Futagoyama Beya YouTube channel is great

[dingo 1,472]

I was captivated by the two videos guest starring actor Higashide Masahiro who came to visit the heya, did a bit of keiko and then cooked a meal from wild boar that he'd hunted himself! It was really interesting to see how an outside visitor interacts with the rikishi, and what's his reaction to sumo life. 

[Octofuji 423]

As has been mentioned on other threads, Maikeru has just retired. This video of him from the channel a few months back is well worth watching if you haven't see it.

[Geralous 2]

Such a brilliant channel. Captivated me. Only discovered it a few weeks ago and I’ve binged watched them all from the beginning and now am all upto date. There’s another channel that shows every bout the rikishi have from this stable.

It’s really got me into sumo in a different way. I watched every day of the last basho from beginning to end. 

im hooked !!!!

[just_some_guy 308]

On 25/02/2025 at 17:53, Geralous said:

Such a brilliant channel. Captivated me. Only discovered it a few weeks ago and I’ve binged watched them all from the beginning and now am all upto date. There’s another channel that shows every bout the rikishi have from this stable.

 

Could you link this for us? I had found one before but it's disappeared.

[Kintamayama 47,114]

1 hour ago, just_some_guy said:

Could you link this for us? I had found one before but it's disappeared.

https://www.youtube.com/@futagoyama-sumofood

Edited March 3 by Kintamayama

[just_some_guy 308]

6 minutes ago, Kintamayama said:

https://www.youtube.com/@futagoyama-sumofood

I meant this one they mentioned: "There’s another channel that shows every bout the rikishi have from this stable. "

I took that to mean basho matches; the sumofood channel only shows training.

[Kintamayama 47,114]

23 minutes ago, just_some_guy said:

I meant this one they mentioned: "There’s another channel that shows every bout the rikishi have from this stable. "

I took that to mean basho matches; the sumofood channel only shows training.

No idea, then.. This one?

 

Edited March 3 by Kintamayama

[umbriel2 15]

One example:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-L2jrlRAToQ&pp=ygUQRnV0YWdveWFtYSBib3V0cw%3D%3D

[MrGrumpyGills 171]

They have two new recruits:

https://youtu.be/ryYAx_jQCjc?feature=shared

[MrGrumpyGills 171]

Yet another new recruit:

https://youtu.be/fE7HHeD1M90?feature=shared

[dingo 1,472]

I guess they need fresh lower rankers since some of their older rikishi are slowly making it to the higher ranks. 

[Kintamayama 47,114]

Watching this diligently together with the Tatsunami channel. From Futagoyama - Newbie Takahara. Jonokuchi 23E. Sanyaku for sure. Maybe higher. Doesn't lose to the non-sekitori in keiko, Haven't seen him against the yes-sekitori. Built like a brick. Shoulder injury, and this is him doing subdued sumo on demand, asked to not go all out..

https://youtu.be/uECRdy5d1is?t=200

 

Edited September 7 by Kintamayama

[hypnoowl 23]

@KintamayamaSince the heya channel came up, I've long been wondering if there was any drama around Kikuchi that I missed? Or what is the reason he's never interviewed anymore?

[Kintamayama 47,114]

11 minutes ago, hypnoowl said:

@KintamayamaSince the heya channel came up, I've long been wondering if there was any drama around Kikuchi that I missed? Or what is the reason he's never interviewed anymore?

No idea..

[Heather82Cs 10]

On 03/03/2025 at 21:29, just_some_guy said:

I meant this one they mentioned: "There’s another channel that shows every bout the rikishi have from this stable. "

I took that to mean basho matches; the sumofood channel only shows training.

Maybe https://m.youtube.com/@f.support.channel ? I could swear there were 2. If I find another I will put it here.

[shantan123 23]

4 hours ago, Kintamayama said:

Watching this diligently together with the Tatsunami channel. From Futagoyama - Newbie Takahara. Jonokuchi 23E. Sanyaku for sure. Maybe higher. Doesn't lose to the non-sekitori in keiko, Haven't seen him against the yes-sekitori. Built like a brick. Shoulder injury, and this is him doing subdued sumo on demand, asked to not go all out..

https://youtu.be/uECRdy5d1is?t=200

 

You really see sanyaku or maybe higher (yokozuna) from his sumo? He's definitely better than the other lowest rankers but... 

[Kintamayama 47,114]

3 hours ago, shantan123 said:

You really see sanyaku or maybe higher (yokozuna) from his sumo? He's definitely better than the other lowest rankers but... 

Yes I definitely do. A lot of hype around him, and from what I see, he seems to me like the real deal. But we shall see.

[Reonito 1,762]

4 hours ago, Kintamayama said:

Yes I definitely do. A lot of hype around him, and from what I see, he seems to me like the real deal. But we shall see.

He's eighteen!

[shantan123 23]

1 hour ago, Reonito said:

He's eighteen!

He's clearly the better youngster in the stable (I don't count mita as a youngster). I am not saying he won't become a sekitori because he has time to develop, but to say you see a yokozuna in him is crazy. There are a number of teenagers who I rate quite above him. For example: tanji (the half white wrestler), tenrosei (asashoryus other nephew), ikarigata (fujinokawas brother), anhibiki (aonishikis stablemate), and fukuzaki. All are teenagers and all are quite a few steps above him and no one would say they could see a yokozuna in any of them at least for now. 

Edit:actually tenrosei has a few people predicting he will become yokozuna... For a reason that we all know, I suppose. Also the fact he's pretty good lol 

Edited September 8 by shantan123

[Kintamayama 47,114]

5 hours ago, Reonito said:

He's eighteen!

Well, then we have many years left to enjoy his greatness. Again, ye disbelievers, we shall see if I still have the eye, or I'm just a rambling old man.

[Kintamayama 47,114]

4 hours ago, shantan123 said:

He's clearly the better youngster in the stable (I don't count mita as a youngster). I am not saying he won't become a sekitori because he has time to develop, but to say you see a yokozuna in him is crazy. There are a number of teenagers who I rate quite above him. For example: tanji (the half white wrestler), tenrosei (asashoryus other nephew), ikarigata (fujinokawas brother), anhibiki (aonishikis stablemate), and fukuzaki. All are teenagers and all are quite a few steps above him and no one would say they could see a yokozuna in any of them at least for now. 

Edit:actually tenrosei has a few people predicting he will become yokozuna... For a reason that we all know, I suppose. Also the fact he's pretty good lol 

Tanji is going nowhere for a while now. Ditto Anhibiki. Fukuzaki maybe. Tenrousei? I don't believe so.  Takahara has just arrived and already all his new mates are saying this guy is going places. They know, they are rikishi, they can tell when the real deal arrives. You can tell by the way the Oyakata addresses him that he's the new golden boy of the heya. But again, this isn't some philosophical riddle. We shall see. And if you say that "He's clearly the better youngster in the stable" seven minutes after he arrived, well, you see something there as well..

[shantan123 23]

3 hours ago, Kintamayama said:

Tanji is going nowhere for a while now. Ditto Anhibiki. Fukuzaki maybe. Tenrousei? I don't believe so.  Takahara has just arrived and already all his new mates are saying this guy is going places. They know, they are rikishi, they can tell when the real deal arrives. You can tell by the way the Oyakata addresses him that he's the new golden boy of the heya. But again, this isn't some philosophical riddle. We shall see. And if you say that "He's clearly the better youngster in the stable" seven minutes after he arrived, well, you see something there as well..

I mean it helps that the youngsters in the stable are all very low level. Kikuchi and Koga especially. If you're not many steps ahead of those 2, even as a newbie, you aren't going to go very far. 

[Reonito 1,762]

7 hours ago, Kintamayama said:

Well, then we have many years left to enjoy his greatness. Again, ye disbelievers, we shall see if I still have the eye, or I'm just a rambling old man.

My comment wasn't meant to impress disbelief; quite the opposite—I was impressed with the practice footage, and more so when I found out his age.

[Yamanashi 4,053]

7 hours ago, Kintamayama said:

Again, ye disbelievers, we shall see if I still have the eye, or I'm just a rambling old man.

Can't it be both?

[Asashosakari 20,200]

Upper-tier high school graduates coming in with at least low makushita skills is hardly an uncommon sight these days. The makushita division itself still tends to be a harsh mistress to them.