Anyone here into Sumo?

I remember Konishki ('The Dumptruck', wasn't it?). What were/are some of the other stars and their nicknames?

So the only one left is Asashoryu, a 22-year-old Mongolian who has already won five tournaments. He lost this one though, to Tochiazuma, one of the four ozekis along with Martin's fave Kaio, and Chiyotaikai and Musoyama. Kaio was set for yokozuna status a couple of tourneys ago but fucked up the one he needed to get 11 or so wins in.

Pete, as well as the names I mentioned upthread, you may also remember Terao, the rather debonair crowd favourite, Mitoizumi, the bloke who threw his salt in the air very theatrically, and Mainoumi, a guy known basically for being about half the size of his opponents.

And Ned, I believe it's little more than a cheque of some kind along with a certicate of sorts. I've no reason to suspect that the guy isn't the Real Shinto McCoy, but they DO like dressing up, those crazy Japanese.

One interesting thing is that a Georgian lad - Kokkai - just won the Juryo (2nd division) title and will become the first-ever European to join the ranks next time out.

1. He's going to fight Bob Sapp in a K2 (UFC-style) event this(?) year. Blaargh.

2. He was a guest chef on Iron Chef once, and not so surprisingly, his final ratings were by a mile the highest on the panel.

I could not understand his Beckham-esque omnipresence earlier this year.

"what's the deal with the little thing the winner gets after each match that he does that three part move about?"
Yeah, those are checks that equal approx $1000 per each advertising sign that was carried around right before the match. The bigger matches with more important players always have more advertisments before them.

Or do you think they judged that right? Jeez, the concept of St. David not being famous enough makes my mind trip.

(Back to sumo, are there anymore up-and-coming Hawaiian wrestlers?)

O J Simpson meant nothing to anyone in Britain, other than him being the fall-guy to Leslie Nielsen in the 'Naked Gun' films, at the time he was arrested.

I'm sorry Musashimaru is going. He has the most wonderfully sad face.

I'm astonished a European has finally made it into the top 40 there.

I knew who OJ was before the murder too. I'm not surprised Beckham is little known in the US, given how few people have any interest in football. The only current baseball players whose names I know are whichever are still playing of those in the Simpsons episode where Burns brings in 9 ringers.

Any tips for getting the most out of a trip to Osaka and the Honbasho next week? I know next to nothing about Sumo.

http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20171129/p2g/00m/0sp/017000c

"Harumafuji has caused great trouble to the association and the public, Isegahama said, adding the yokozuna bears grave responsibility.

Harumafuji has admitted to assaulting his compatriot Takanoiwa in a drinking event at a restaurant-bar in the western Japan city of Tottori during a regional tour late October."

do you want to discuss this article?

was just thinking if a similar incident occurred in WWF or whatever, pissed up shenanigans would be no biggie. But in Sumo one's honour seems very important.

i think it's closer to if, like, cal ripken jr cracked a heineken bottle across mike mussina's forehead.

i think it also has something to do with the background of the fighters. wrestlers from central asia and eastern europe are raked over the coals after they fuck up, and at the same time there's been a push to reduce the number of foreigners competing in the a sport...

at least this reminds me that I want to try to get tickets for the January tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan

i stopped paying attention recently but these jack slack pieces on sumo got me interested again
http://fightland.vice.com/blog/a-real-yokozuna-the-vindication-of-kisenosato