Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 01:47:06 UTC No. 225226

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 01:52:40 UTC No. 225228

>>225226
Old enough to be Dan's papa-san.
Aonishiki turns 21 on senshuraku

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 02:05:13 UTC No. 225232

>>225226
His longevity is truly amazing, and inspires me to stay as fit as I age.

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 07:47:36 UTC No. 225248

>>225226
Genuinely curious to know what will eventually get him to miss a match.

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 08:43:08 UTC No. 225251

>>225248

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 10:19:56 UTC No. 225253

>>225214
I just can't bring myself to get on the Aonishiki hype train. It's like there's a mental block preventing me from even imagining him in the san'yaku.

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 13:57:26 UTC No. 225258

What's up with Asanoyama anyways? Is he going to try to make the climb again once "healthy"?

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 14:05:14 UTC No. 225259

>>225258
I think he's got enough left in the tank to get back to the joi before a career-ending injury.

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 14:56:40 UTC No. 225261

>>225248
The dude who finally wallops him hard enough to produce a career ending injury will become an all time sumo legend

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 16:03:17 UTC No. 225263

>>225261
I just hope he gets matched up against Asonoyama this time up.

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 17:13:24 UTC No. 225268

Horseshitryu injured, plans on skipping the basho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jSi5E5XELA

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 17:21:36 UTC No. 225269

>>225268
Man if you are gonna shitpost with your terrible nicknames and chris sumo videos, at least watch the video first so your shitposting is correct.

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 19:48:58 UTC No. 225273

>>225268
>Neph injured
>Zak potentially still not at 100%
It's literally free real estate for Onosato.

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 19:53:47 UTC No. 225275

>>225273
His master's in hot water at the moment and won't have been focusing on training properly. Additionally, Onosato and his stablemates might be worrying about the possibility of having their stable temporarily closed.

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 19:55:11 UTC No. 225276

>>225275
My God, we may be heading right into the Perfect Clown Basho Storm...

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 19:58:15 UTC No. 225277

>>225276
Oh boy, time to throw another dart at the board for which random maegashiras go unbeaten for the first week again!

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 20:02:05 UTC No. 225278

Chaos Lord Shodai shall rise again

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 20:02:26 UTC No. 225279

>>225277
Gonna go with Kotoshoho, he was fighting injured the past couple basho and might do well with reduced competition.
Also holy fuck I just realized how far down Mitakeumi's fallen, one more losing score and he'll be in juryo.

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 20:17:42 UTC No. 225280

>Takerufuji
>Ichiyamamoto
>Aonishiki
There's your 7-0s. Screencap this.

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 20:42:44 UTC No. 225281

>>225276
Every basho is a fucking clown basho

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 20:58:53 UTC No. 225282

>>225280
Oho 13-2 yusho. Loses to Shodai and Takayasu.

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 21:00:23 UTC No. 225283

>>225277
At last, it's Takarafuji's turn.

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 21:08:53 UTC No. 225284

>>225282
Beats Abi via nodowa. Makes Onosato, Gonoyama, and Takeru go backwards at the tachiai. Kotozakura is completely unable to move him. Hip throws Hoshoryu.

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 23:10:02 UTC No. 225286

Bros I can't stop consuming heyasloppa.

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 23:34:57 UTC No. 225287

>>225286
I just wish they coordinated their content releases to stagger them out through the week.

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 23:38:25 UTC No. 225288

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Mar 2025 23:42:37 UTC No. 225289

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 00:22:25 UTC No. 225290

>kotozakura is winning his practice bouts
>his practice bout opponents
grim. neberzuna

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 00:25:51 UTC No. 225291

>>225290
Are those sacks for capturing the children afterwards? Could this be how they get the meat for chanko?

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 00:29:37 UTC No. 225292

>>225276
>>225277
>noob fans are now so brain damaged by the Hakuho Era that they think it's a clown basho whenever the same yokozuna doesn't win the title

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 00:32:44 UTC No. 225293

>>225291
yes. thats why numbers of people joining are down. less are making it to age

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 00:54:30 UTC No. 225294

>>225286
the latest tatsunamislop is A+ garbage

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 00:57:08 UTC No. 225295

>>225294
Is that a good or bad thing?

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 01:31:27 UTC No. 225296

>>225290
Children... are strong!

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 06:03:00 UTC No. 225304

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 07:26:30 UTC No. 225306

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 08:11:39 UTC No. 225307

Sumobros...we got too cocky.

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 08:44:46 UTC No. 225309

>>225307
30 years ago the Hawaiians were diverted from promising NFL careers, so this may be one of those "equal exchange" black magic kinda deals

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 09:10:37 UTC No. 225311

>>225296
Average Yamato fight.

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 13:32:55 UTC No. 225315

>>225296
You can see the exact moment where Hakuho decides to expand his manlet collection.

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 19:47:43 UTC No. 225319

>>225315
Yeah you can't buy fighting spirit and awareness like that. Kid certainly raised a lot of eyebrows.

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 19:56:32 UTC No. 225320

>>225319
He joined Hidenoyama-beya a year ago judging from the file name, he's slowly climbing Jonidan right now.

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 20:12:43 UTC No. 225321

>>217607
The new rankings mostly stay the same, but Takadagawa now supersedes Arashio, Sakaigawa outranks Tokitsukaze, Hakkaku has dropped way down the rankings to just below Nakamura while
Futagoyama has moved up to just behind Hakkaku and Ajigawa is now on the chart just back of Ikazuchi who are now following Onomatsu who have dropped to the slot behind Tokiwayama which now trails Kokonoe powered by Chiyoshoma surprising surge.

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 20:14:19 UTC No. 225322

>>225320
>Hidenoyama
does that translate to "the hidden largest mountain" or "the largest hidden mountain"?

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 20:17:37 UTC No. 225323

>>225322
It means "shut the fuck up who cares".

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 20:19:38 UTC No. 225324

>>225322
Well, how about you check what 秀 in 秀ノ山 means and report back to this thread once you find out?

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 20:24:29 UTC No. 225325

>>225324
Not that faggot but it looks like it means "excellent mountain" or "mountain of excellence".

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 20:42:31 UTC No. 225327

>>225324
If he could decode Japanese, he wouldn't be asking, would he?

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 20:45:00 UTC No. 225328

>>225327
I think the point is that it's weird to assume "ひで" has anything to do with "hiding", but I have to assume the original post was just making a joke about that similarity in the first place.

Anonymous at Tue, 4 Mar 2025 21:29:48 UTC No. 225329

>Well, how about you check what 秀 in 秀ノ山 means and report back to this thread once you find out?

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 04:05:36 UTC No. 225338

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 04:59:13 UTC No. 225345

>>225329
No, but seriously, why would you think it was "hidden" mountain? That's fucking retarded.

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 05:11:23 UTC No. 225346

>>225345
Are you really dim enough to not notice
>hiden oyama

did you also not understand back when people were making
>shiden and farden
jokes

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 16:18:35 UTC No. 225350

4chan server is back from kyujo, he can still get KK
>>225329
Would you have preferred "this joke fucking sucked, I'll give you the Kasugano treatment for it" instead

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 16:38:05 UTC No. 225352

>>225346
If the joke had been better, it wouldn't have been so misunderstood.

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 16:38:40 UTC No. 225354

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 16:52:01 UTC No. 225356

fresh chris slop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAHuptuWyMs
its over for kirishitma

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 17:10:30 UTC No. 225359

>>225356
Sounds like the worries about Nephew's elbows were just worries after all. Hopefully March will be bloodbath we'd hoped January would be.

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 17:22:06 UTC No. 225360

Sounds like it'll be a two horse race between Hosh and 'sato.

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 17:29:57 UTC No. 225361

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 17:34:52 UTC No. 225362

>>225361
>PSSH PSSH PSSH PSSH PSSH

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 17:45:54 UTC No. 225364

Skinny man

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 17:48:57 UTC No. 225365

>>225364
He's finally broken free of the hamburger curse Ronald McDonald placed on him as a child

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 17:56:00 UTC No. 225366

>>225364
>TFW no mo' hambaga

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 18:02:06 UTC No. 225367

Bike anon pull up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf1SNkt_n80
More sumo bike content than ever before

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 18:23:12 UTC No. 225368

That's some nice sumo content you're watching there. Would be a shame if someone were to stick their third world brown face all over it.

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 18:37:09 UTC No. 225369

>>225364
Goes to show how much effort he was putting in to stay at his fighting weight. Imagine if every rikishi tried as hard as he did.

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 18:40:49 UTC No. 225370

>>225369
>Imagine if every rikishi tried as hard as he did.
We would never have another Yokozuna.

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 20:18:14 UTC No. 225376

>>225364
No fucking way is that 'keisho.

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 20:25:48 UTC No. 225379

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o9_bfwQ-WE

mmm tatsusloppa

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 20:53:12 UTC No. 225381

>>225364
That’s got to be ozempic fueled.

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 21:41:22 UTC No. 225384

>>225364
thats a shoop, here you can see in the unretouched orignal that takakeisho is still at his original width

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 21:45:58 UTC No. 225385

>>225381
losing that much weight when you're THAT overweight wouldn't really take that long.

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 22:01:56 UTC No. 225387

>>225381
Takakeisho at his peak was a little over 360 pounds at 5'9. For reference, that's fifty pounds heavier than Ura at his heaviest, who is the same height. Sustaining those proportions as an active rikishi takes an absolutely monumental effort, and when that effort is no longer put in, the weight physically cannot remain. I wouldn't be surprised if he was using weight-loss drugs, but if he just ate a normal amount for a month the weight would melt right off him anyway.

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 22:04:40 UTC No. 225388

>>225385
>>225387
The trick for retired sumo wrestlers is not to just stop eating as much, but also to keep up active training while doing so. Post-retirement heart issues are usually caused by no longer training and being more sedentary, which prevents the heart from staying healthy.

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 22:32:30 UTC No. 225389

>>225388
Its always encouraging seeing coaches doing shiko or light exercises while coaching.
And its easy to see who doesn't do that.

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 22:36:10 UTC No. 225390

>>225387
Fatsos just don't want to admit that eating normally would lose their chub.

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 22:52:57 UTC No. 225393

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaIA7LEhZYY
Akinoumi vs Terukuni, Haru 1942.
Made the cover of Baseball Magazine.

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 22:55:02 UTC No. 225395

>>225393
He loosens his mawashi?
No hinkaku.

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 23:12:18 UTC No. 225396

>>225395
Terukuni was known for that. From his jp wiki page:
>人気も高かったが、それを表すものの中にあだ名の多さがある。取組の最中に廻しが緩みやすいことから「ゆるふん」と付けられたが、それでも本人曰く「よく締まるように水の含ませ方にも注意してきつく締めていたのだ」という。

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 23:25:18 UTC No. 225397

>>225395
Legitimate and bold tactic. Yes, loosening the mawashi protects you from belt grips to some extent. But if it becomes too loose and you expose yourself, it's an automatic loss.

Anonymous at Wed, 5 Mar 2025 23:40:03 UTC No. 225398

>>225387
all he would have to do is stop aggressively stuffing himself with rice and the way active wrestlers do and he weight would just drain off with little effort fairly quickly. losing the last 20 or so pounds of excess weight is the only part of weight loss that requires any substantial willpower or effort

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 00:38:28 UTC No. 225403

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 00:49:47 UTC No. 225405

>>225403
when abi gets this training he will be going for the throat

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 03:22:35 UTC No. 225411

Just three days away!

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 09:38:49 UTC No. 225419

>>225397
Hi Ryuden, shouldn't you be training right now?

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 14:07:33 UTC No. 225432

New characters in Futagoyama-slop!

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 15:43:36 UTC No. 225435

>>225432
>hey guys our slop is getting kinda boring, nobody is watching anymore, what should we do to fix it?
>i know lets bring in an exciting new character since every is clearly already sick of all the old characters
they already tried this with kikuchi and it flopped hard, don't know why they chose someone so colorless and boring.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 15:48:43 UTC No. 225437

>>225435
>nobody is watching anymore
Don't know about that chief. Still averaging over 400k a video.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 16:37:03 UTC No. 225441

>>225437
Most of those are bots run by Futagoyama's yakuza friends.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 16:45:18 UTC No. 225443

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 17:21:04 UTC No. 225448

>>225435
how is kikuchi a flop

>>225443
I bet some of you weebs can name an anime for that

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 17:38:02 UTC No. 225449

>>225448
>how is kikuchi a flop
zero pizazz

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 17:45:34 UTC No. 225451

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 18:18:09 UTC No. 225454

>>225451
Takarafujibros....

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 18:19:45 UTC No. 225455

>>225454
this is HIS tournament. Takarafuji WILL win.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 18:25:44 UTC No. 225457

>>225455
Hakuho's reaction when Terunofuji chose Kusano over Takarafuji for the last sekitori picks for his draft team was funny.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 19:17:59 UTC No. 225465

Is Teru's haircut scheduled yet?

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 20:49:45 UTC No. 225470

Kogabros... If we let KEKuchi defeat us and leave us behind, considering that the two new recruits have ALREADY defeated us (in height and weight), where the hell are we going to hide? Four new recruits, including Mita, have passed us by like we were trash...

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 21:12:20 UTC No. 225473

>>225470
His Judo cousin will join and surpass him as well

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 21:35:27 UTC No. 225478

>>225470
Koga wouldn't be in that position if he wasn't so lazy. He doesn't do shit outside of morning practice, he could easily be a muscle manlet by now at his age and be in sandanme or makushita instead of still on the ass end of the banzuke. He is repulsive, being forced to see that mopey loser is one of the big turn offs of that youtube channel, I stopped watching it when Isegahama & Tatsunami slop became available

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 21:42:00 UTC No. 225479

>>225470
Koga has it all worked out. He's going to loiter around in Futagoyama-beya until his parents die - because they don't need to support him NEETing, they will amass more money than they otherwise would. When they die, all their money will go to Koga, who, after nearly thirty years of eating chanko and doing the bare minimum of training, will have reached his final form as a true Ugly Bastard. He will then use the money to buy a run-down apartment complex in a small and nondescript city, and live the dream. Koga knows what he's doing.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 21:44:29 UTC No. 225480

>>225479
>When they die, all their money will go to Koga,
Japan has the third highest inheritance tax in the world. There's a saying "wealth only last three generations" which is why rich dynasties focus on long-term business heirs instead of short-term wealth gain.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 21:49:01 UTC No. 225481

>>225480
Trust the plan.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 22:00:45 UTC No. 225482

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgebyKRFCU4

Chrissloppa. The tldr:

>Kirishima won't pull out, but is worried about taking tachiais
>Hoshoryu went 15-1 in practice, looking insane despite having the shits from food a few days ago
>Daieisho actually wants to try for Ozeki and has been working on his belt fighting, but fucking sucks at it
>Zak is looking to be in great form, refuses to answer questions about losing Ozeki because it's just not happening
>Tobi is more or less innocent about the gay charges against him

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 22:01:42 UTC No. 225483

>>225482
>Hoshoryu went 15-1 in practice
Did he lose to Oho again

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 22:11:54 UTC No. 225485

>>225482
You know, you could know all of these things days or weeks in advance if you read sumoforum. You might even know more about them. Stop posting Chris cancer.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 22:20:35 UTC No. 225488

>Zak is looking to be in great form, refuses to answer questions about losing Ozeki because it's just not happening
its happening, false bravado confirms

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 22:23:34 UTC No. 225489

Zak will lose ozeki this month, get back ozeki in May, and make yokozuna in November.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 22:26:51 UTC No. 225490

>>225488
>>225489
It would be pretty insane if he did lose it considering he won the 2024 award for most wins in bashos, beating out Onosato by a single win in the final day of November. It's easy to rag on the guy for being possibly the least aggressive rikishi in ozumo, but if his injury has passed there's zero reason to believe he'll go much worse than 11-4.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 23:36:24 UTC No. 225492

>>225490
Mitakeumi had the second most wins of 2021, behind only Terunofuji. We all know how that went.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 23:45:47 UTC No. 225494

>>225492
What a dumb post lmao. Zak is nothing like Mitakeumi. Zak has been a strong 'zeki the whole time besides that one 8-7 and his injured basho in January. Can of that new Rio flavour Monster says he goes 10+ wins.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 23:46:44 UTC No. 225495

>>225494
I'm saying that "most wins in a year" has nothing to do with anything.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 23:48:11 UTC No. 225496

>>225490
>his injury has passed
That's basically what I'm thinking, that it's not as healed as he wants to think. He'll bounce back in May though.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 23:53:29 UTC No. 225497

>>225496
But by then 'sato will be 'zuna.

Anonymous at Thu, 6 Mar 2025 23:54:31 UTC No. 225498

>>225497
Triple zuna by the end of the year, trust the plan.

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 00:03:49 UTC No. 225499

>>225497
Onosato will never be Yokozuna. Nasty ankle injury in May, then his metabolism collapses and he balloons up to 550lbs during recovery. Successful return to the top division, but then he spends eight years being Ichinojo II. Heart attack at 43.

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 00:07:03 UTC No. 225500

>>225499
>Heart attack at 43
He'll make it to at LEAST 45.

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 00:38:14 UTC No. 225503

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLmLYLOhZpw

God I love ozumosloppa.

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 02:28:56 UTC No. 225509

>>225470
henchman eyebrows

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 03:32:51 UTC No. 225512

>>225488
He got that fucking dawg in em he’s punished and his black belt is a testament to his resolve

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 04:53:19 UTC No. 225515

>>225512
resolve is just going to make his knee injury get worse. he should've had the surgery before last basho, he'd have returned to competition as M13 instead he is going to end up dropping down to makushita or sandanme like asanoyama.

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 05:19:30 UTC No. 225517

https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoMain/torikumi/1/1/
>Day 1
>Hoshoryu vs Abi

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 07:35:51 UTC No. 225521

>>225517
Already getting his first L as Yokozuna.

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 07:59:56 UTC No. 225523

TNO

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 13:39:50 UTC No. 225527

>>225523
>Day 1 Takkers
The zensho run was over before it began.

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 18:01:33 UTC No. 225537

So how the fuck do I watch any division below Makuuchi now? I wanna follow at least juryo but NHK refuses to let me.

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 18:03:53 UTC No. 225539

>>225537
Abema + VPN

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 18:41:16 UTC No. 225541

>>225537
if you're a true fan you will find a way

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 18:57:27 UTC No. 225543

>>225537
This >>225539 is probably the best way, but if you don't care that much about the stream quality I would say restreaming channels from yt and twitch can do the job.

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 19:20:04 UTC No. 225545

>poshos/affiliates bought up all the good Albert Hall sumo tickets before general sale
>cheapest seats left are in excess of £900, not factoring in additional cost of pubic transport to and from L*ndonistan
>would cost as much, if not a little less to fly to japan and see a basho there
Guess I'll be watching it streamed, for free, live from the gooncave then. Fuck you Hakkaku you greedy old bald cunt.

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 19:27:42 UTC No. 225546

>>225545
I wouldn't go to London even if the sumo was free.

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 19:33:43 UTC No. 225547

>1 day before the 'sho
>no new Chris video
dude is slippin, really dropping the ball
i NEED to know who won or loss meaningless bouts in practice sessions, the Koga vs Kikuchi slop isn't cutting the mustard

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 19:55:29 UTC No. 225548

>>225547
>Koga vs Kikuchi
Decisive Koga victory, Kikuchi is "resting from injuries" and will be taking some more kyujo days this basho.

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 20:28:46 UTC No. 225551

>>225548
Taking the first 5 days off in January and still getting KK was chad af

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 20:30:23 UTC No. 225552

imagine the controversy at futagoyama if nabatame gets 3 more wins than roga this time around

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 20:32:20 UTC No. 225554

>>225548
Kikuchi can kyujo 5 bouts and still be better than Koga.

>t. Nobehara

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 20:33:55 UTC No. 225555

>>225552
Imagine Roga vs Nabatame play off for the juryo basho and Roga gets henka'd by Nabakek.

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 20:54:37 UTC No. 225557

>>225554
Why do you think Kikuchi keeps getting injured in training right before tournaments?

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 21:43:06 UTC No. 225559

Best beya to visit if I want a glass bottle shoved up my ass? The JSA will be clamping down on Nishonoseki so that one's out of the question.

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 21:47:24 UTC No. 225560

>>225559
Hakkaku-beya. He can't punish himself, can he?

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 23:28:21 UTC No. 225567

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 23:39:48 UTC No. 225568

>>225567
the more liquid the stronger he becomes

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 23:54:53 UTC No. 225570

Anonymous at Fri, 7 Mar 2025 23:55:45 UTC No. 225571

>>225570
Tell me about Akua. Why does he wear the mask?

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 00:01:50 UTC No. 225572

Show me a more wild kimono

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 00:48:10 UTC No. 225574

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_obxqUVu83o
>terunofuji and hakuho calling for mono-ii every time their team loses

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 02:48:40 UTC No. 225580

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 03:07:25 UTC No. 225582

>>225580
They're lucky they don't enforce that seppuku rule. I think they should start holding the judges to it though.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 03:43:43 UTC No. 225584

>>225582
What if there were two gyoji fighting with knives at the same time as the rikishi
I think that'd be interesting

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 05:11:21 UTC No. 225590

>>225574
gourmet slop

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 06:56:44 UTC No. 225592

>>225574
I wish they would get someone who speaks english to do the subtitles

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 07:15:25 UTC No. 225594

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iGoRlGbj6o

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 08:02:39 UTC No. 225597

https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataSumoBeya/detail/52
>Daiyusho
>Daibasho
>Daishisho
Oitekaze-oyakata thinks he's so slick trying to add "dai" in front of sumo terms and calling them shikona. He'll probably name some kid Dairikishi or Daishikona at this rate.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 08:06:34 UTC No. 225598

>>225597
Daishiko would actually be badass.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 08:31:00 UTC No. 225602

>>225598
大しっこ

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 08:54:18 UTC No. 225604

>>225597
dai- is an easy prefix, imagine how many shikona you can create with -fuji, I think Isegahama is at the limit lol. I wonder if Teru will keep the suffix for his stable.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 08:57:31 UTC No. 225605

>>225602
大獅光

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 09:02:03 UTC No. 225606

So what's the rundown on suspected/known injuries coming into things?

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 10:28:46 UTC No. 225608

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_QkIx9x5Vo

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 12:41:13 UTC No. 225611

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 14:07:28 UTC No. 225614

If Roga is really the tallest rikishi at Futa-beya it's seriously a manlet gathering.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 15:54:36 UTC No. 225617

Neph is going 0-2 then kyujo on day 3.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 16:41:51 UTC No. 225621

>>225617
Horshityu about to get flowcharted

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 18:38:51 UTC No. 225627

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 19:14:53 UTC No. 225628

>>225364
This is so fucking cursed.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 19:35:23 UTC No. 225629

>>225627
He looks uncomfortable because he's actually holding two of those.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 19:40:14 UTC No. 225630

Predict how many days until this basho gets the 4chan Clown Basho™ symbol of approval.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 20:01:38 UTC No. 225632

>>225630
its already clown because horseshitryu isn't a real yokozuna, nobody gets promoted on 25 wins over two bashos

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 20:02:08 UTC No. 225633

>>225632
But he won 27 fights?

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 20:15:22 UTC No. 225636

>>225632
They didn't give it to Takakeisho when he put up those same numbers, they only gave it to Horseshit because they were afraid of being accused of racism by the Mongols

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 20:17:34 UTC No. 225637

>>225636
Keisho went 12-3JY 13-2Y, while Hosh went 13-2JY 12-3Y with a three way playoff.
>uhhh the playoff doesn't count sweetie :)
Thank God the YDC don't have to give a fuck what you think.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 20:24:57 UTC No. 225638

>>225632
Onokuni?

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 20:26:43 UTC No. 225639

If Hosh doesn't get 46+ yushos by the time he retired he's a failed Yokozuna.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 20:28:38 UTC No. 225640

Speaking of Hoshoryu, get some Tatsusloppa in you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RnJll0ZNVk

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 20:31:11 UTC No. 225641

>>225630
minus 5 >>225276

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 20:34:30 UTC No. 225642

>>225641
Well, turns out Nephew's elbows are fine, Zak has been blowing away his practice partners, and the sake-crammed one has been going toe-to-toe with Nephew in practice, only dropping off after a bunch of bout as his bigger size means worse cardio than Nephew. The top 3 are all looking like serious contenders. I'd bet 'sato does the best out of all of them.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 20:46:28 UTC No. 225645

>Hoshoryu reported had a bad stomach a week ago
>Latest Tatsusloppa has them cooking "yakiniku" like this
Hmmm...

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 21:27:59 UTC No. 225646

umeyama >-<

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 21:51:17 UTC No. 225650

>>225645
I seem to recall a parody article about sumo from some years ago that named Hoshoryu as the unfortunate wrestler who shat himself in the ring, incurring an automatic loss. I can't find it any more, but maybe it was oddly prescient.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 21:52:49 UTC No. 225651

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo5l7VHgA3c
>that one guy holding a bowl for the entire video
Pretty cool joint training session video though.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 21:53:11 UTC No. 225652

>>225641
I didn't say it WAS a clown basho, I said it COULD be.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 21:57:11 UTC No. 225654

>sumo starts up today
>quickly read up on the /xs/ threads I missed
>60% of it was useless shitflinging and flame wars
Yup, it's good to be back.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 21:58:18 UTC No. 225655

natto site up yet?

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 22:00:28 UTC No. 225656

>>225651
what is the purpose of the bowl

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 22:07:23 UTC No. 225657

>>225655
>User: large
>Pass: sushi
https://theforevercove.com/
I'll add it in the opening post if I make the first thread this basho.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 22:11:10 UTC No. 225658

>>225657
don't advertise it in OP, that'll just make it easier for NHK to get it shut down.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 22:18:49 UTC No. 225659

>>225658
Natto started using Abema instead of NHK. That's not to say that some buzzkill couldn't report Natto anyways, but I reckon that posting the user/pass in the OP wouldn't have changed much if that was the case.

NHK at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 22:20:14 UTC No. 225660

>>225657
Thanks for the tip, sucker! I got your IP, I'm sending my best ninjas to your house right fucking now, you better be ready.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 22:20:29 UTC No. 225661

In honor of the big day I stole the /nba/ OP for sumo r8
>>>/sp/147539024

Unscrupulous Re-Streamer at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 22:22:06 UTC No. 225663

>>225660
Nooooo NHK please don't kill me and use my remains for chankonabe nooooo

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 22:24:59 UTC No. 225664

>>225651
>>225656
I'm wondering if it's supposed to be training muscle memory for how far apart his hands should be when coming up at the tachiai. Maybe he was also doing suriashi with it earlier.
He has his fingers on the bowl in a very specific way, which seems pointless if he's just supposed to be holding it.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 22:41:45 UTC No. 225665

>>225664
Like this.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 22:43:58 UTC No. 225666

>>225651
>>225656
>>225664
>>225665
It's a bowl full of salt. That's it. A lower ranker holds it so that it's always at the ready when needed.
It's probably an honor or some shit to get to hold the salt and watch up close. You see it at every kyokai held joint practice during practice bouts.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 22:47:19 UTC No. 225667

Mitakeumi, back when he looked more intimidating.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 22:50:40 UTC No. 225669

>>225667
It makes a little sad that this webm ended up being an accurate prediction of his ozeki career.

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Mar 2025 23:30:11 UTC No. 225671

>>225666
That's where you're wrong. Just like in Karate Kid, the little black kid was taught by the great Jackie Chan to take his sweater off and put it back on, and it was actually a secret training method; so to is the Way of the Bowl. Your mind is just too weak to understand.

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 00:07:18 UTC No. 225672

>>225669
>Ozeki falls over and gets back problems from sitting down and accepting promotion

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 00:15:08 UTC No. 225673

>>225671
yeah whatever nerd

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 00:19:00 UTC No. 225675

>>225673
Me on the right (in the brown mawashi).

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 00:19:40 UTC No. 225676

Jonokuchi bouts are starting shortly, welcome to Osaka.
>>>/sp/147541804

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 00:33:10 UTC No. 225677

>>225676

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 01:12:46 UTC No. 225678

>>225677
>pic
This is me when I wake up...

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 06:06:40 UTC No. 225691

>>225629
Underrated post.

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 06:09:30 UTC No. 225692

>>225651
>>225656
That's the salt bitch. The salt bitch holds the salt.

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 06:56:05 UTC No. 225695

>>225627
>Time to drink up anon!
>What are you doing? Drop your pants

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 07:04:15 UTC No. 225696

>only Hoshoryu and Oho in the new opening
KINO

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 19:12:18 UTC No. 225717

KWABAMBOTY

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 21:39:19 UTC No. 225721

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 22:41:52 UTC No. 225722

>>225721
is there anyone Abi can't kill

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 23:24:19 UTC No. 225723

>>225722
There is not.

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Mar 2025 23:29:37 UTC No. 225724

>>225722
Unironically, only the JSA

Anonymous at Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:18:27 UTC No. 225725

>>225722
Akua
>unstoppable nodowa meets unbreakable neck

Anonymous at Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:19:52 UTC No. 225726

>>225725
gentlemen...we need to get this man to the top division to stop Abi's reign of terror
he's our only hope against Ablivion

Anonymous at Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:27:59 UTC No. 225727

>>225725
Anon... the white circles indicate victories. Not losses.

Anonymous at Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:29:55 UTC No. 225728

>>225727
I thought I was going crazy since >>225726 didn't say nothing about it lmao

Anonymous at Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:36:45 UTC No. 225730

>>225727
Oops, I meant to say Tokushinho

Anonymous at Sun, 16 Mar 2025 21:56:51 UTC No. 226021

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Anonymous at Sun, 16 Mar 2025 22:14:07 UTC No. 226024

Anonymous at Tue, 18 Mar 2025 05:21:36 UTC No. 226065

Anonymous at Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:06:34 UTC No. 226076

>>226065
The kinboshi philanthropist...

Anonymous at Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:21:21 UTC No. 226079

>>226076
i dont think you know what philanthropist does..also he gave out 3, so what? there's been many zunas doing the same before.

Anonymous at Tue, 18 Mar 2025 21:16:08 UTC No. 226084

>>226079
Oh we know Hosh is in good company

him and Futahaguro, names that are going to be side by side for eternity

Anonymous at Tue, 18 Mar 2025 21:16:49 UTC No. 226085

>>226084
He's already won more tournaments than futahaguro, stop being ridiculous.

Anonymous at Tue, 18 Mar 2025 21:18:22 UTC No. 226086

>>226085
Don't worry Anon. Some of us still berieve.

Anonymous at Tue, 18 Mar 2025 23:52:21 UTC No. 226091

>>226085
Hoshoryu "Better than Futahaguro" Tomokatsu, the 74th Yokozuna.

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 07:33:54 UTC No. 226116

I had a dream last night where one of the rikishi threw the entire basket of salt into the other guy's face

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:29:15 UTC No. 226141

>>226116
Kino

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Mar 2025 19:58:22 UTC No. 226146

>>226116
I had a dream last year that Kotakiyama (from Futagoyama-beya) tricked me into handing him my phone to check something, and then he broke my screen and smirked at me. Everything I've seen of him makes him seem like a decent lad, but I just can't help myself from disliking him a little because of that dream.

Anonymous at Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:58:24 UTC No. 226174

Anonymous at Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:15:55 UTC No. 226175

>>226174
The one-armed helicopter has got to be so fucking demoralizing.

Anonymous at Sat, 22 Mar 2025 08:27:16 UTC No. 226273

Anonymous at Sat, 22 Mar 2025 08:52:52 UTC No. 226274

Anonymous at Sat, 22 Mar 2025 20:20:12 UTC No. 226297

>>226274
>Midorifuji not using a green mawashi

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 09:32:27 UTC No. 226325

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 10:57:22 UTC No. 226326

It's finally over. We managed nine threads on /sp/ this tournament, so we get an Outstanding Performance prize.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 12:36:06 UTC No. 226329

He's a big lad

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 12:52:23 UTC No. 226330

Hosh*ryu intai by 2026

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:01:44 UTC No. 226331

Is nabatame dropping to makushita?

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:03:59 UTC No. 226332

>>226331
Likely not, unless they decide to fuck him over completely

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:26:07 UTC No. 226336

Assuming 3/4 Makushita/Juryo promotions/demotions, is Mita in?

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 14:35:19 UTC No. 226339

Newest disappointed takayasu dropped

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 14:38:55 UTC No. 226340

>Onosato Yokozuna run
It was, afterall, inevitable.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:45:40 UTC No. 226341

>>226336
He should be.

Otsuji, Kiryuko, Hokutofuji, and Kitanowaka should drop. Miyagi, Daiamami, Mita, and Mudoho should be promoted.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:47:22 UTC No. 226342

>>226084
Onokuni would like word.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:51:10 UTC No. 226343

>>226342
Such a scumbag. Just look at him.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:59:34 UTC No. 226344

>>226341
For that matter, what do we think the makuuchi-juryo swaps will be?

Mitakeumi, Nishikifuji, Shirokuma, and Takarafuji down
Tamashoho, Kayo, Roga, and Tochitaikai up?

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 16:09:24 UTC No. 226345

>>226344
Yup.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 17:10:27 UTC No. 226347

Futahaguro gave away less kinboshi than Hosh on debut. Admittedly Futa's fusen was given to Konishiki who would've completely flattened him anyway, but still.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 17:15:14 UTC No. 226349

Fewer

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 17:22:02 UTC No. 226350

>>226349
The one true king, is that you?

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 17:23:56 UTC No. 226351

>>226350
Not that I'm aware of.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 17:40:50 UTC No. 226352

>>226329
W I D E

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 17:52:23 UTC No. 226353

>>226329
He can't even keep up the sumo stoicism, he's just so happy. And I would be too if I dreamed of becoming a great Yokozuna and my only "rivals" were a marshmallow with a broken knee and a bad version of Asashoryu.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 18:10:33 UTC No. 226355

>>226353
He really has come into this at the perfect time. Onosato era begins... now.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 18:26:03 UTC No. 226357

https://youtu.be/P91baOxVOyU?si=NHaOushaJSzCfwjl

Cute bid. Good shot of Kinbozan riding away on a bike at the end for bikelad.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 18:49:11 UTC No. 226359

>>226357
Thank goodness the basho is over. Now we can get back to beyasloppa.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 19:16:09 UTC No. 226362

>>226359
Futagoyama is getting ANOTHER new recruit. Exciting times for sloppa fans!

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 19:17:29 UTC No. 226363

>>226362
What's his background?

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 19:22:56 UTC No. 226364

>>226363
Probably just the default Windows one like most people.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 19:48:31 UTC No. 226365

>>226364
Nah, that's a Wallpaper Engine smirk.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 19:58:15 UTC No. 226367

>>226365
He's already damaged goods

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 19:59:06 UTC No. 226368

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZnHvH_iZ7o

It's up.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 20:05:57 UTC No. 226369

>>226368

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 20:14:52 UTC No. 226370

>Haru 2001, combined M1-5 wins
53
>Haru 2025, combined M1-5 wins
72

The single best metric of how strong an era of sumo is is how many wins the high maegashira get. The more wins they get, the worse the sanyaku is, the weaker the era is.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 21:40:31 UTC No. 226379

>>226355
we're already a year into it, he has won 3 of the last 6.
the so-called yokozuna has only won 1 of the last 10

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 21:42:21 UTC No. 226380

>>226365
>damaged goods

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 21:54:05 UTC No. 226382

>>226380
It's a limiter. You know how cagey old man Futagoyama is with revealing the power levels of his promising recruits.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 22:01:39 UTC No. 226384

>>226379
You're right. It's amazing how lucky Horseshitryu got with this promotion as I doubt he'll ever live up to the rank.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 22:02:34 UTC No. 226385

>>225278
Was she even here this basho?

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 22:06:30 UTC No. 226386

>>226385
The yakuza replaced her with that guy with the ballin' white suit/hat.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 22:06:39 UTC No. 226387

>>226385
this basho? she hasn't been attending since she got stalked, several basho/years ago.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 23:03:15 UTC No. 226389

>>225278
>>226386
>>226387
QRD?

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 23:04:42 UTC No. 226390

>>226370
Are you factoring in how many Sanyaku there actually were?

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 23:05:12 UTC No. 226391

>>226380
So was Mita.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 23:05:44 UTC No. 226392

>>226389
Just a rich guy in a white suit that was in the front all basho.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 23:10:23 UTC No. 226393

>>226390
I probably should desu. Top 16 minus sanyaku, then just average the wins of whatever shitters remain. In fact, lets do it to those two basho and see what happens.
>Haru 2001
Sanyaku was 11 guys, so (3+1+7+6+6)/5 = 4.6 wins on average.
>Haru 2025
Sanyaku is 7 guys, so (9+9+7+6+6+3+12+7+7)/9 = 7.333 wins on average.

Pretty shocking difference. The current Sanyaku just aren't fit for purpose. As it stands only Onosato and Daieisho are deserving.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 23:13:54 UTC No. 226394

>>226392
I meant about the woman / Shodai connection. She a fan or something?

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 23:22:02 UTC No. 226395

>>226394
>woman

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 23:25:13 UTC No. 226396

>>226395
If it didn't look weird I wouldn't be asking.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 23:26:18 UTC No. 226397

>>226393
This is an interesting metric, and one that I haven't seen before. However, one basho is just one basho. Are either of those Harus exceptional for their year? Is there a steady trend towards more joi wins over the past twenty years? What about the respective retirements of the last few Yokozunas? Does their departure coincide neatly with an increased upper maegashira win rate, implying that the number is really an indicator of whether a strong Yokozuna exists, or is it less easily correlated and truly an indicator of a weak san'yaku as a whole?

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 23:40:55 UTC No. 226400

>>226392
He’s yakuza? I assumed he was a horn player in a local ska band.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Mar 2025 23:56:30 UTC No. 226401

>>226397
You are asking too many questions, he was only looking for something that would back up his opinion on a surface level.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:27:59 UTC No. 226403

>>226400
I assume that suit must be fucking rank after wearing it 15 days straight.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:29:34 UTC No. 226404

>>226401
Sounds British.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:37:52 UTC No. 226405

>>226404
The fat has reached your brain, mutty

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:38:06 UTC No. 226406

>>226403
Maybe he washed it every night.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:39:49 UTC No. 226407

>>226401
If you have any evidence demonstrating that actually our current barebones constantly changing sanyaku is in fact comparable to the ones of 20 years ago with multiple Yokozuna and upwards of five Ozeki, I'd love to see it.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:52:01 UTC No. 226408

>>226407
It's more competitive, which makes it more interesting to watch.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:54:05 UTC No. 226409

>>226408
It's not interesting when Stevie Wonder throwing darts can pick your winners.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:55:12 UTC No. 226410

>>226409
For you.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:55:59 UTC No. 226412

>>226410

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 01:02:32 UTC No. 226413

Highly recommend watching Natto's video of the winner's interview with Onosato. It's a masterclass in

>Question about a specific thing
I focused on my brand of sumo
>Question about a specific thing
My fighting spirit helped me win
>Question about a specific thing
I was confident and after 15 days am glad I had a winning record
>Question about a specific thing
I'll do my best in the next basho
>*round of applause*

Can't tell who's taken the harder knocks to the head; Onosato or the crowd.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 01:40:36 UTC No. 226419

>>226365
I see a Hokutofuji hairline in the future

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 02:34:25 UTC No. 226426

>>226413
Perfectly japanese answers

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 03:20:47 UTC No. 226429

>>226367
yeah, but he is tall too. hopefully he doesn't turn into another useless wakamiyabi

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 03:21:58 UTC No. 226430

the new stable slop season is upon us

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 03:30:37 UTC No. 226432

>>225253
he devestated the banzuke, won the arrows in his first makuuchi basho

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 04:28:28 UTC No. 226434

>>226432
10-4 against maegashira opponents where only 2 were joi, one of which was already shiting, isn't devastating
i like him, and will be hoping he doesn't end up a megashitters

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 07:12:39 UTC No. 226439

Anybody got a pic of Onosato with his Seabream yet? Or have they not taken it?
Was really hoping I'd see Takayasu with it, but not really surprised...

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:44:31 UTC No. 226441

>>226439

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:50:01 UTC No. 226442

Called aonishiki 11-4 I’m the sumo scholar trust me this kids gonna be special where you at anon that said he was gonna go 8-7 I think you owe my boy and I an apology

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:14:07 UTC No. 226443

>>226441
Horrifying, thank you.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:53:38 UTC No. 226445

>>226442
I was right in that Aonishiki would only be able to beat Oho of the sanyaku he faced. Daieisho is just a bigger, stronger version of himself. Well, minus Aonishiki's uncanny ability to be immune to any form of push down.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 11:21:21 UTC No. 226446

many rikishi have a nice result in their makuuchi debut. the question is whether he can deliver in the following ones.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 11:50:18 UTC No. 226447

Never believe

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:23:42 UTC No. 226448

>>226413
Don't you get fined for actually answering the questions?

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:32:33 UTC No. 226449

>>226447
that dude didnt care, he just wanted to be in the picture

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:34:49 UTC No. 226450

>>226432

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:57:54 UTC No. 226451

So how would you guys rank this basho?

>Pleasant surprise?
Aonishiki and Kusano
Churanoumi
>Bitter disappointment?
Hoshoryu
>Not surprising but still unpleasant
Oho’s first appearance in the sanyaku
Mitakeumi dying on the dohyo
>As expected
Onosato

>Overall
Started off clowny as fuck, but settled into a decent race and the best fighter won.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:25:34 UTC No. 226452

>>226451
I'd say 5/10. It went to show just how weak an era we're in. The only redeeming thing is that we might just have a great Yokozuna in the making.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:27:37 UTC No. 226453

>Competition bad
>Status quo good
Pathetic.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:30:10 UTC No. 226454

>>226453
It's more of a classic
>old thing good
>new thing bad

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:30:30 UTC No. 226455

>Sumo has always been at its most popular when there's dominant Yokozuna
>But I know better

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:32:31 UTC No. 226456

>Only popular things are good.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:34:52 UTC No. 226457

>>226456
This but unironically.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:35:28 UTC No. 226458

>>226457

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:42:35 UTC No. 226459

>>226455
Sumo had a massive decline in popularity in the middle of Hakuho's tenure, specifically because he was a sole dominant yokozuna and it was boring. The yakuza and betting scandals were just the culmination of it.
Sumo has been most popular when there are multiple competitive yokozuna and/or ozeki. Strong Onosato is good. Strong Hoshoryu is also good. Strong Kotozakura is also good. Attendance rose in spite of Teru being perma-injured because fans wanted to watch multiple strong ozeki compete to see who would make yokozuna first.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:59:28 UTC No. 226460

>>226459
And all it took for a decline to happen was 20 straight years of dominance from Yokozuna.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:12:45 UTC No. 226461

>>226325
Thanks for reposting, Slovakbro
>>226441
and thanks for the ref so I can keep up my tradition

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:15:14 UTC No. 226462

>>226460
Because it wasn't A yokozuna, it was multiple yokozuna at the same time. Attendance lagged when Asashoryu was sole yokozuna too, until Hakuho rose to challenge him. Because it wasn't the "dominant yokozuna" part that draws sales, it was the "strong top-level competition" that does. Whether that's multiple strong yokozuna, or multiple strong ozeki fighting to become ozeki, it's the competition that's important.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:31:07 UTC No. 226463

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxUTJwQgyF8

Tatsunami Okami-san is so pretty...

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:10:14 UTC No. 226464

Onosato was the only sanyaku to get 10+ wins. Last time this happened was Aki 2021.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:24:49 UTC No. 226465

>>226446
Well considering it's either fight well or be sent straight to the frontlines he should feel quite motivated to keep this up.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:42:28 UTC No. 226466

>>226464
Can't believe Onosato's been fighting that long already.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:44:59 UTC No. 226467

>>226466
Yeah and he's not even Yokozuna yet. He's just nothing compared to Hakuho. Sad!

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:40:27 UTC No. 226487

>>226462
Decent competition is important. I'd rather see two men fighting for a 15-0 result than six men fighting for a 12-3.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:47:27 UTC No. 226489

>>226487
>I'd rather see two men fighting for a 15-0 result than six men fighting for a 12-3.
Kind of a stupid thing to latch on to. How is the competition more "decent" if there are two guys who beat everybody instead of 6 guys who are about equal? The issue with sumo right now isn't even the skill level, it's the injuries. If you want to see better competition, they should just move to fewer tournaments per year.

>B-BUT ALL THE OLD SUMO WERE FINE WITH IT!
Their eras all would've been considerably more competitive with fewer tournaments as well.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:05:24 UTC No. 226490

>>226489
I want to see dominant and powerful Yokozunas regularly clashing and putting up strong performances. This is the mainstream view, if attendance figures are to be believed. It isn't as interesting or exciting if you're just waiting to see which middle of the pack Maegashira will be in the yusho race this basho, and which members of the san'yaku will exit through the revolving door. I agree that injuries are an ever-present hazard, but I will never say that I want to watch less tournaments a year. Instead, I think that more safety protocols and ringside medical assistance should be instituted in training, touring, and tournaments, that wrestlers should be discouraged or forbidden from fighting with serious or chronically unrepaired injuries, and that sumo training school should include a comprehensive and professional module about safely exercising and gaining mass.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:15:28 UTC No. 226492

>>226487
If the six men are all sanyaku then it'd be outstanding.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:19:19 UTC No. 226493

>>226492
And if they aren't (as usual) then it'd be a clown basho.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:19:43 UTC No. 226494

Will Shikihide ever take in a new recruit again?

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:26:43 UTC No. 226496

>>226490
Sure, everyone wants to say they saw the best ever regularly go at it in their primes.
People who remember the wars Hakuho and Asashoryu fought between ‘07 and ‘10 will cherish those memories.
But that doesn’t discount the excitement of a wide-open yusho race.

Multiple Yokozuna eras are great when they are both healthy. It kind of sucks, though, when they are all permagimped and are constantly dropping out.
The four Yokozuna era of 2017 was kind of a wet fart because they were never healthy together.
Even afterwards, after Kisenosato retired, Hakuho and Kakuryu were constantly going kyujo.

I’ll take a wide open race instead of having the Yokozunas just trading off cup wins by alternating their kyujos.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:36:53 UTC No. 226497

>>226496
Constant kyujo is annoying, yes. I'd rather a Yokozuna retired earlier than dragged his career out, taking ever longer to recover from each good showing. However, I don't share your enthusiasm for a wide open race. I expect the highest ranking men on the banzuke to be the ones in the yusho race, and if they aren't, I feel let down and disappointed.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:55:04 UTC No. 226499

>>226497
>if they aren't, I feel let down and disappointed

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:56:57 UTC No. 226500

>>226499
If you've never been disappointed watching sports, you haven't been watching sports long enough.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:57:55 UTC No. 226501

>>226500
Feeling let down is one thing. Feeling let down after a good game is just faggy.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:05:24 UTC No. 226502

>>226501
Feeling let down when things don't live up to your expectations is incredibly normal, in sports and in everything else. If you thought it was a good game, good for you. Not everyone shares your tastes.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:07:01 UTC No. 226503

>>226502
Finally he gets it.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:16:42 UTC No. 226505

I don't want to see the which maegashitter of the week will be in the yusho race like some bad saturday morning cartoon villain. I want ash to send team rocket blasting off at the end of the episode.
Simple as

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:17:25 UTC No. 226506

odds on daieisho putting up 13 wins in may and saving his ozeki candidacy?

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:18:18 UTC No. 226507

>>226506
I feel like if he ever becomes anything but a sekiwake, something horrible will happen

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:22:05 UTC No. 226509

>>226506
Pretty slim.
He’s put up 13 wins only once in his career in the top division and that was four years ago.
He did put up a 12 wins only once performance in 2023.
…and that’s all his 12+ win performances.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:24:42 UTC No. 226511

>>226497
>taking ever longer to recover from each good showing.
The big difference between Horseshitryu & Teru is that when Teru managed to show up in shape to compete, he was dominant and would win. 2023 & 2024 he won every basho he finished, in 2022 he put up a couple of 11-4 & won one and in 2021, the year he was promoted, he won 4 & JY'd the other two.
Horseshitryu will never be able to equal that performance, he is a 10-5 guy when healthy and he has a history of starting poorly, so one should expect a bunch more early pull outs from him. He yokozuna tenure will be short and pathetic.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:28:08 UTC No. 226512

>>226506
nothing against him, but that's very unlikely. He's 31..I mean tamawashi did 13-2 at 35yo, but that's tamawashi.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:35:57 UTC No. 226513

>>226511
to be fair to horseshitryu, 27-30 can be the years someone is physically strongest. he could turn out to be more dominant.
i don't think he will. i think injuries will get him, he isn't built different like uncle.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:43:42 UTC No. 226514

>>226513
I don't think he's hit his peak yet. As he is right now, he's good for multiple 10s and 11s throughout the year with the occasional 12 and 13. If he can improve that to multiple 12s and the occasional 14, that would be as much as anyone can expect from him. Unfortunately, Onosato is his contemporary. I think that even if he doesn't get injured, Hoshoryu will be lucky to win one cup a year from now until he turns 30.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:46:43 UTC No. 226516

>>226513
Yeah, he is a lot lankier with a higher center of gravity. He needs to get wider if he wants to win.
Asashoryu had great balance because his physical form lent itself to that. He was pretty much an oversized muscle manlet. Who else could've possibly kept himself off the clay in this situation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CWYkO2LeMY

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:49:20 UTC No. 226518

>>226514
Onosato clearly has the ability to dominate the upper division in a way a yokozuna should, he already does. Winning 3 out of the last 6 is Dai stuff, do that for a decade and you got 30 cups.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:50:28 UTC No. 226521

>>226514
>I don't think he's hit his peak yet
Thats what I was getting at. The problem is he hurt his throwing arm and that is most of his sumo. It doesn't help that onosato and kotozakura are big bodies that will stress that throwing arm when they inevitably fight in regular tournaments, the joint practices, and elsewhere. He needs something for them

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:54:33 UTC No. 226526

>>226521
He needs to be able to win a straightforward belt battle with forward-moving muscle power. If he can't do that then he might as well drop out as soon as his elbow starts to twinge.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:58:01 UTC No. 226528

>>226516
Didn't Ura do a similar thing against Teru once? Minus the part where the other guy falls. Teru just sorta looked at him disappointed.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:01:33 UTC No. 226529

>>226521
>He needs something for them
2000 shikos, 1000 pushups and 500 pull ups a day for the rest of his career. If he wants a yokozuna career that doesn't lead to a shameful early retirement then he needs to get substantially better than he currently is. Meisei was the best wrestler from his stable in Osaka.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:02:03 UTC No. 226530

>>226516
Never knew about that rule. Crazy that there's actually a rule in place to protect rikishi like that.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:03:56 UTC No. 226531

>>226518
>do that for a decade
If only it were that easy without exploding your knees

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:09:43 UTC No. 226533

>>226531
Kisenosato is really insistent about going heavy on the lower body and flexibility training, don't know if thats good or bad

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:11:14 UTC No. 226535

>>226526
>He needs to become Asashoryu
I don't think its happening at this point
>>226529
>calisthenics
He needs to add 10kg a week until he can squat onosato and kotozakura's combined weight for fahve

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:11:33 UTC No. 226536

>>226531
doesn't really matter. look at shodai's knees and teru's. The latter had non-existent knees, still got 10yushos and zuna, while shitdai is what it is.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:30:48 UTC No. 226541

You can either live in mediocrity, or die in knee braces.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:35:39 UTC No. 226542

>>226325
This should be the 4cc team logo

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:45:48 UTC No. 226544

yeah

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:50:13 UTC No. 226547

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:54:10 UTC No. 226548

>>226547
You're not owed a yusho, if you want it so much then work on your flaws and do better next tournament. He's a strong wrestler but he could have been so much better, the only thing holding him back is his own wallowing in self-pity.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:55:45 UTC No. 226549

>>226548
Onosato's left foot on the towara at that last throw attempt also did a pretty good job of holding him back desu.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:02:17 UTC No. 226551

What was the worst record a yokozuna ever got without quitting the tournament/retiring?

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:04:25 UTC No. 226552

>>226459
>Sumo had a massive decline in popularity in the middle of Hakuho's tenure, specifically because he was a sole dominant yokozuna and it was boring.
He became less dominant right around the halfway point, when other yokozuna started to emerge. Your reasoning makes no sense.
>Attendance rose in spite of Teru being perma-injured because fans wanted to watch multiple strong ozeki compete to see who would make yokozuna first.
If this were true, they wouldn't have rushed Hoshoryu to the rope. A ceremony here and there can't be worth that much.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:06:14 UTC No. 226553

>>226551
7-8, Onokuni (now Shibatayama oyakata)
He immediately offered to retire but was told to gambarize, he skipped the next tournament, got 8-7 in the next, then went kyujo for 4 more tournaments.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:10:10 UTC No. 226554

>>226549
Onosato's efforts would have meant nothing if Takayasu hadn't already lost fights that he could have won.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:13:49 UTC No. 226555

>>226516
>Yeah, he is a lot lankier with a higher center of gravity. He needs to get wider if he wants to win.
Lankiness isn't a disadvantage in sumo. Long arms are a straight up advantage and long legs can work. Look at Akebono' center of mass. Hell, look at Hakuho's: he's actually quite lanky too. Hoshoryu could perhaps work on balance, his frame is fine.

>>226535
Yes, he needs muscle, not fat.

I'm actually wondering if the extra weight he put on is hindering the technical aspects of his sumo. I know he made an effort to push more and throw less to diversify, but seeing him fuck up that kakenage makes me wonder.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:21:40 UTC No. 226557

>>226552
I was referring to Hakuho's run as sole yokozuna. I was under the impression that should've been obvious, guess not.
>If this were true, they wouldn't have rushed Hoshoryu to the rope.
Hoshoryu wasn't rushed because they wanted a yokozuna, he was the benefit of regulatory quirks combined with a YDC fuckup.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:22:57 UTC No. 226558

>>226555
That's injury, not excess size. He's carrying the added weight fairly well, but he's never going to have the same solidity and thickness as his uncle, or the sheer size of Kotozakura and Onosato. The problem is that he also doesn't have the long limbs of someone like Hakuho or Akebono, so he can't do the same lanky sumo that those men could. His build is never going to give him any kind of advantage, but this is balanced by not putting him at any disadvantages either. Hoshoryu must instead rely on ring-sense, study of his opponents, and excellent technical skills if he wants a career that isn't completely overshadowed. He needs to be more like Harumafuji, really.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:26:19 UTC No. 226559

So all Onosato has to do is get over his yusho hangover quickly (he's done it enough times at this point), actually train before the basho, and the rope is completely free. Think about it, yusho hangover hits people so hard because most yusho winners aren't guys who've won it enough times to be jaded to it.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:27:22 UTC No. 226560

>>226558
>Harumafuji
Isn't he the one with the highest kinboshi rate of all Yokozuna?

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:28:34 UTC No. 226561

>>226560
Hoshoryu's already started trying to emulate him.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:35:08 UTC No. 226562

>>226561
The mongol yokozuna era will be looked back on as a terrible mistake. Two that got kicked out for being scumbags, three weaklings and one who was absent or withdrew far more than he ever showed up.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:47:12 UTC No. 226564

>>226562
Beware - with the end of the Mongol Era, a new group of foreign devils will take their place, as the Mongols replaced the Hawaiians. Who will it be? Koreans? Indians? Mexicans? You may find yourself missing the Mongols one day.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:48:48 UTC No. 226565

>>226564
ukrainians obviously

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:54:01 UTC No. 226566

>>226562
Harumafuji wasn't kicked out for being a scumbag; he was kicked out because his hinkaku level was too high. Hakuho gave an upcoming rikishi advice on his sumo, the rikishi blanked Hakuho and got his phone out to message his girlfriend. I'm with Harumafuji, the kid deserved a fucking smack.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:02:11 UTC No. 226569

>>226566
It's not the Japanese way. He should have used a golf club.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:16:38 UTC No. 226571

>>226569
I wonder if he made that comment during the inquiry lmao

>I apologise and will make sure to use a golf club next time.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:24:25 UTC No. 226572

>>226553
Ah, I thought 8 losses meant an automatic firing squad

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:38:22 UTC No. 226573

>>226566
That's likely the kind of stuff that happens all the time at heya. It was Takanohana who made a big deal about it because he wanted him thrown out. That wrestler who got slapped, by the way? He did the same damn thing to another months later and had to quit sumo as well.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:43:04 UTC No. 226574

>>226573
Mongols are never going to beat the barbarism allegations.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:55:41 UTC No. 226576

>>226574
Nor will they stop being barbaric.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:57:23 UTC No. 226577

The real reason they wanted Harumafufji out was he was a kinboshi printer and that shit's expensive. Fortunately the JSA have learned their lesson and won't promote any more Yokozuna unless they know 100% they won't be a kinboshi printer.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:59:36 UTC No. 226578

>>226577
>Fortunately the JSA have learned their lesson and won't promote any more Yokozuna unless they know 100% they won't be a kinboshi printer.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:04:38 UTC No. 226579

>>226565
And I thought I was the one to overrate the danny boy

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:42:02 UTC No. 226581

>>226564
The Whaito debiru era is upon us, Tochinoshin. Kaisei and Aoiyama were just the beginning, Shishi and Aonishiki will make Sumo look like Mt. Fuji, all white in the top

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:44:39 UTC No. 226582

>>226581
>Onosato will be billed as the upholder of sumo as Japanese tradition

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:02:41 UTC No. 226583

>>226329
He'll immediately disappoint if he becomes Yokozuna.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:02:52 UTC No. 226584

>>226582
Grim.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:06:32 UTC No. 226585

It should be a requirement that to get Yokozuna you must go 15-0 twice in a row at ozeki.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:13:02 UTC No. 226586

>>226585
So, only Harumafuji was worthy in this millenia? I guess Hakuho would've gotten it at some point.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:16:56 UTC No. 226587

>>226586
Hm. Asashoryu did it once, apparently.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:18:06 UTC No. 226588

>>226586
I mean that seems to be the expectation people have? Anything less is considered undeserving and shit.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:52:48 UTC No. 226590

>>226577
I think smashing a glass bottle over another rikishi's head in a public restaurant is sufficient reason.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:53:58 UTC No. 226591

>>226588
The recency of the Hakuho era makes people notice the historically low promotion standards more. Somewhat ironically, promotion standards tend to drop when a dominant yokozuna intais. It'll pass.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:19:30 UTC No. 226592

>>226581
>Whaito
>Kaisei
Kaisei is Brazilian.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:21:53 UTC No. 226594

>>226548
>the only thing holding him back is his own wallowing in self-pity.
He's had a ton of injuries too. Let's not pretend it's solely because he's a mental manlet.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:23:09 UTC No. 226595

>>226591
>Somewhat ironically, promotion standards tend to drop when a dominant yokozuna intais.
In Chiyonofuji's case it was the opposite. Thanks Futahaguro.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:24:45 UTC No. 226596

>>226586
>>226588
>>226591
Are people STILL doing this bullshit "not every yokozuna can be Hakuho" rhetoric when Hoshoryu did worse than every single yokozuna since Futahaguro?

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:33:30 UTC No. 226597

>>226596
How dare he get injured. Or are we still pretending that is a lie?

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:35:53 UTC No. 226598

>>226597
>b-b-but he got injured!
Every single rikishi is competing while injured.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:38:21 UTC No. 226600

>>226598
Every injury is not identical and many rikishi are retarded for fighting through injuries. Look at Enho, who kept working through injuries and has now not been seen outside of the shitter ranks for years now.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:57:56 UTC No. 226602

How do you guys decide which lower division to follow? All I know is that I've been told juryo is boring, and makushita is the lowest available on Natto.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:10:40 UTC No. 226604

hosh will still be your yokozuna and will around for years. deal with it. :) Your favorite never will.

>b-b-but Onosato
He'll get end up forced to retire because the guys a psycho who will end up fucking up hard. He almost fucked his career with the drinking scandal. Really doubt he suddenly changed his personality after a scolding.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:11:46 UTC No. 226605

>>226602
Upper makushita is the only one worth consistently keeping tabs on because it's everyone fighting for salary. It's exciting for the same reason juryo is boring: the threat of losing salary means juryo is mostly playing it safe instead of being risky, while upper makushita guys take more risks trying to win their salary back.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:25:03 UTC No. 226608

>>226592

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:10:06 UTC No. 226610

>>226597
nobody believes it

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:18:40 UTC No. 226611

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 03:05:07 UTC No. 226613

>>226595
Nope, they just miscalculated. He was 31; "Retirement must be close, who looks promising?" Little did they know, he was yet to hit his peak.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 04:33:29 UTC No. 226618

>>226445
You still said he’d go 8-7 admit you were wrong and daieisho is a strong bet aonishiki will beat him with time when he figures out to not let him do his brand of sumo

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 04:35:25 UTC No. 226619

>>226447
They look like they are having a good time and expected this

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 06:05:08 UTC No. 226621

>>226558
> He needs to be more like Harumafuji
Or Chiyonofuji who was also undersized.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 06:13:59 UTC No. 226623

>>226432
How effective will his style be once he becomes a known entity in the top division? Ryuden showed in his last two matches against him that you can just hook him and lean or pull him down. I think he will get slapped down a lot kinda like how Takerufuji got slapped down by Kotozakura.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:40:55 UTC No. 226626

>>226623
Ryuden is a great test for newcomers he’s super technically sound. Aonishiki has style that’s gonna be hard to beat when he puts on weight and muscle.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 08:11:29 UTC No. 226629

>>226585
>Chiyonofuji
>Asashoryu
>Hakuho
>Harumafuji
Congratulations there's your 4 Yokozuna.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 08:54:31 UTC No. 226631

>>226629
As it should be.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 08:54:59 UTC No. 226632

Takerufuji was looking the strongest when he had his black eye. Once it went away he jobbed. Really makes you think

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:06:41 UTC No. 226633

>>226632
He should wear eyeliner to fight. Would actually be kino if a top guy started wearing YOOOOOOOOOOOOO style eye make up.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:46:15 UTC No. 226634

This part cracked me up. https://youtu.be/jhWNVUTP7B8?si=7-FPZ7UVwWzLUbhK&t=835

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:47:50 UTC No. 226635

>>226634
I like the part where they uma and oishii.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:23:51 UTC No. 226636

>>226634
Kiryuko...

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:10:38 UTC No. 226639

>>226596
>Are people STILL doing this bullshit "not every yokozuna can be Hakuho" rhetoric
Yes because they think it makes them sound like long-time fans.

If they actually look at the stats, Hakuho obviously lasted a long time, but in terms of Yokozuna dominance, that’s par for the course.
Consider that in the 2020’s, we’ve had 15 cups won by a non-ozeki/yokozuna.
In the FORTY years before that, from 1980 to 2020, there were only 27.

We actually are in a period of unusual weakness in our Yokozuna/ozekis.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:26:09 UTC No. 226642

>>226623
>How effective will his style be once he becomes a known entity in the top division?
That’s the big unknown. He’s only 20 and he’s still mostly operating on raw talent and instinct. When others adapt to him will he be able to switch up his tactics?
A lot of that depends on coaching ability of Aminishiki too. That’s another unknown since he’s only been running a stable for two years and Aonishiki is actually like the oldest or one of the oldest wrestlers in the stable.