Bold Prediction Edition>Banzuke:http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Banzuke.aspxhttps://www.sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoBanzuke/index/>Fight Schedule & Results:https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoMain/torikumi/1/1/>Some sumo links and how to watch live:https://rentry.org/uwbgc88dPrevious thread >>248911
Takanohana
If Takanosho gets injured and has to skip a basho, he would be a no show.
>>250250How is he so airborne when he's so FAT.
That one time in 2016 Goeido went 15-0.
kino
>>250262That tournament alone was worth 80% of Goeido's mochikyukin increase as ozeki.
>>250233>I miss chaos lord Ozeki Shodai
>>250266Based, Wakya posts during jungyo are great.Love seeing the dudes get the chance to lighten up together.
>>250266Dan is reportedly doing this meme on the current tour. Is it some sort of rookie ozeki hazing ritual?
Damn that's Hakuho levels of dominance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjSor_rdLH0AONISHIKI KEEPS ON WINNING HATERS KEEP ON SEETHING
>>250274we can now add future emperor of japan to his official list of titles
>>250274Oh come on
>DAN
>>250287Who is this ugly tranimal and why are you posting them.
>>250290Its just what you perverted fanboy creeps seem like to the rest of us
>>250274THE WHITE MAN MARCHES ON
>>250290That's what all you Aonishiki dicksuckers look like to normal sumo fans.
>>250293What is it exactly about Dan that irritates you so badly?
This is what Dan fans look like in IRL life
>>250297You only like him because he is a slavic pig. He is mediocre and not even close to Onosato yet he isn't getting the praise he deserves.
>>250299Being reasonable, Dan has had 7 basho in a row with 10+ wins all the way to an ozeki promotion, he's hardly mediocreCall it what it actually is: that the fanboyism was forced and retarded and it's annoying
>>250269Hakuho never got 69.
>>250302When you insult Aonishiki enthusiasts, you are insulting the Japanese royal family.
>>250305I would take a fat shit on the Chrysanthemum Throne itself if it meant we could have /sumo/ threads without constant Danposting again.
>>250310I'd take a second fat shit on this guy's fat shit if it meant that too
You're a loony.
>>250314>shut it down
>>250291>>250293Jokes on you I’m actually the koga poster not the dan fag.
>What mental illness looks like
>>250316No you arent, Im the koga poster
Could the Empress start attending the sumo again if she's taken a liking to Dan?
>Chris says Tokyo has been in line for a large earthquake for some timePlease god let it happen when Onosato is doing his dohyo-iri stomps that would be so fucking funny.
>>250325>predicting an earthquake in JapanMy magical prophecy senses tell me there will be one in California too
I only started following Sumo this year. Was there and what was the hype behind Zak before 2025? I know he's Ozeki and his double tits are really nice but he's been unspectacular this year and his fighting style is pretty boring. I know he's been injured but I don't get the appeal, even looking at his 2024 matches, besides the really nice double tits.
>>250324No. The Japanese Royal Family would forbid the crown princess attending. It is unbecoming of Japanese royalty to be thirsting over a foreigner.
>>250334this time last year everyone thought he was going to be the next yokozuna
>>250334There was a decent amount of hype surrounding and after his ozeki promotion. From July 2023 to his yusho at the end of 2024 he only went below 10 wins twice and was sanyaku the entire time. Most people considered him more likely to make yokozuna than Hoshoryu immediately after his yusho, though that was partially people undervaluing Hoshoryu.
>>250334
>>250301Chad Onosato > Virgin Slav
>>250323>>250316It's a Koga general.
>>250334>>250337What this guy said, combined with changing his ring name from Kotonowaka to his Yokozuna grandfather's Kotozakura.
>>250340Why is he so fucking ugly.Like he's written for an NTR doujin.
Grim
>>250343What is?
>>250347American sumo.
>>25034827 Yusho ain't half bad.
The Japanese media made a major big deal out of Dan being called out by the empress. Every outlet had an article on it, even the ones that normally ignore sports news
>>250350Is she hot ?
>>250351No.
>>250352matronly af
>>250334>Was there and what was the hype behind Zak before 2025?Going 14-1Y at ozeki is pretty hype.
>>250352>REEEEEE WHY DONT OLD LADIES LOOK LIKE PORNSTARS
>>250297>regular peopleWow Dan is an exciting young wrestler who's poised to be successful.>danschizos*cuck fantasies about Dan starting hyperborea with a harem of nubile japanese women*
>>250357Retard
>>250274>HATERS KEEP ON SEETHINGand the anti-Danners responded with like a dozen seetheposts lol
>>250361Honestly impressive head drive
>>250361Damn she's strong, pushed him back like 3 feet.
Hirooki Goto as E. Honda in the new Street Fighter moviewhat do we think
>>250343Did Wakanohana go with the shiranui style purely to contrast with Takanohana?
>Go to Wakanohana's wiki>ctrl+f 'shiranui'>hmm...
>>250374I don't want a new Street Fighter movie and the games have sucked since 4.
>>250377Better put some respect on his name
>>250376I think it's sort of the other way around. He probably learned from Takanosato, who was the same ichimon, and used shiranui. Takanohana probably went unryu because shiranui had bad mojo.
Dan should invent his own dohyo-iri where his left hand is forwards during the shuffle to signify his grip on his opponent's belt during uchimuso, and the shuffles must be performed while bent over at a right angle.
>>250381You're more obsessed than the sarah gadon poster Aonishiki is going to end up raped and murdered by this anon before he makes yokozuna lol
>>250374>Goto in a fat suitAbsolutely horrifying. I'm sure he will put in a decent performance, his character has been "sage but passionate traditional Japanese man" for well over a decade but he feels like he was cast for his face alone and not his body (probably his ability to do his own stunts too), since he is 6'0" and ~100kg.
>>250338Fuck bros look that those things. They're art.>>250337>>250341So it's just stuff unrelated to his sumo style? That kinda sucks. Again, my eye isn't really trained but Zak's style never really seemed that interesting to me. Hosh has his throws, Aonishiki has his unique low stance, Onosato is a bulldozer. I even like Takayasu more because dude spams Hundred Hand Slaps for a lot of his fights.
>>250348All the American's that could do sumo all play American Football instead. Makes me wonder how the the US and the countries who play Rugby would fare in sumo if their respective sports just didn't exist. >>250352Would.
>>250385>All the American's that could do sumo all play American Football instead. Makes me wonder how the the US and the countries who play Rugby would fare in sumo if their respective sports just didn't exist.None of those fat ass Hawaiians could play in college or the NFL. They don't have the stamina.
Dan will have his worst ever performance in the next basho.
>>250388There's a huge number of islanders in the NFL. The fuck are you talking about?
>>250388>AkebonoWas never an athlete in the first place, just happened to have godly genetics for sumo.>MusashimaruCould've gone into football.>KonishikiLOLIt's 50/50 desu.
>>250391>Was never an athlete in the first placeHe had a college basketball scholarship.
>>250393Wow, just like every sufficiently tall dude. 1/6 guys over 7ft tall in the US are professional basketball players because they get shoehorned into it owing to how big a deal being tall is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6aR1hHnzcgNow this is slop that even Takakeisho can get behind of
>>250398This is bad for sumo's image. People will think they are just fat guys.
>>250399Your mum is bad for sumo's image
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20251211-ukrainian-sumo-wrestler-aonishiki-21-conquers-fans-in-japanHATERS ON SUICIDE WATCH
>france24lmao this is just pathetic
Danschizos aren't beating the tranny allegations
>>250399they already do ...and the eternal low rankers actually are...or just look at dewanojo..or the 'date' twins, datenomori/datenoumi
>>250403It's your job to clean dewanojo's ass after he takes a massive chanko shit.
I thought musashimaru wanted to show the serious side of sumo
>>250411The slop thickens
>>250411This is the serious side of sumo.
>>250384He has always been on the defensive style, stand and receive, neutralize, and then overpower them out.When it works they look like an immovable rock, but it gives the opponent too much opportunity to do their own thing. He hasn't been able to resist with his current injuries so he ends up looking pathetic. The few times he actually moves forward he still looks ok.
lol
>>250424Look at this mong and his lack of hinkaku. Crying about losing so he pulls Dan off with him to try to hurt him. Just like he was pouting takayasu and tried to hurt him as well. Hopefully the jsa is keeping an eye on his disgraceful behavior.
I mean, at least you are posting about sumo.
>>250343>Only 4 Japanese Yokozuna in the past 32 yearsDayum.
>>250384>Zak's style never really seemed that interestingIt's not, but it gets the job done most times.
>>250411I'm glad he isn't.
Both Dan and Shishi fight at right angles. Is it just a Ukrainian thing?
>>250456LMAO
Just read a depressing article in Reuters about Ukranian's historic population decline. Dan has to go back and seed as many wombs as possible.
>>250408Mate of mine got into sumo at the tail end of the year after years of assuming they were all just fat cunts. He comes from more of an MMA angle and when I actually got him watching a day of a basho it blew his mind, but his conclusion as an outsider looking in was pretty straightforward.>fat cunts with no other talent can't really do shit in sumo because everyone above about sandanme is too skilled>skinny cunts hit their ceiling eventually and have to bulk up to some extent (he was really impressed by some old Takanoyama clips and some newer Enho clips but felt that their ceiling was low Maegashira, was pretty shocked to find out Enho made M4E)>the absolute pinnacle of sumo are the guys that can move like they are 30-50kg lighter than they are, which the cunts that are just fat will never manageI don't think his insight is special, but it is a good reminder that anybody who actually watches sumo can quickly see how athletic it is and you can't get away with just being a fat cunt if you want to rise above the ranks of the stable ball washers. Dudes like Konishiki are outliers but still count, being 250kg+ but moving like the 190kg cunts in lower divisions. fwiw he was really impressed by Akebono clips, seeing a 230kg guy move like the current 180kg guys, I've yet to find someone who gets into modern sumo who doesn't get their mind blown watching prime Akebono.
>>250340>>250323>>250316I am the Koga poster usurper, I am relieving you all of your Koga posting duties.>>250342Have you never seen Moriurara? Koga is down right charming compared to him.
>>250464>I've yet to find someone who gets into modern sumo who doesn't get their mind blown watching prime Akebono.Yeah when I first got into sumo I ended up watching a Akebono vs Takanohana vid showing a bunch of their fights. The thruster version of Akebono (so before he became mega fat) was nuts. The thing I really noticed wasn't the range, speed or power of his hand thrusts; it was his accuracy. His thrusts always seemed to land right on Takanohana's neck.
Anyone's penis or balls ever pop out?
Otake opened a youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtFUcNCROVAFinally we get a closer look at the soul of sumo and Taiho's last disciple.bonus oyakata channel video on Otake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD323PVh1W8
Hakuho getting kicked out of sumo at record speed still makes me laugh to this day. What a stupid barbarian.
>>250474Reminder that Moriurara could batter anyone in this thread.
>>250478Not a fucking chance.
>>250476He didn't get kicked out, he left.
>>250482You especially.
>second week in a row where the entire first half of the futagoslop keiko video is spent on kikuchi, ume, and k*ga boutsTerrible. It's still better than the chanko only videos though, which are just depressingly shabby and silent now. I think Miyabiyama is eating most of the sashiire they receive.
what's the difference between sokubiotoshi and hatakikomi
latest chris kino goes full schizo against Hakkaku and ticket distributionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h0wLGtAWjQ
>>250489https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/sumo/techniques/55/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/sumo/techniques/16/
>>250491Does hatakikomi have to be with both hands? Or is it just about head/neck vs shoulder/back?
>>250490Still blaming the Londonistan exhibition as well I see
The JSA seems kind of schizo. Why did they go to London and why are they going to Paris next year? It’s impossible to watch sumo legally outside Japan other than the shitty jsa jewtube videos and they are making it harder for foreigners to get tickets to the events.
>>250494>It’s impossible to watch sumo legally outside Japan other than the shitty jsa jewtube videosNHK World is available for free pretty much anywhere. They also post the highlights an hour after they happen instead of the next day like they used to.>they are making it harder for foreigners to get tickets to the eventsThe JSA isn't purposely keeping gaijins from buying tickets. They just sell out quickly.
>>250496They changed the way you buy tickets now it’s harder to get them from outside of Japan because you need some goofy nip id number. They said this was to combat scalping but seems like it’s just to exclude wide eyes.
>>25038910-5 will still move him up to o1e
>>250424I like this pic, Dan's topknot adds a sense of motion and Horse is clearly thinking "sure is a long way down from here" and the crowd is an ocean of jap onions gape faces and there is a little avalanche of sand preceding Horse's big fall also Aminiskihi hiding behind Dan's foot
>>250483he wore out his welcome then burned his bridges on the way out. good riddance
AI estimate of what Dan will look like 8 bashoes hence.
>>250476qrd?
Dan farting one Horseryu's face is a popular new feature of the current jungyo
The forgotten honkey
>>250514Now that's some real sumo
>>250514that clip followed immediately by a clip of him twerking
>>250513I thought it was a meme when folks said that Shishi might be an oaf but then I saw him fight. Like, who the fuck does the shit he does with his hands right before the tachiai? Certainly no one normal.
>Takanohana has been involved in Japanese culture and Shinto rituals through sumo wrestling as a yokozuna and master. He will tell about what he experienced, what he learned from reading the book, and the “attraction of Nippon” that remained in his heart, with the story of history.>In Japanese Shinto rituals, water and salt are valued.>When I heard this story, it was a country called Israel that came to mind.>In fact, the Jewish religion of Israel also has cleansing water and salt. What is even more surprising is that Japan and Israel are the only countries in the world that have inherited these customs to the present day.>There are various forms of prayer, but as this time, when you look at the commonalities between Japan and Israel, you feel the depth of prayer again.https://pinzuba.news/articles/-/11428?page=1
>>250517You're the oaf
>>250518The Japanese are the lost tribe of Israel.
squatz & oafs
>>250520So... Ikazuchido is basically Black Jesus?
>>250523afraid so
>>250512Is he dropping to juryo?
>>250525Not for January.
Poor Shishi the Oaf can never return home now that his oblast is RUSSIAN.
>>250527Shishi is ethnically Russian, except when he twerks, then he is a negress
>>250518Please use the real picture next time and not that photoshopped version
ozeki
>>250531Thick
>>250527Wow he's basically just Roga at this point.
>>250531He's getting fatter!
If Dan can win the next two basho or get a 13-2JY in one while winning the other he can make Yokozuna at the same age that Hakuho made it. Onosato might not compete so Dan may just stroll into one yusho.
Mita using Koga as a teppou pole in the background of the latest Futaslop because there's really no other use for Koga.
>>250537Are you forgetting about the second yokozuna currently active? Hello?! Hoshoryu is still there to serve as a roadblock for him.
>>250539Thats just common practice method that you see during keiko
>>250539Koga regularly trains with sekitori, do you?
>>250544Almost all of his practice bouts are against 16 year olds he has four years of experience on, and he still loses to them half the time. If that anon was in the heya for as long as koga it's very likely he'd be better.
>>250545>ifI accept your concession.
>>250548I'm not the guy that posted about the teppou, but you already conceded when you were unable to provide another use for koga and deflected with cope.
>>250549Selection of uses for Koga:>experienced training partner for juniors and seniors alike>cooking well-known signature dishes>3/6 kachikoshi this year, equal to the heyagashira>major driver of channel views and online discussion>eyebrow fanservice
If you don't train regularly/play some sport chances are that Koga would mog you and blast you right off from the tachi ai.
>>250558Even athletes from non-combat sports generally struggle to move teenage Jonidan shitters. We're used to sumo so men like Koga seem small and weak, but they really aren't by normal standards. Koga is the sort of guy you'd call when you wanted someone to move a refrigerator for you.
>>250563Hell no jonidan shitters are bottom of the barrel misfits. Half the older guys are so destroyed physically they don’t even practice and just roll out to the basho to stay on the banzuke so they can stay institutionalized and they can still win enough to stay afloat.
Nobehara is the man
An Official Message from Koga to us
Some of those kids they pretend to fight while on tour are huge. Has a rikishi ever ended up getting injured by them?
>>250549He's Futagoyama-oyakata's personal tsukebito.
>>250573I will support Koga to the end.
>Terunofuji's last 6 basho he was on the banzuke1 kachikoshi>Koga's last 6 basho3 kachikoshiNeed I say more?
>>250585Is this a childhood picture of Asanoyama?
>>250586Looks like him being introduced as a pro.
Speaking of Asanoyama, how high do we think he can go on his re-return to Makuuchi? Will he be Teru 2.0 or just a Maegashira grinder?
>>250589Almost certainly the latter.
>>250590He's definitely a yusho contender for January though because he's going to be fed nobodies for 10 days straight. Asakoryu is lucky he gets to dodge him.
>>250591I predict 9 wins.
>>250592Tobizaru is going to commit his second Day of the Knee.>I ended Terunofuji's career, and I can end yours too.
qrd on Tobizaru?
>>250594He's a monkey. He flies. Simple as.
>>250573The peoples Yokozuna.
>>250594
>>250607>loses against Tobizaru day 4>forfeits day 5wh-what happened here?
>>250589>just a Maegashira grinder?This.
>>250608monke...strong
>>250608Intai
>>250589Terunofuji had the prospect of allowing his mom, 8 siblings and 20 cousins to leave to rural mongolia shithole with the yokozuna kensho stacks. Asanoyama will do just fine with makuuchi salary to afford his soapland visits.
>>250608it was the day of the kneeinevitable really
Trannytame is looking a little skinny in the latest futaGOYama vid. He needs to start bulking up if he plans on competing in January.
Dan got a new Sunflower themed kesho mawasher. This one features gopniks in Adidas track suit squatting in front of a commieblock while getting drunk and eating sunflower seeds. You can see it in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OoglRuT0jY
>>250607>>250608For anyone who doesn't know, when Teru lost on day one he formally asked his stablemaster if he could retire for the 7th time, and this time was told that he could but only when he lost again. He had his entire family in the crowd day two because he genuinely thought he was going to lose and retire that day. It's also the reason why Takerufuji was randomly part of Teru's dohyo-iri that day. The big man won as long as he could but the second loss was only a matter of time. Fucked up that it went to Tobi though lmao.
>>250630Still can't believe Dan got a kesho mawashi with the words SLAVA UKRAINI on the front.
Does Shunta know that his shikona in English sounds like "shunter", aka a person who shunts/shoves/pushes? He's literally a butsukarijin.
>>250490At this point you can't really say he goes full schizo, he's been in the full-schizo state continuously for years.
>>250505This is just a picture of Baruto
Some kid mocked Hoshoryu by doing uncle's signature slaps during this winter jungyo https://youtu.be/MKM0hLnu1W4?si=VKgt97HMKNKggZ8w&t=503
new reaction image fresh off the press
>>250642Is journalism your day job or something?I can't think of any other reason you'd keep going with these absolute bald-faced lies and blatantly manipulative phrasing
>>250653I'm not even the anti-mong anon. I like Hoshoryu and thought it was a pretty funny moment.
>>250656>I like Hoshoryu
Gunning published an article about Dan a couple days agohttps://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/12/10/sumo/aonishiki-expert-technique/Seven centimeters and 36 kilograms.That’s the average height and weight disadvantage that Aonishiki had to overcome when facing sumo’s six other highest-ranked men during his championship run in the November tournament.The newly minted ōzeki went 6-1 in those contests (beating Hoshoryu twice) with the sole loss coming against Onosato.While Aonishiki has yet to figure out a way to beat the massive yokozuna, he holds a stunning 14-3 head-to-head lead over the remaining five, including a perfect 4-0 record against the sport’s other yokozuna, Hoshoryu.But how does a wrestler so undersized (relatively speaking) and inexperienced — Aonishiki only made his top division debut in March — come to dominate the best in the world so quickly? The answer is simple: technique.Aonishiki’s grappling skills aren’t just elite, they may be among the best the sport has seen in decades.And while his low stance and wrestling background has regularly drawn attention, just how adept the young Ukrainian is at fundamental elements of sumo often goes unnoticed or unappreciated.Part of the reason for that oversight may be a pre-bout set position that appears closer to the stances of beginners in Western amateur sumo than what is common among professionals in Japan.Aonishiki’s hips are unusually high right before the tachi-ai. In most of his bouts he starts with his mawashi higher than his head – as opposed to the more standard of being low to the ground.It’s a position that, in theory, should put the young star at an immediate disadvantage as his forward leaning body and high center of gravity makes an immediate slap down far easier for opponents.That does happen on occasion — most recently when Wakatakakage did a sidestep and push down on Aonishiki’s back at the initial charge in their Day 5 matchup in Fukuoka.
But even in that bout, despite being completely caught off guard, Aonishiki didn’t hit the clay immediately. The 21-year-old’s lightning-fast reactions saw him instantly attempt to recover before a combination of a slippery surface and Wakatakage’s follow-up ended the bout.Aonishiki’s contact balance is so good that, despite constantly leaning forward at a near right angle, he rarely loses to slap downs — it’s happened just three times so far in his career — and has yet to be beaten by a pull down.For most opponents, Aonishiki’s stance is a trap. The instinctive move when grappling with someone leaning in underneath your upper body is to try and push them to the clay.Doing so, however, leaves your body exposed and arms raised higher and when the push down fails — as it almost invariably does when facing Aonishiki — the disadvantageous position you find yourself in quickly results in defeat.Digging in and attempting to overpower the young star doesn’t offer much hope, either, as Aonishiki’s technical skill when locked up is first class.The Ajigawa stable rikishi came into sumo with a wrestling background and has been coached and mentored by former sekiwake Aminishiki — one of the smaller but most technically adept wrestlers of the 2000s and early 2010s.The result is a rising star who brings a unique style to the ring and who is also comfortable with traditional sumo moves both common and rare.One of the latter was seen in Aonishiki’s most recent regularly scheduled bout when he downed ōzeki Kotozakura with uchimuso — officially described in English as “inner thigh propping twist down.” Essentially a tap that causes a reflex action, uchimuso is a move that is extremely difficult to pull off in high-level sumo — as evidenced by the fact that it accounts for less than .05% of all wins.
Aonishiki’s downing of Kotozakura with the move was notable not just for its perfect execution, but also the fact that it was the second time this year the same rare technique had worked for him against the ōzeki.The win over Kotozakura in November was much smoother than July’s and was reminiscent of wins with the same technique by Asashoryu and Hakuho.Incredibly, Aonishiki’s five wins by uchimuso means he already has more than those two legendary yokozuna in their entire careers combined.But perhaps the most impressive thing about the young Ukrainian from a technical standpoint is his ability to absorb and redirect the full force of opponents' attacks at the initial charge despite being both lighter and in a theoretically disadvantageous stance.Though arguably the only trait he shares with Onosato, it’s no coincidence that the two fastest rising stars in the sport share an unwillingness to give ground.As with Onosato, when Aonishiki is moving forward he is extremely difficult to beat.But similarly, both men struggle when forced backward, as Yoshinofuji proved in last month’s tournament when he defeated Onosato and Aonishiki on back-to-back days.Right now that seems to be the only weak point in the new ōzeki’s sumo.And while Onosato has the power and size to act as a bulwark against such attacks, for Aonishiki the solution isn't as straightforward.In order to get the upper hand against Onosato, and ensure other opponents don’t follow the Yoshinofuji blueprint from November, Aonishiki may need to add a little weight or come up with an improved defensive strategy.The latter seems more likely given how incredibly technically proficient the young star has been to date.Aonishiki’s skill is elite, and may be good enough already to see him make yokozuna. If he can patch up his one weakness, then the sky is the limit.
>>250661I get that he has an unorthodox style that the rest of the division isn't used to, but it baffles me that after several tournaments, every time someone fights him they act as if they've never seen him fight before. It's as if none of the men or their masters are even trying to come up with ways to counter him. I know they all want to do their brand of sumo, but this is ridiculous.
>>250661The Japanese love him!
The circle of sumo.
>>250666Sanyaku last time was 5 of 7 KKs, 3 of those double digits and one MK was 7-8. Takanosho was the only disaster and everyone knew that was likely to happen from day one since he has a history of putting up big numbers outside the joi and then imploding when he subsequently gets promoted to a full joi/sanyaku level schedule.
>>250664>It's as if none of the men or their masters are even trying to come up with ways to counter himMaybe Dan is just so much better that they can't come up with ways to beat him. Pretty much nobody has found a counter for Onosato's overwhelming superiority either.
>>250669I don't think rikishi actually try and counter any opponent. They just go forwards and unironically do their own brand of sumo then wonder why they lose. A big portion of Dan's winning comes from fighting smart instead of just doing his shiko and thinking the wins will automatically come.>Heh, Teru is gonna try and put the clamps on me but joke's on him I did my shiko this morning so when I hit him with my thrusts he'll go backwarAAAAIIIIIIIIEEEEE MY ARMS TERU-SAMA LET GO PLEASE AAAAAAHHHHHHH
>>250666The nature of the lower sanyaku means there's a lot of turnover in those ranks by design, therefore a "strong sanyaku" is something that either can only be measured by the strength of the upper sanyaku, or is something fleeting instead of a long-term norm.
>>250636It doesn't.
>>250639Slander.
>>250670If its not a huge physique difference like Teru escorting someone out like a toddler they definitely fight differently. Look at Kirishima v Hoshoryu from november and him fighting idk WMH or Atamifuji
>>250678doctored photo, there is no way he got that big in one month
>>250680you haven't been watching closely the last year, he looks substantially bigger every basho. plus now he has all that yusho prize food to eat
The rule for ozeki promotion is 33 or more wins over 3 bashoes when ranked at sanyaku, but in the case of Dan they bent that rule because he is so excellent and threw in dominating a yokozuna over the 3 basho stretch as well as a JY & Y plus getting all the way up to 35 wins, so the JSA was willing to overlook the fact that the first basho of the run was at M1e. So does that mean that if Dan wins in January with an impressive enough score they'll count the basho at Sekiwake as part of the zuna run and promote Dan to the top rank before the Osaka basho? I'm thinking Dan needs at least 13 in January to make yokozuna for March, 25 wins and 2 consecutive yushos is better than what Hosh did to get promoted so that means Dan would've far exceeded the minimum required standard and the can neglect that the first yusho wasn't done as ozeki, but one rank below, which would be the same standard as Dan's ozeki run which also started one rank below the minimum rank to start. tl;dr Dan gets promoted to yokozuna if he wins 13 in January
>>250687>So does that mean that if Dan wins in January with an impressive enough score they'll count the basho at Sekiwake as part of the zuna runAbsolutely not.
>>250687>The rule for ozeki promotion is 33 or more wins over 3 bashoes when ranked at sanyakuNo it's not
>>250688those guys from the early 20th century aren't relevant today and teru's 24 wins over 2 basho is below the minimum standard. takakeisho has 24 wins over 2 bashos, JY & Y and he was ranked ozeki for both and didn't get promoted
>>250690Stop making up standards that don't exist in real life and are a figment of your latest colonoscopy.
>>250664Counterpoint: the guys who beat Dan all did it by doing their own brand of sumo.
>>250687>>250690no
>>250664>>250692The only way to win is doing your own brand of sumo and your body moving the way you wanted it to.
>>250692not wakatakeKOGAhe tried his brand against Dan and kept on losing with it so he gave up and went with chiyoshoma's brand instead
>>250690Takakeisho was never going to be promoted. He sucked.
>>250698Thank god he was never promoted. What a disaster that would've been. He'd still be yokozuna right now and for the next 5-10 years, sitting out a year between each appearance claiming to be injured. And that on the heels of all recent the absentee yokozunas. Teru was bad enough, Kisenosato never showed up to work, Hakuho to most of the last half decade of his career as a paid vacation and Kakuryu wasn't any better. Takakeisho doing the same would've had a lot of people seriously considering eliminating the rank altogether or at least revising it's standards.
>>250688You cherrypicked the guys from the early 20th century who supposedly proved your point and then intentionally ignored the guy from the 1890 who got promoted to yokozuna with only one basho at ozeki. So there is a precedent and Dan can get promoted to yokozuna in January if he wins 13 or more
>>250702>intentionally ignored the guy from the 1890 who got promoted to yokozuna with only one basho at ozekiBeing yokozuna in 1890 just meant you were an ozeki who had a special license that allowed you to do a dohyo-iri. Yokozuna wasn't formally recognized as an actual rank until 1909.>Dan can get promoted to yokozuna in January if he wins 13 or moreHe won't. There is zero chance of him being promoted if he wins in January.
>>250703You just got done spending two month screeching that he wouldn't make ozeki after Kyushu. Everyone knows you're stupid and wrong so maybe you should just stfu
>>250704
Ikazuchido stole Shishi's bike
>>250705Bro we have told him this shit like a thousand times The guy should be in an asylum scrawling "dan" on the walls in his own poop and blood
>>250687>The rule for ozeki promotion is 33 or more wins over 3 bashoes when ranked at sanyakuIt's not a rule; it's more a general guideline. Plenty of rikishi have bent and broken that. Teru's first Ozeki promotion contained an 8-7 (usually verboten) and started at M2w for example. Basically anyone in the joi can make it to Ozeki in three basho if they do their shiko and eat their chanko. Tochinoshin's Ozeki run started at M3w which considering the larger Sanyaku back then would've been M4w now.Picrel.
>>250702Retard.
>>25070810 wins in the third basho is considered part of the 33 rule, yes.
>>250710Anon the bashos in that image didn't result in an Ozeki promotion despite 34 and 33 runs in the Sanyaku being right there.
Dan has been setting so many records its hard to keep track of them all. He is the 4th youngest to win a championship, the 3 who beat him were Takanohano, Taiho & Kitanoumi
>>250711yeah so what, thats miyabiyama, a known shitter. wouldn't know what hinkaku was even if it walked into the room wearing a shirt with "hello I'm hinkaku" printed on it in big easy to read letters
>>250712Hakuho was 21 and 2 months when he won his first. Dan was 21 and 8 months.>Imagine posting about breaking records and not checking Hakuho first lmao>>250713Shut up.
>>250714you must be one of those fags who watches the slovenly sissies in miyabiyama's stable cooking together like a bunch of girls. what a gay hobby
How do I filter posts that don't start with a capital letter?
Why are there so many, so damn many instances of Hoshoryu being cool and happy and interacting with fans and laughing; but you find images and videos of onosato interacting with fans you have to scrap the bowels of the earth?Is because Onosato spends the time training and Hoshoryu is living the life?
>>250717Nishonoseki seems like a much more isolated stable than Tatsunami. A recent Chris video said something along the same lines, that Kisenosato keeping to himself was stunting his rise through the JSA.
>>250711Not good enough.
>>250719
>>250712>setting so many records>4th youngestI'm not sure you know what "setting records" means.
>>250719If the JSA held losing to Asashoryu in 2006 against him they're humongous cunts desu.
>>250680there's a reason that guy says he's transforming into Baruto
After meditating and meeting with Raiden in the astral plane it has become known to me who will yusho in January. Unfortunately I can’t tell you who exactly but expect a clown basho.
I asked Tanikaze and he said Dan will go 10-5 following a yusho fever, Onosato will go 12-3 after trying to play safe to not hurt his recovering arm and Hoshoryu will get the yusho at 13-2. His 2 losses will be Dan and Onosato
>>250724Stop slandering Baruto.
I just saw Moriurara in a recent beya slop. Holy fuck. Dude can't even do shiko stomps. How is he even allowed to compete, his organs must be on the verge of mush. One of the adage's in boxing is that sometimes the boxer needs to be protected from himself, well same principle here Moriurara needs to be protected from himself, they should just come up with a small retirement package and scoot him out.
>>250730He can still get on the dohyo without using his hands, so he's got Komanokuni beat.
>>250730This is sumo nigga, people literally die on the dohyo every so often, take your sensitive ass back to greco-roman gayboy wrestling.
>>250730Do you think he can hold down employment and care for himself?He's not fit for the outside world.
>>250737mogs half of 4chan
2025 stable winning percentages
Hakuho is now an outspoken male feminist https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2025/12/15/kiji/20251215s00005000276000c.htmlExpect a Chris video celebrating this turn of events soon
>>250742Hakuho should have just beat the glue sniffer on the first slight with a beer bottle
>>250743Well now we know why he wasn't at his stableHe was busy worrying about women's rights
>>250743He picked favoring his racial brethren over being a good stablemaster and now his is stuck catering to gender confused fat women as a result of his previous poor choices
>>250742Hakuho will whore himself out to any cause or ideology if he thinks it'll boost his reputation. He wants to be Mr. Sumo and bring pseudo-sumo to the Olympics, and he can't do that without allies.
>>250747This was also the sense I got from that article, that it was more about promoting his thingAlso FUCK these captchas holy shit
>>250742I also feel excited every day when there's no gender equality.
>>250750Haku/ho/sho
All those anti hakkaku fags who were crying about Hakuho getting the boot look pretty dumb now. Turns out he was right all along.
>>250754The only reason why he's doing this is because he got ostracized out. You think he actually gives a fuck about gender equality in sumo?
>>250718>>250717Nishonoseki-beya unlike 99% of other heya is in bumfuck Ibaraki one whole prefecture away instead of Tokyo relatively near the Kokugikan.The isolation is both physical and mental.
>>250759>NOO I MUST BE LOCATED IN TOKYO WITH ALL THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF BIG CITY OH NO I'M GOING INSANE TIME TO SHOVE SAKE BOTTLE UP MY JUNIORS ASS
>>250759Dan will be at the table next time they meet
>>250759damn yokozuna's are allowed to use chairs?
Potentially we could have 4 Yokozuna in May.
>>250770Zak isn't pulling it off and nobody else is ready for ozeki yet, let alone yokozuna.
>>250759God I love how jolly Onosato looks. He's just a jolly fat kid.
What does the JSA do to you if you don't claim to be doing your own brand of sumo?
>>250770>he still believes in Kirishima
>>250740Kirishima crushing it.
>>250759great pic
I heard there were way more rikishi previously. Nowadays with there being less sumo wrestlers, does that make it harder or easier to get promoted?
>>250783Depends on which promotions you're referring to. The number of Juryo and Makuuchi spots haven't changed in a while, so that's the same. Really just another 150 or so Jonidan/Sandanme guys hanging around.
>>250784I was thinking in general, if the JSA changed the number of spots per division or not due to the lack of wrestlers
>>250786They have. Sandanme for example shrunk from 100 to 90 in 2022, and to 80 at the start of this year.
>>250756You don’t think he was trying to organize stuff like this while he was in the jsa? I’m sure he was working on the same project behind the scenes while letting his mong harass everyone.
>>250783Easier to start with. Fewer guys to leapfrog if you're starting from the bottom, and a smaller talent pool means the guys at the top have less of a chance to be generational prodigies. However, this era of sumo is also marked by a massive increase in rikishi who did university and high school, which means they've been doing high level competition against their peers for 10 years before even stepping foot on a pro dohyo. It's why tsukedashi exists. So once you get up to makushita-joi it's much harder to break into juryo and then makuuchi than it was in previous decades.
>>250780thanks
>>250783The spots people want are in Juryo and Makuuchi, which have stayed the same. There are less overall spots, today its like 1000 wrestlers compared to 2000 in the 90s, but that just means there's 1000 less guys you have to go through to still get stuck at Makushita.
>>250792fewer
>>250730So this morning I didn't have time to watch the whole video and only got around to it now. All memeing and jokes aside, there's something very wrong with Moriurara cognitively. He sounds and his body language looks like he has a mental disability compounded with brain trauma and I wouldn't be surprised if this guy had more then a dozen undisclosed concussions so far. He can barely string 4 words together and he needs to think about his answers being saying them. I honestly feel sorry for him and I don't know if his stable even knows how badly he is mentally impaired. Say what you will, but even though I don't mind watching two fighters absolutely rip each other apart in an attempt to inflict enough trauma to force the other to submit or fall unconscious, I draw the line at watching the mentally disabled fight. I shan't be watching Moriurara wrestle, I would get too nervous.
>>250794You're thinking about it wrong. Sumo has always been a bit of a social welfare program for outcasts, retards, and violent kids. At least on the dohyo he serves a purpose.
Did they fix captcha yet?
>>250794>>250795Unbelievably rude.
...
>>250799He is right though
>>250795Nigga you can start by scrubbing all that shit off the wall.
>>250759Too bad all the real ones are either dead or living in shameful exile.
>implying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRGR92rBD_w
>>250804Crazy that it took him 5 straight years of Ozeki to make Yokozuna.
>>250806Holy chicken bones, Batman. Kid makes Moriurara look like Raiden. MULTIPLE 0-8's!Also, one of his 3 wins was against Soga, lol.
>>250756>You think he actually gives a fuck about gender equality in sumo?He supported the Dream Girl's Sumo tournament when he was still with the JSA. Considering he's always been about all about sumo in the Olympics, him fostering womens divisions makes perfect sense.
>>250810>He supported the Dream Girl's Sumo tournament when he was still with the JSAHe was also stablemaster to Hokuseiho while he was with the JSA. That doesn't mean it was a good idea.
>>250804Fun fact: just before this match, Wakanohana henka'd Musoyama to get to 14-1 and set up a potential playoff if Musashimaru had lost.
Hakuho is proud of his African DNA.
New Chris kino just dropped. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84jDirM902Y
why do y'all hate women's sumo?
>>250821I'm gay.
>>250795Onosato isn't an outcast, retarded, or violent.
>>250821It isn't proper sumo unless they wear nothing but a mawashi.
Have you ever been so bored that you wanted to stick a full bottle of sake up your ass and drink out of it?
>>250804Musushimaru was a beast.
>>250821Pointless pandering for something no one is asking for or wants ti watch other than “special interest groups”. Hakuho is bowing down to the small hat men to get money and fame because he is a soulless mong who doesn’t respect sumo or its traditions.
>>250770There will be three.>Oonosato>Aonishiki>Asanoyama
only ura can save us
>>250821It should retvrn to tradition like proper sumo, instead of westernizing itself.
>>250833I wish you guys would stop posting this ugly ass picture
>>250837That sounds much better I can tolerate women's sumo but only if they're attractive and that means not fat
>>250816Takatoriki claiming the Horseryu somehow is responsible for good ticket sales is abusrd and stupid, must've been a joke that went over Chris's head and got lost in translation. Bashos were all selling out long before Horseryu got his yokozuna pity promotion.
>>250837I mean, kinda
>>250840it seems more like the kind of bs they just HAVE to say, because the JSA needs the more senior zuna to seem like the draw, like Horse winning the fake ass exhibitions too because they need to present their senior zuna as the winner in London.I'm not gonna rag on Horse because he's still really good but it's obvious that the draw is on him, Onosato, and Dan altogether as a package. September and November were hype as hell and it would be boring if we only had 1 of these 3 dudes, same as any other slow era.
Fast forward me to January...need basho...
>>250821Women's competition is insulting to the concept of meritocracy because they segregate themselves away from men so they don't have to lose to them. This isn't unique to sumo; all women's competitions are incredibly insulting to the competitors.
>>250828>During Hoshoryu's dohyo-iri, Asanoyama walks straight onto the dohyo, rips the tsuna off him, throws him out of the dohyo resulting in two dislocated shoulders, lashes the tsuna around his own waist, and performs his own dohyo-iri with his own special addition of hip thrusts during the sliding>Every single woman in the audience gets pregnant just from watching this happen>Asanoyama is promoted straight to Yokozuna as his dohyo-iri and its forced pregnancies are thought to be a way to combat Japan's declining birth rate>He's forced to retire once it's discovered that the men in the crowd were also impregnated by his dohyo-iri
>>250839Me on the left.
Should Hoshoryu henka Onosato in January?
>>250867no he's already shown he can beat Onosato. he doesn't need to do that.He should henka Danylo because henka works on Dan and he'd never expect Hosh of all people to do it. At this point it would literally be more embarrassing to go 0-5 on Dan series especially if the win was at stake again.and if you say that's still bad to henka an Ozeki on a title bout then at what point does he need to draw the line? When he's 0-10 on him going into 2027?
>>250867He henkad Onosato so hard that he's already injured
>>250836
Let's be realNo woman would ever make it past sandanme
>>250871Enho did.
There's some more big news about Dan today, but I'm not sure if I should post it or not since posts about Dan seem to make some of the other denizens of /sumo/ chimp out
>>250870Ethan Ralph missed his calling.
>>250876Has he been drafted?
>>250879No he got some gay award nobody gives a shit aboutCan you believe this retarded drama queen making posts like that lmfaoWhat an embarrassing dipshit
>>250870I wanna rub and squeeze that belly
>>250870
>>250880Whats this news I'm hearing about Dan winning another award?
>>250892Onosato won a prize and they had some extra trophies so Aonishiki got another default award for showing up like his yusho Huge news rightSo huge that nobody could possibly name the last guy to get this dumb award because nobody gives a shit
New Chris kino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9uE6rMEGuI
>>250900Kill yourself.
NHK is doing another show about Dan, airs on the 20th at 9AM Japan time
>>250906The Japanese love him!
>>250905Keep crying and malding in your own filth while Chris and I keep winning.
>>250909That video is five years old you fucking sperg.
>>250910
Turns our Mori really is retarded. Did the retardation occur due to the 100 concussions hes suffered via sumo or was he born like that?
>>250923Is Kisenosato laughing at him?
>>250926Yes
>>250923>recruited by Taiho
Mori-chan is not retarded. He's just ugly and shy.
Shishi is an oaf.
>>250909>danfag is also chrisschizoit all makes sense now
>>250843I yandexed this and was severely disappointed. There was no naked sumo at all, they just stood there awkwardly wwith a vibrator shoved in their mawashi
>>250942Ahh the Hokuseiho style, huh
>>250942>with a vibrator shoved in their mawashilink?
>>250944>I yandexed this
>>250945Then you have the link handy.
>>250944SGKI-011
>>250942Yandex doesn't get the code right, it's an SDDE not SGKI for starters.There is at least a couple shiko in it, but yeah no actual sumo content, that's why I said "kinda".Mahjong javs tend to be more on topic desu.
>>250948SDDE-761
>>250950takerufuji be like>my ancestor...
New Chris kino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdOj5tsw2Y0
>>250950Kaerujin-sama...!
Anyone else collect sumo cards? Pretty pleased with a box, got nearly all of makuuchi & juryo. The autograph could be a lot worse too, could have been some random maegashitter.
>>250957I play forest, tap it to play a onosato and pass the turn.
>>250957Is that Wakamotoharu?
>>250923Both. I don't think he should be wrestling. His back strength is measured at 95 kg or something dismal. There are women out there with more back strength then Moriurara. I wish his oyakata would just make up a special attendant spot for him and just keep him in the stable and out of the dohyo.
>>250957One of the rikishi in the latest Tatsunami videos collects those cards>camera guy asks if his Hosh autographs are legit>"we are in the same stable after all"I was jelly
>>250970what a retarded question to ask
>>250960I play Zak of Greed, which lets me draw two more oppai cards from my deck!
>>250971They do that sometimes just to prompt guys into talking more
>>250964He isn't being forced to compete. Him or his master could easily say that he's got a sprained ankle or something, and have him show up every three or four tournaments to lose to a 16 year old. He keeps going because he can, whether or not you or anyone else thinks he's fit to wrestle. Yes, he's weak and old and battered, as anyone would be after spending more than twenty years mounting the dohyo. But he isn't ready to give up yet and it would be an evil thing and an insult to force him to stop. His master, his stablemates, and his opponents all respect him enough to treat him like a man, why can't you?
>Chris giving us the sumoslop update Chris is going to be doing segments on Koga farting soon. I mean I know its the interbasho doldrums but have some self respect dude. Don't openly admit that you're enough of a loser to watch slop, don't privately be enough of a loser to watch slop. Get a life. Maybe instead of doing a segment about how you sat in front of Youtube watching fatassess stuff themselves at Shohozan's grill, you could actually go to the place yourself and make your own content. Anyone here old enough to remember when Chris went to Kotoshoho's dad's bar and had a few drinks and talked to him and got some unique stories of his own to repeat to us? That was real journalism.>I sat around in my underwear on the couch eating bonito flavored rice crackers and watching the same slop everyone else watches on Youtube Is not journalism
>>250957Nice Dan card
>>250978Because sometimes the fighter needs to be saved from themselves. Every now and then in combat sports you'll see a corner wave the white towel much to their fighter's dismay. This isn't to disrespect or shame their own fighter its to protect them from serious damage. Sometimes a fighter is too brave for his own good and cooler heads need to make the decision to pull the plug. Respect to Moriurara for putting on the mawashi and standing on the dohyo, but he needs to retire.
>>250826Idk, I liked Musashimaru and Akebono before they became mega fatties. Their styles felt so much more athletic. Sad part is that it seems like most of their time as Yokozuna were as mega fatties.
>>250983You dont understand because you lack the historical and cultural perspectiveBasicallyThats gay and weak western attitude Moriurara is showing true samurai spiritGiving your all, no matter how much it is, until you literally cannot give any more. Doing your duty to the very end, or even just trying to.Thats what it means.
>>250983The same happens in sumo, or at least, is supposed to. I remember a few years ago where a rematch was forfeited because one of the lads was concussed. That's a completely different thing than what you're suggesting. Moriurara is still strong and fit and capable enough to get on the dohyo and win matches, so he's got every bit as much right to be there as a yokozuna does, and "cooler heads" have no business telling him he can't fight when he clearly can. He will retire when he's ready, and sumo will have lost a true rikishi.
>>250991fatso
>>250992
Taiho v Asashoryu. Who wins?
>>250996Asashoryu
Speaking of holy shit I'm watching the world darts highlights and there's a nip called Tatsunami who looks the spitting image of Uncle.
>>250998holy
>>250999Still not as good a story as the Kenyan who turned up without a set of darts to throw and won his first round match against a known good player. Crowd went fucking wild.
>>251000I dont care
>>250998>>250999This guy does look like uncle. Speaking of uncle why didn't he teach nephew to be less of a pussy?
Aminishiki standing in for Dan to collect his Japan Professional Sports Awards' Rookie of the Year prize and accolades
How is Onosato so fucking big? And don't say chanko, eating a lot of food doesn't make you 7 feet tall.
>>251002He tried his best
>>251004Genetics and chanko
>>251004Some people are just born naturally large. Surely you had a kid like that at school. Onosato was 100kg at 10 years old.
>>250984MEGA
>>251011His technique was fine but his size is why he won.
>>251014Presumably he'd have employed a technique more appropriate for his body size if he were a different size, so you can pretty much always say that. Enho couldn't get away with his bullshit if he was larger.
>>251018>Fujinokawa 10-5
>Onosato>Fujiryoga>KazumaTruly, ogres walk among us.
>>251014Making excuses like a BITCH is an embarrassment to sumo. Stop posting immediately.
Sumo sisters how many gunts are you working on right now?
Danzeki will win in January
2026 is his year
>>251011What the fuck are you supposed to do when his thrusts connect?
>>251034がんばれ!!!
>>251035頑張ります!
>>250991YOKOZUNA!
>>251033fraid not. 2026 will be the worst year for ukraine and all of her people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1mG3GSwiVM
Was Hakuho responsible for the loss of prestige associated with the rank of Yokozuna?
>>251048Nowhere close to the first in sumo, or the first to disgrace sumo to outsiders.
>>251004Genetics, look at his dad, and absolute babe of a sister.Turns out I didn't save the webm of them in the crowd.>>251048No. And not entirely sure where you got that idea either.
>Anseinishiki
>>251048Yes, Hakuho was disgraceful and now HorseSHITryu is even worse
>>251048no
>>251057me in the back on the right.
>>251004>>251054>>251064Onosato's Dad on the left in this picture, dude looks more like a rikishi than kisenosato.
>>251062Tell me my fortune O' cup of Ozeki sake...
>>251064>>251066How can Onosato look so much like a movie villain while his father looks like the everyman buddy cop tasked with taking him down
>please reply please please please
>>251071
>>251072Wow you are really dumb This is embarrassing for you
>251073
>>251054>that satisfied look on his facekek
We are propably getting two more waito piggus next year. The estonian in Hidenoyama and some other in Minato
I cheer for the old men (34+) when they compete.
Dan!
>>251077Until they're in makushita with a chance of making sekitori I don't really care if I'm being completely desu with you.
>>251082I always follow new young guys who kick ass in the lower divisions, been tuning in to watch Dan on Abema via based SBdesign since he was in Jonidan. It leaves you less confused when/if they eventually make it near the top divisions. Kaki is the latest guy to start off his career dominating the lower divisions, he is tall and uses his reach advantage pretty effectively, pulls off a lot of throws. It'll be a major accomplishment for him if he can win makushita in January.
>>251083>Hokuseiho
>>251086Good riddance
>>251058>>251048No
Modern Sumo runs many more frequent tournaments throughout the year compared to 100 years ago. This means more injuries. Therefore I'm curious to know if Raiden in the 21st century would really be as dominant as he was in his time. He might have to compete a lot more and get hurt and then poof goes his career. Is modern Sumo naturally selecting for rikishi who are able to withstand injury to a greater degree, and this is something that would give them an advantage over their ancestors?
>>251102>Modern Sumo runs many less frequent training days throughout the year compared to 100 years ago. This means less injuries…stupid shit image and stupid shit posts occur together so often, why is that?
>>251105fucking rude?!
>>251102Impossible to say. Injuries seem to be mostly luck. Certainly he would have made yokozuna and been able to take bashos off. Probably would have a record like Taiho.
Dan coming in 2nd is really impressive considering he wasn't even in the division until the Osaka basho in March.
>>251115oh, i see kirishima is setting his fans up for another massive disappointment of a year
>>251116kiriSHITma has fans?
>>251049>kim justice >it's an obese english man wearing a wig and dress
>>25111555 is pretty good consider Hoshoryu's 17 days of kyujo. He wouldn't have come 1st but he'd have been in the high 60s.
Takerufuji's debut shikona was Ishioka and he changed it after Maezumo. That's it. That's my post.
>>251121https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ10ajqLK60Essential Takerufuji viewing. Tldr he auto-loses to slapdowns but because they're relatively uncommon he just casually walked through people. Crazy that his sekitori winrate was higher than his makushita winrate.
>>251122oof
>>251114>norwood 10How does a bald rikishi deal with the lack of topknot?
>>251117Yes.
>>251127See >>251035
>>251119>55 is pretty good considering Hoshoryu forfeited 17 and lost another 18he lost 35 matches in a year as a yokozuna
>>251121>Isucka
>>251123>dude with zero lower body strength topples over easy
https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2025/12/21/articles/20251221s00005000279000c.html>The winter ozumo tour finished on December 21st in Niiza City, Saitama Prefecture, with Yokozuna Hoshoryu (26, Tatsunami stable) summarizing his experience. The 22-day tour had finally ended. "It's finally over. It was too much work," he said. During the morning keiko that day, he had his left knee taped for support. He had undergone a medical examination the previous day, and said, "My muscles were stiff, and it felt a little strained. I'm glad I was able to finish the tour without many injuries."Looks like horse is getting ready to try and blame his upcoming basho loss on the jungyo
>>251136Day 4 kyujo incoming
>>251136the winter tour IS too long. these guys need time to heal and recover. isnt winter when they are supposed to get a slight break ?
>>251140They should make those lazy cunts from Makushita do the tour, since they skip half the days in every basho.
New Dosukoi Sumo Salon ep is available.
>>251133*15And he hasn't been yokozuna for a year. Please adopt a tripcode so I can filter your low quality posts.
If John Gunning started a sumo youtube channel he'd put Chris and all the rest of the fakers out of work in a fortnight.
>>251141Nobody would show up to watch makushita
arm pit hair in my pork tonkatsu
>>251150I wonder if this would be considered a sign of good luck in shinto.
>NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO DON'T INSULT MY PRECIOUS MONGOLOID SHAM YOKOZUNA WHO CONSTANTLY LOSES BASHOS
>>251149This dude is bigger than Boogie2988. Sumo needs to institute a weight cap NOW! RIGHT FUCKING NOW!
>>251153He's the best chef in sumo
>Hakuoho is now Hakunofuji
>>251162>it's real
>Hatsuyama in makuuchilets go my boy
>>251162Hakuho must be seething, serves him right for doing a dohyo-iri without being part of the JSA.
>>251162Only Enho got to keep his name, probably because he will reture immediately if he gets injured again or finally reaches Juryo.
>>251166He abandoned them desusay what you will about the NSK but Hakuho did have a duty to his rikishi, if nobody else
Healthy symmetrical banzuke. Thats what I like
>>251167Enho and Mimurodake are the only non-Fujis left.
>>251162i came here to post this i do not like it however, i will comoletely forget about it by march
>>251138Better a Yokozuna kyujo on day 4 than on day 15, imo.
>>251168what? i thought they threw him out and made him poisonous - any rikishi that tried to stay with him would have been banned for life like what's his name. that was my impression
>>251178He could have stayed but chose not to Yes they made things difficult and humiliating but it was still his choice in the end
>January Grand Sumo Tournament Banzukehttps://www.sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoBanzuke/index/
>>251180blessed ura
>>251179That's not fair to Hakuho. In Asia, that kind of humiliation is a semi-polite request that you resign, avoiding the shame on you for being fired and the shame on the company for having to fire someone. He had no choice in the matter at that point, his career in the JSA was over. However, he only got to that point because his choices did matter, and he chose poorly in important moments. Hakuho's behaviour while an active rikishi caused friction between him and the JSA, and they made it clear to him from the start that he needed to toe the line and curb his ego. When it came out that there'd been a long-running bullying problem in his stable, that was bad enough, but when it became apparent that it had been allowed to fester because Hakuho was too busy with his non-JSA business ventures it became a mortal wound for his career. Perhaps, if Hakuho had grovelled hard enough and asked for a demotion himself, he might have been able to keep his head down for the next ten years and rehabilitate himself, but he didn't do that, he tried to cover the bullying up. He should have chosen to resign as soon as the scandal was publicly exposed. The fact he stayed on for over a year afterwards, still expecting to get his stable back, even after Isegahama had to order him to visit his wrestler's families personally to apologise, is proof that Hakuho's stubbornness and pride was utterly incompatible with the JSA's hierarchy.
>>251183>tl;dr - it was still his choice in the end
Aside from Daieisho the entire east side of the top 16 is weak. WestCHADs will dominate this basho
Honestly I didn't think Hosh would ever get back to Y1E
>>251186he only got back there because dan wreck'd onosato's shoulder, he didn't do anything positive to earn the slot, it just defaulted to him out of luck
>>251187
>>251187>Onosato didn't earn the most wins this year, Hoshoryu was wrecked and they just defaulted to him out of luck.
>>251187Yeah Dan busted up both the yokozunas on he climb to ozeki, broke Horse's toe and now dislocated Onosato's shoulder.
Babutame-zeki will be back in action next basho. His rise to maegashira starts soon.
>>251182M2 in Jan
>>251191
>>251191>his rise to makushita
Abema sticking with the embroidery theme
>>251201kino
>>251203https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataSumoBeya/detail/3/
>>251204Sumodb hasn't updated if anyone was wondering.
>>251199It took him three years to get to juryo the first timeI expect him to do it significantly faster this time
The JSA's official twitter account is massively Danposting, 4 posts in a row featuring Dan. This confirms a suspicion I've had for a while - Hakkaku is the Danposter.
>>251206why? because he is injured this time and hasn't been able to work out properly in ages? are you the same guy who was saying daieisho was going to farm lower magashira and yusho after he came back from his calf injury?
>>251205thats the old meme of relying on secondary or tertiary sources when primary sources are available
>>251181>Onosato Y1WIs this a demotion? What the fuck?! Not that mongolian shitter in Y1E really??
>>251210Mostly reflex as it's basically the only resource for searchable stats.
>>251212Hoshoryu had a better record.
>>251212Retard
>>251212If you look at the banzuke you can see that in the top 7 ranks the west position is occupied by someone clearly superior to their east counterpart. I don't know why its like that this time, maybe some sort of shinto numerology for the turn of the year or maybe just random
Couldn't possibly be based on their previous records and the recent promotion, could it?
>>251217Don't talk crazy anon
r*dditors literally in hysterics over the isegahama shikona changes
>>251179What a disgraceful attitude you have.
Hakuoho -> HakunofujiSeihakuho -> ToshinofujiTenshoho -> MienofujiMatsui -> ArashifujiKawazoe -> HanaofujiEnho -> EnhoTeru still seething i see. I fully expect him to fuck over Enho of his elder stock somehow.
>>251212It's the first time in Onosato's career that he's moved down the banzuke.
>>251223Out of all the flaming retardation itt you're going to give ME shit? For what, you retarded dumb asshole? What the fuck has your shit-stained little panties all twisted up? Disgraceful is what your parents think when they hear about your shitty, loser life, you pathetic virgin fuck.
Jk19e will be the January yusho.
My boy Ichi with a career high of M1e. He's now just a kachikoshi away from Sanyaku.
>Hakunofuji, the Beast of Reiwa
>>251224>Teru still seething i seeWhy are redditors acting like they made them change their shikona at gunpoint? They chose to change their names.
>>251224The Seihakuho one has to be especially devastating given that he's clearly Hakuho's literal son.
>>251228>He's now just a kachikoshi away from Sanyaku.he is in for double digit losses and everyone knows it, way out of his league at M1.
>>251231Maybe he shouldn't have abandoned his son before he got out of maezumo.
>>251232Only Dan and the Zunas are surefire losses in the joi right now.
Seihakuho and Hakuoho were awful shikona. Glad they've changed.
"Hakuho" is just too long of a name to inject into random shikona. If it ain't one kanji and two syllables max just don't do it.>Takasago's Asa->Isegahama's -fuji>Futagoyama's -gaAll one kanji, two syllables max. He should've come up with something cleaner, like just Haku- or -ho.
>>251236This post is so retarded it hurts.
Look at me everyone I'm here to be a cunt and literally nothing else :)))
>>251239You'll fit right in.
>They forced all the Miyagino wrestlers to change their Shikona! This is heckin' racism against the GOATs legacy! Wait till I tweet about this!
>>251240No it's just the one asshole.
>>251242You must be new.
>>251241>allTeru commands enough respect that I imagine they changed them voluntarily. The fact that Enho didn't change his demonstrates that. He could've been Ennofuji or something.
Kazumas shimekomi colour? Any information?
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>>251225technically he's going to the side of the banzuke
so how did isegahama managed to have 2 gaijins active
>>251250First day?
>>251250Stable merger. It happens.
>>251250How did Kataonami?
How the fuck did Shodai end up on M8
>>251255Dark magics prevailed. No more questions.
>>251255It's not unreasonable, why?
>>251250They had one at first, but then there was two. No one knows how what happened. Mitosis perhaps
>>251255They didn't want to overpromote Fujinokawa, they hate manlets.
>>251254i asked first, but anyway, rules are to be broken i guess. +1 ukrainian in ajigawa soon.>>wtf is this captcha
>>251275Seihakuho was considered a Miyagino rikishi, and since Asahifuji had been training with Isegahama since before the merger, they decided not to fuck him over.>+1 ukrainian in ajigawa soon.no
>>251201Why is ACK there?
>>251283Think about it for two seconds.
>>251254Kataonami is 50% gaijin. If Isegahama did that they'd have 15-16 gaijin. What the fuck Hakkaku???
>>25128666.6%, unless they got somebody coming in.
>>251287Imagine if Tamashoho got forced to be Tamawashi's tsukebito.
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>>251286Why do you think they can't recruit?
>>251292GodDAMN anonWe are 6 images short of the limit you fucking stupid selfish FUCKDumb fucking cunt if we're doing this shit Ill start making threads at the bump limit again Is that what you want?
>>251298the racist Dan-haters are too emotionally invested in their hate filled genocidal political ideology to be able to resist the urge to earlyfag new threads. Dan enthusiasts are the only adults in /sumo/ who have the self control needed to wait for the image limit before starting new threads
>>251304Shut the fuck up you stupid fucking moronic faggot fuckI hate you more than anyone you fucking cuntYou were the sole reason I did that to begin withNot anyone elseYOUBecause YOU did this shit before any of these guys didYOU are a bigger, stupider asshole than anyone on this website, you dumb fucking cuntI hope you fucking die, you fanboy piece of trashDon't EVER think you have an ally or friend here. You dont.
>>251307just goes to show what emotional basket cases the Dan-haters are
>>251290He was when he was younger.
>>251310Fuck off you stupid faggotIll address his bullshit gaslighting if I want to and you can shove your emotions back up your nasty ugly saggy cunt where they dripped out of
>>251307>>251312Jimmy status: rustled
Dan's access to JSA elder stock has just been revoked. Under the previous rules Dan had qualified kabu ownership by having completed a basho as a sanyaku member, but now he will have to wait a couple more years until he can become a Japanese citizen, so he is no longer qualified for kabu ownership.
>>251304>Dan enthusiasts are the only adults in /sumo/ who have the self control needed to wait for the image limit before starting new threadsYou do realize the threads are still up and everyone can see you're lying?
>>251352all that shows is that anti-danners got butthurt and earlyfagged before the dan threads got to the image limit, just like in this thread. you're just proving that you're emotionally unstable, low iq and prone to chimpouts
>>251298I don't care about you.
>Koga>Roga>Sogawho's gonna take Toga and Goga
>>251354The previous threads before the dan threads didn't hit bump limit before you made a new thread danschizo.
>>251361Neither had the previous when I (neither dan nor anti-dan) made the Futabayama on a bike thread. Stop being gay about pointless things.
>>251354You literally chimped out in those regular sumo threads that hadn't hit file limit yet that people weren't using your dan thread.
>>251364lol, you're a fucking retard. at least half those were me, and I do not danpost. Idiot.
