London koen- October 2025

[I am the Yokozuna 194]

Great news

[Gernobono 467]

hope they will be approachable as at the sadogatake visit in amsterdam 2009

 

 

 

Edited December 1, 2024 by Gernobono

[Gernobono 467]

at MCD's

foto looks strange from my try to erase my wife from the foto sitting between the rikishi

Edited December 1, 2024 by Gernobono

[John Gunning 3,650]

Although it hasn’t been announced yet next October’s London sumo event will take place in the Royal Albert Hall.

[Athenayama 1,072]

On 29/11/2024 at 12:22, Itachiyama said:

2026 the plan is to go to France as well.

 

On 01/12/2024 at 04:46, Tetsuba said:

Where did you see that see that piece of information? I hope it's true 

Well, London is just one hour away from Paris by air. 

[Koorifuu 1,016]

3 hours ago, John Gunning said:

Although it hasn’t been announced yet next October’s London sumo event will take place in the Royal Albert Hall.

That's the venue that was mooted for the cancelled plans from a couple of years ago. Good to see they're following through.

[RabidJohn 1,849]

The RAH was packed out all five days in 1991, but that was on the back of four years of limited sumo coverage on C4.

'Sumo Prime Time' being effectively sumo's only coverage on YT is even more limited.

As a UK resident it feels like you have to be 'in the loop' to find coverage of honbasho bouts now.

[Kajiyanosho 38]

4 hours ago, John Gunning said:

Although it hasn’t been announced yet next October’s London sumo event will take place in the Royal Albert Hall.

Thanks John. Much appreciated. 

[RaeucherLax 289]

2 hours ago, RabidJohn said:

As a UK resident it feels like you have to be 'in the loop' to find coverage of honbasho bouts now.

Sadly that's pretty much the case everywhere outside of Japan, innit?

[John Gunning 3,650]

Ticket info for sumo in London next Oct here

[Octofuji 368]

43 minutes ago, John Gunning said:

Ticket info for sumo in London next Oct here

"Over 40 of Japan’s elite maku-uchi rikishi (wrestlers) will compete"

One kyujo at most then!

[RabidJohn 1,849]

Ticket prices will be adjusted daily according to demand.

I'm feeling cynical, so I'd suggest waiting to buy.

For reasons I've alluded to above, I don't believe there's anything like the demand in the UK that existed in 1991. I mean, look at how the activity on this forum has plummeted since Kintamayama and Natto were removed from YouTube. The NHK did way more than shoot itself in the foot in terms of international appeal.

Edited December 4, 2024 by RabidJohn

[Koorifuu 1,016]

1 hour ago, Octofuji said:

"Over 40 of Japan’s elite maku-uchi rikishi (wrestlers) will compete"

One kyujo at most then!

Also this: "Who will prevail against the champion Yokozuna?"

Bold of them to presume there'll be one by then!

[Octofuji 368]

38 minutes ago, Koorifuu said:

Also this: "Who will prevail against the champion Yokozuna?"

Bold of them to presume there'll be one by then!

Yes I thought that too, Isegahama oyakata is 65 next July, which (as I understand it) is the obvious time for Terunofuji to take over.

[Tigerboy1966 1,455]

I really hope that Terunofuji makes the trip even if he has moved into a coaching role. Despite years of trying to interest my partner in sumo, Teru is the only wrestler she knows.

[Reonito 1,505]

Story in the Guardian.

[Reonito 1,505]

"Rishikis [sic] from Japan’s Sumo Kyokai" 

[Kajiyanosho 38]

This needed a huge amount of fact checking and corrections but hopefully the end result isn't too bad!

Sumo Grand Tournament back in London after 34 years - BBC News

It took quite a while to help journalists understand the difference between given name, shikona, elder stock name, rank, JSA title etc.!

[Octofuji 368]

2 hours ago, Reonito said:

"Rishikis [sic] from Japan’s Sumo Kyokai" 

That looks like a malapropism triggered by our ex-Prime Minister!

[Koorifuu 1,016]

37 minutes ago, Kajiyanosho said:

This needed a huge amount of fact checking and corrections but hopefully the end result isn't too bad!

Sumo Grand Tournament back in London after 34 years - BBC News

It took quite a while to help journalists understand the difference between given name, shikona, elder stock name, rank, JSA title etc.!

Thank you, the terms really come across as correct all around.

If anything, I'm unsettled by their apparent conveyance of the message that this will be a competitive event on pair with honbasho, as opposed to a glorified exhibition that won't have any effect on the banzuke. That kind of deliberate misinformation, which I imagine stems from a concerted attempt to aggrandise the event in order to maximise their potential revenue, might've worked in 1991 but it won't take much for people to figure it out in this day and age.

Edited December 4, 2024 by Koorifuu

[Kajiyanosho 38]

There was some incorrect information in the official invitation to today's event (which I hadn't seen until today) - the line about this being only the second time ever a sumo tournament is held outside Japan comes from there. It's understandable that journalists don't fact-check the event organisers.

I had to explain that the winner isn't 'crowned Yokozuna' and the 'grand champion' bit isn't my wording, but I had to pick my battles. I would say that more than a deliberate attempt to create drama it's just not much time and incentive for journalists to get things completely right. At least in direct my experience.

And I'm very excited about it! I won't be able to visit Japan until at least 2026, so this is a great opportunity for me and other fans after all - even if it's not quite the same as when the real titles and rankings are at stake. 

Edited December 4, 2024 by Kajiyanosho

[Stupidface 34]

Is there an afternoon and evening show so to speak? I saw 2pm and 7pm (I think!) on the website to be notified when tickets are available...

[Kajiyanosho 38]

23 minutes ago, Stupidface said:

Is there an afternoon and evening show so to speak? I saw 2pm and 7pm (I think!) on the website to be notified when tickets are available...

I believe it's at 7:30pm Wednesday to Saturday. 2pm on the last day.

[Akinomaki 40,703]

Press conference today in the Royal Albert Hall  by Hakkaku rijicho for the London basho, from Oct. 15th-19th, he won that basho in 1991

o  o

- he brought Kitanowaka (thus no jungyo replacement duty for him)

o

and lower ranked for a demonstration (who can name them?)

o

1991

o

 

[rokudenashi 324]

8 minutes ago, Akinomaki said:

and lower ranked for a demonstration (who can name them?)

o

Fukutsuumi, per the Guardian article