rly understand what was this tournament. A first year student thing ?

Nothing to do with this tournament but i do wonder how kawabuchi is doing since his injury back in december

 

[Akinomaki 40,034]

1 hour ago, Bakayokozuna said:

It was fun to watch but i didnt rly understand what was this tournament. A first year student thing ?

Basically first year, the East Japan student sumo newcomer championships at the Yasukuni shrine. The West Japan championships took place at about the same time in Sakae.

[Katooshu 3,179]

West Japan yusho winner was Omori, an athletic Wakatakakage like competitor who was a high school star at Kanazawa Gakuin, and is now on their university team. They've made strong additions in the past few years, managing to recruit team members who would've surely had interest from powerhouse sumo universities. They recently finished 3rd at the national Kyushu tournament. 

East Japan winner - I can't give you the name but I know they won 2nd place in a national high school tournament for Kanazawa Technical School and are now on the Toyo team. 

 

Edited May 15, 2022 by Katooshu

[Katooshu 3,179]

This excellent new channel has ample footage from the first 2 national college events of 2022.

Here is the individual competition from Kyushu - Omori of Kanazawa Gakuin (first match 3:53) is a great addition to the college scene and has star potential if he keeps developing. Former juryo Ryuko's brother, Ryusho I believe (first match 11:20), is now in his 2nd year for Nihon University and getting much stronger. As an aside, it seems like most of Nihon University's competitors had 3-4 centimeters generously added to their new height listings....

 

Edited June 6, 2022 by Katooshu

[Katooshu 3,179]

The 2022 East Japan Student Championships occurred today, streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgbap6LhnOI

Team winner for the third straight time is Nippon Sports Science University, scoring a 4-1 win in the final over Toyo University. Losing semifinalists were Nihon University (losing 4-1 to NSSU) and Takushoku (losing 4-1 to Toyo). NSSU was 26-4 overall, and three of those losses were from the same competitor, tall but underpowered Yuki Sotoo. For the last 3 years Toyo has constantly made finals and semifinals, but just can't grab a yusho.

Individual winner is Nihon's Naoya Kusano, who beat NSSU's Ryoma Ishizaki (brother of the pro) in the final. Kusano beat teammate Ryusho Kawakami (former juryo Ryuko's brother) in the semifinal, while Ishizaki beat NSSU teammate Tabata. Keep an eye on Ryusho, as he's gained a lot of size and has shown major improvement to go along with it. He also reached the best 8 in the year's two national tournaments prior to this, showing a nice mix of power, balance, and timing. Still only in his 2nd year.

Defending amateur yokozuna and defending champ of this event, Daiki Nakamura, went 6-0 in team competition, including a dominant victory over individual winner Kusano. But he took a big upset in his first individual match, making a tactical misstep and losing by okuridashi to Nihon's Yuri Arai, whom he'd throttled in their previous meetings. So a mixed return from injury, as he shouldn't be losing to Arai (perhaps some ring rust?) but otherwise looked his overwhelming self. Hidetora Hanada, individual winner of the year's first two national events, didn't compete, despite being at the tournament in a mawashi.

Edited June 13, 2022 by Katooshu

[Katooshu 3,179]

Something that isn't clear to me is whether the 2-year tsukedashi eligibility that applied in 2019 and 2020 will also apply to last year's results. Kawazoe is turning pro soon so it doesn't matter for him, but it could matter for Nakamura, since 2-year eligibility means that if he's turning pro after graduation he's already guaranteed an MsTD, regardless of his results this year.

I'm in favour of 2-year eligibility being permanent. If there's opposition to that, then perhaps with the bulk of Sd100TD available (21 per year for collegiate competitors) they could return to a single year for that, but keep two years for the major tournament winners. Becoming amateur or college yokozuna is a big enough accomplishment that the qualification shouldn't evaporate in only a year (which renders it useless to pretty much all winners who aren't seniors).

 

Edited June 12, 2022 by Katooshu

[Bakayokozuna 52]

Too bad Choijil injured himself in his round of 16 match up, he did great in both team ans individual before that. Hope the injury is a minor one

[Katooshu 3,179]

Indeed, won all his matches, team and individual. If he hadn't gotten injured and had beat Kusano in the quarterfinals (they have a good rivarly, slightly led by Kusano), I think he would've likely gone all the way and won the tournament. Hopefully it's not serious and he's back soon.

Next male college event is the National Kanazawa Tournament on July 17th.

Edited June 15, 2022 by Katooshu

[Akinomaki 40,034]

On 12/06/2022 at 09:58, Katooshu said:

Hidetora Hanada, individual winner of the year's first two national events, didn't compete, despite being at the tournament in a mawashi.

Today at the Nittaidai appointment ceremony of the athletes for the world games, Hanada told that he's doing mainly sumo, 80% of training, amefuto 20%. He skipped the east Japan student championships on June 12th to cure his injured left shoulder.

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Edited June 29, 2022 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 40,034]

On 12/06/2022 at 11:26, Katooshu said:

Something that isn't clear to me is whether the 2-year tsukedashi eligibility that applied in 2019 and 2020 will also apply to last year's results. Kawazoe is turning pro soon so it doesn't matter for him, but it could matter for Nakamura, since 2-year eligibility means that if he's turning pro after graduation he's already guaranteed an MsTD, regardless of his results this year.

Nakamura apparently is safe. Nikkan reports, with already having the msTD qualification, he wants to spend this year without getting injured - they call it approach run for joining the pros - and then follow the next path, that of ozumo. At the moment he's back at Kaiyo high for teaching practice (I hope he won't like it too much and changes his mind), as part of his studies, to refresh - till tomorrow. Then he leaves for the world games.

in front of the sumo club

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Edited June 30, 2022 by Akinomaki

[Katooshu 3,179]

Hooray 

[Akinomaki 40,034]

On 30/06/2022 at 15:08, Akinomaki said:

Nakamura

At the moment he's back at Kaiyo high for teaching practice

Coaching is teaching: at the sumo club

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[Katooshu 3,179]

The National Kanazawa Tournament was just held. To sum it up - West Japan underdogs score big; the usual stars sitting out.

I mentioned earlier that Kanazawa Gakuin University was putting together a good team, and today really showed it. They won the team event, with a 3-2 victory in the final over Nippon Sports Science University. While NSSU fell short, it was a very good result for them considering their 2 best competitors (Nakamura and Hanada) didn't compete, and I don't think Choijil (probably their #3 or #4) did either. From the results, it looks like Naoya Kusano and Kazuma Kawabuchi were also absent for Nihon University, so that's a lot of top talent absent from this tournament.

The individual event was won by a tall Mongolian from Doshisha University, whose name escapes me. He has caught my eye before and has solid belt skills, though has generally been overpowered by the top competitors. Runner-up was Shun Ikeda of Kanazawa Gakuin, and losing semifinalists were Masai Hanaoaka from Nihon University and Ryoma Ishizaki from NSSU. 

Edited July 17, 2022 by Katooshu

[Katooshu 3,179]

Nakamura and Hanada sitting out doesn't benefit their team in the short-term, but it should help other members gain valuable experience in these competitions. Nakamura and Hanada both looked healthy at the World Games, though maybe they were still feeling jet-lagged. 

One thing to add is that Ikeda and Hanaoaka are two of the collegiate rikishi who I find the most technically easy on the eyes - both skilled nage specialists. Nice to see them with good results. 

Edited July 17, 2022 by Katooshu

[Akinomaki 40,034]

8 minutes ago, Katooshu said:

The individual event was won by a tall Mongolian from Doshisha University, whose name escapes me. He has caught my eye before and has solid skills, though has generally been overpowered by the top competitors.

I guess that's him on the club's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CSBpxp6nudt/

ウスフバヤル・デミデジャムツ - Demidejamutsu

[Katooshu 3,179]

Ya that's definitely him! Thanks (no more reactions left)

[BuBa 72]

Usuhbayar Demidjamts. According to some Facebook post he is a son of a yet another Mongolian Grand Champion Usuhbayar Gelegjamts. If it is true he comes from very famous wrestling family. His grand grand father “Buur” Jamyan is also a Grand Champion from 1920th. Nicknamed “Buur”, which is male camel, for his tall stature. Picture of his father and Grand-grand father. Btw, His uncle is also a State Falcon in Mongolian wrestling, in picture behind the champ.

Edited July 17, 2022 by BuBa