He had jumped up and out of the ring though. That’s called a “dead body” in sumo and they’re never going to give him the call there.
Awaiting you when you get off at Ryogoku Station in Tokyo–home of sumo’s Kokugikan arena.
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Rikishi at play.
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Hakuoho is now Hakunofuji.
Merry Christmas, fellow sumo fans!
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Good chance Hoshoryu doesn’t make it far into the Hatsu Basho as he’s got a pretty bad MCL injury.
Can’t wait to see how Aonishiki fares as a new Ozeki. Probably doesn’t miss a beat.
Let the 2026 Sumo Games begin!
This is what’s great about sumo.
https://x.com/majan_saitou/status/2010998431842717914?s=20
Also this:
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Probably not a popular take, but why do they make the giant fat dudes fall down a huge ledge? Just to add some extra chance of injury?
This is a point of contention, the experts all swear it doesn’t add to the injury risk. I am not convinced.
The experts claim that dumping the 400 pound dudes off a cliff doesn’t add to injury risk? Good thing those woke NFL experts aren’t involved to ruin the fun.
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Honestly I think the real answer is there’s so many centuries of tradition behind it that is hard to change. Building the ring is itself a whole quasi-religious ceremony.
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Someone’s having a good basho, and it’s not the Yokozuna/Ozeki. Gotta think Onosato goes kyujo because he’s clearly not right.
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Four days to go. Who u got?
I love that there will be some 90-pound 95-year-old man sitting front row ready to get absolutely flattened if anything goes wrong
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Those seats are called sunakaburi (covered with sand) and come with the disclaimer that the Sumo Kyokai is NOT responsible for death or injury by flying rikishi.
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Never mind, it’s going to be Aonishiki again.
I keep thinking one of these days I’m going to see an old dude punch out by being flattened by a falling rikishi, but it hasn’t happened yet. Those old Japanese guys are more sturdy than you’d think.
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is it too early to start talking about … it?