Spotted in Chris Sumo’s video: https://youtu.be/cp6QKrT6-p0

Hoshoryu has never beaten a yokozuna in his career. and now he will never get a chance to earn a kinboshi gold star victory. on the other hand, the banzuke is filled to the brim with vets with multiple kinboshi. A ton of guys are going to be licking their lips at this chance to increase their salary for the rest of their careers. These sekitori have beaten more experienced yokozuna who were more physically imposing. Its going to be an uphill battle for our new Yokozuna. To me he seems very beatable, almost dangerously so.

With that being said i think we are poised for a breathtakingly spectacular basho. there are so many great fighters right now, with dream match ups galore. the elders are going to be on cloud nine every night when they are deciding the nexts days bouts.

My son decided not to wrestle for his high school team this year, which made me sad. Last season, watching so many matches led me to create a series of wrestling paintings. Then, one day, I started seeing Sumo matches from a tournament in my video feed. Here are a few stills from those incredible Sumo matches. I hope you enjoy them! 🙏

https://www.instagram.com/matthewaberg?igsh=Ymdra2Zhbm05MHFk&utm_source=qr

Tokushoryu Makoto, Kise stable, recently had his retirement ceremony.

At the January 2020 Hatsu basho the Maegashira West 17 man improbably won the whole damn tournament.

He went 14 -1 with his only loss being to Kaisei. It was thrilling and Tokushoryu's emotional outburst was met with love by the sumo faithful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms5NM-wW6MA watch the ceremony

If there's one thing out of the many many things that can be said about Ura is that he seasons the dohyo like someone on a strict low sodium diet but in this exhibition match vs. Kirishima at Tokushoryu's retirement he delights the crowd with a massive salt throw!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWdvwpJZELk&ab_channel=%E7%9B%B8%E6%92%B2%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8D%E3%83%ABSUMOCHANNEL

Title, I recall that I heard somewhere that there where different types, and that they had a meaning like the style of sumo the yokozuna will be doing, but I can't find that info anywhere.

Weird question lads but is it a particular style of oil they use for their hair?

Is there a source to track stable recruitment? Have looked everywhere but can't find anything.

Uh guys, I just checked otake beya and the stablemaster otake oyakata (juryo 4 Dairyu) reaches retirement age in September.

With no other coaches at the stable, any guesses where the rikishi will transfer?

With a new, arguably better coach, will Oho and his brother’s (and more importantly moriurara) regress or find a new gear?

Let me know your thoughts. Isegahama is getting all the retirement attention but this seems really interesting.

This fun review deserves its own post. Fun to see how Mr. J Wags covers January and his predictions, both wrong and right.

New Year? New Yokozuna! (Re-capping January '25 in Sumo! - The Dohyo: E175) - YouTube

Hi, does anyone have a video of a bout between Takanoyama and Hakuho ? I am pretty sure i have seen it once on youtube but i can’t find it since. I think it was not an official basho since Takanoyama was M16-12 in his prime so he would not likely have met Hakuho in a normal basho since his record was never exceptional in the first division (always a make koshi there). I think it was some exhibition or something like that that they do in between bashos.

I am sure it happened for i have a photo here

So if anyone knows a secret corner of youtube where this bout has hidden away from existence i will highly appreciate it if you share it with me 🙏 Thanks

We'll be there in May, Tatsunami isn't having visitors that month and I know Arashio is a crap shoot at getting in (which is rough because the Mrs loves Hoshoryu and I'm a big Waka guy).

Honestly we love sumo so much that we'd be thrilled to have any type of heya experience, so trying to get some research in at this point.

What youtube channels do you guys recommend for a non-japanese speaker? Ones I'm subscribed to so far:

• ChrisSumo
• Sumo Spiffy
• Sumo Prime Time
• Don Don
• Sumostew

New to sumo and wondering when we find out about promotions and demotions. Obviously the new yokozuna promotion is an outlier. Do you only find out before the tournament when they release the banzuke?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_2O-I5OqvY

So, obviously, in this video Hoshoryu is with K-Bo and Ura for his dohyo-iri but it seems like that's just because of Tokushoryu being from their stable. Obviously Meisei will be Hoshoryu's #1, considering he's the most eligible wrestler from the stable and is (from videos I've seen) his friend. Historically it seems like the 2nd person (dewsweeper?) is sometimes just whoever the yokozuna likes, as long as they're in the ichimon.

Personally, I am a diehard fan of Kinbozan and Ura both, and I love Hoshoryu, so that was kind of a dream come true to watch, even though I felt so, so bad for Kinbozan after losing the playoff to this guy and now performing at his side. I'm sure he's honored though and I'm proud of him. I would love to see Kinbozan or Ura with Hoshoryu again, any time.

Anyway, who do you want his dew-sweeper to be, and why?

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3KyJpW7Jqb02WmPNvg2bU7?si=7ODZhDMwQZShAvwniAEoEQ

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/january-basho-2025-recap/id1739983637?i=1000687753781

Had to rep the new Yokozuna while repping my favorite team. The photo doesn't do the shirt justice.

Still new to sumo as this was my 1st full Basho watching. I’ve seen the famous match with Asashoryu vs hakuho and the pop of the crowd. What are some oh the loudest moments in sumo kinda like WWE does loudest entrances. Also could you provide context and backstory to why the crowd went crazy. Appreciate it and this is definitely a super chill sub 🤙🏻