Fuji TV tournament and NHK charity sumo 2022

[Akinomaki]

Both will take place again, after being canceled last year

The 46th Fuji TV one days tournament is on Feb. 6th http://www.grandsumo.jp/

The 45th last year was canceled, but counts, so there is no display of last time's results

 

The 54th NHK Charity ozumo is on Feb. 11th  https://npwo.or.jp/info/18164

NHK counts properly, no event, no count: the 53rd in 2020

the list of singers is there, but no info about which rikishi/oyakata will join them

Edited February 3, 2022 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

On 08/01/2022 at 16:03, Akinomaki said:

The 46th Fuji TV one days tournament is on Feb. 6th http://www.grandsumo.jp/

CM

Edited January 26, 2022 by Akinomaki

[Kintamayama]

The events will take place as planned for now. All rikishi participating will undergo PCR tests.

[Akinomaki]

PCR tests for the 2 events (and Yoshikaze's danpatsushiki) take place on the 4th o

FujiTV One has the live broadcast on the 6th from 14:30h-16:05JST, then the terrestrial FujiTV channel takes over. Commentators for the first part: Takekuma (Goeido), the main part: Nishonoseki (Kise) and as guest Magaki (Hak). On radio Nakamura (Yoshikaze) o

Extra guest: Ajigawa (Aminishiki). As OB bout Izutsu (Toyonoshima) vs. Kasugayama (Ikioi) is planned. The tournament bouts (juryo and makuuchi) go according to the banzuke. o

[Yamanashi]

1 hour ago, Akinomaki said:

As OB bout Izutsu (Toyonoshima) vs. Kasugayama (Ikioi) is planned.

33 months after their last bout.  Ikioi was 4-3, though Toyonoshima won the last two.  At 38 and 35, this may be the youngest OB pair ever.

[Hidenotora]

https://www.sumo.or.jp/IrohaKyokaiInformation/detail?id=541

The Fuji TV event is cancelled it seems.

[Seiyashi]

They are literally down over half of the sekitori (29 makuuchi and 15 juryo), either directly or indirectly, so the tournament wouldn't have much meaning.

[Asojima]

23 minutes ago, Seiyashi said:

They are literally down over half of the sekitori (29 makuuchi and 15 juryo), either directly or indirectly, so the tournament wouldn't have much meaning.

The tournament has never had any meaning.  It is a made-for-TV event.  The rikishi show up with no or minimal bracing or bandages and put on several phony showtime matches.  Someone is declared the winner, and they all go home.

Edited February 5, 2022 by Asojima

[Seiyashi]

Just now, Asojima said:

The tournament has never had any meaning.  It is made-for-TV event.  The rikishi show up with no or minimal bracing or bandages, and put on several phony showtime matches.  Someone is declared the winner, and they all go home.

Well, even less meaning than usual... As in it wouldn't be worth going through the rigmarole for a pared-down schedule missing most of the sanyaku, since your kanban rikishi are out - not so much meaning in the honbasho sense.

[Kintamayama]

3 hours ago, Asojima said:

The tournament has never had any meaning.  It is a made-for-TV event.  The rikishi show up with no or minimal bracing or bandages and put on several phony showtime matches.  Someone is declared the winner, and they all go home.

Blasphemy. Next thing you're gonna say there's no Santa Claus? Blasphemy! 

[Seiyashi]

3 hours ago, Kintamayama said:

6 hours ago, Asojima said:

The tournament has never had any meaning.  It is a made-for-TV event.  The rikishi show up with no or minimal bracing or bandages and put on several phony showtime matches.  Someone is declared the winner, and they all go home.

Blasphemy. Next thing you're gonna say there's no Santa Claus? Blasphemy! 

Also, whoever wins the air con or other prizes up for grabs certainly will find a lot of meaning in it this August - or every August, for that matter. Now someone has to shell out for a new air con when summer hits 

[Akinomaki]

Funny that YT is full of those phony live broadcasts of the FujiTV tournament

[Seiyashi]

https://www.sumo.or.jp/IrohaKyokaiInformation/detail?id=543

The NHK charity sumo has also been cancelled. 

[Akinomaki]

On 03/02/2022 at 20:17, Akinomaki said:

FujiTV One has the live broadcast on the 6th from 14:30h-16:05JST, then the terrestrial FujiTV channel takes over. Commentators for the first part: Takekuma (Goeido), the main part: Nishonoseki (Kise) and as guest Magaki (Hak). On radio Nakamura (Yoshikaze) o

The tournament had been canceled but not the broadcast https://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/japanetsumotournament/index.html

It was a talk of Nishonoseki and Magaki, Abi and Kotonowaka as guests, with historical bouts from the tournament - video: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1wR4y177q4

Edited February 7, 2022 by Akinomaki