Grand Sumo Preview on NHK World Japan?

Our review of 2024 is now available to watch for free (link in comments)

CHG-no

Xmas flashback to 2011 with Terunofuji and Osunaarashi. Hope you all have a great holiday season and excellent 2025

Hello - I’m about to launch the first sumo community in Italy through instagram. However I’m struggling to find the video/foto online to be able to share highlights and explanation. Any suggestions ?

I’m in Tokyo the next few days…

BREAKING! The 15th Hakuho Cup (2025)

Sumo Ireland

Fitness pioneer Clark Hatch died at age 85 last month in Hawaii. Hatch introduced many rikishi to weight training and gym work in the 1960s and played for Van Guards - one of the first club teams in Japanese gridiron.

(Serious Question) Since the 2000s, most foreign sumo wrestlers are Mongolian and with the exception of Kisenosato, all Yokozuna come from Mongolia. What explains this Mongolian dominance in sumo wrestling?

Since next basho Shishi and Aonishiki will be next to each other on the banzuke, it is likely they face each other. The last time to foreign countrymen (other than Mongolians) collided was in 2016 (can anyone guess who?), so it is quite a rare occurrence.

Grand Sumo to return to London's Royal Albert Hall for the first time in over three decades

Why does the field from Super Bowl XXXIV look like its made from concrete?

Does Songs Of A Lost World make it into your Top 3 The Cure LPs?

Dreaming of a timeline where I hadn't thrown away a bunch of Cure T-Shirts in the early 90s that are now going for $700 to $1,000 each online 🤣

Disintegration or everything else?

Our November Tournament Grand Sumo Preview episode is now available to watch free at this link

Eternal Sumo AMA

(Serious Question) Does anyone know why Kotozakura's shikona is written differently than his grandfather's shikona? What is the meaning behind this?

In a nice bit of timing new juryo man Wakaikari emerged from the Kokugikan while we were filming today for an upcoming documentary.

Cool name for the Championship Game

Spate of sumo tour dropouts highlights need to rethink wrestlers' health

Question: is Onosato getting away to a flier sometimes?

Hiro, Murray, and John review 2023 in sumo, and have some wild ideas about how the banzuke will look next year. Link in comments

Is Terunofuji one of the GOATs?