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  1. Ryoshishokunin

    New Sumo YT Channel

    A legal and easy way to watch the day's bouts in 20 minutes or less. Either with the original english commentary or post, but Kintamayama's right--it's gotta be fast enough that I can watch it day of. (The MLB's 'game in 15 minutes', for instance—available a few hours after the last pitch—is a fine example from another sport.) I am utterly uninterested in slice-of-life stuff, and in fact actively would avoid it. Analysis and deep understanding of the techniques and skills would be welcome. Analytics, in the sense of 'advanced statistics', etc., would be welcome but I suspect don't exist. However, all this is a long, long way back from "just show us the sumo".
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    Haru jungyo 2025

    Hometown boys everywhere get a lot of attention, inside sumo or outwith. The hometown boy valiantly struggling to get back to the top, especially so.
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    Q: Sumo elders while active

    So, way back in the day the rules for who could be an elder or a stablemaster were much looser than today--gyoji and active wrestlers both appear in the lists of both. Do we know anything about how that ended for rikishi? Obviously the few gyoji kabu eventually just got pushed out by the majority, not surprising if disappointing.
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    大の里 - Onosato

    In other words, literally something like "the big (guy) of (his) hometown". You'll see a lot of X no Y shikona-- 'no sato' is "of (their) village", 'no umi' is "of the sea", and "no fuji" is "of (Mount) fuji", which are all reasonably popular. However, in a lot of cases they're also references to another rikishi (especially one's coach) or the stable. Kisenosato is Onosato's coach, and so the 'no sato' here is (at least in part) a reference to him. Kisenosato in turn is named for Takanosato, his coach. (Takanosato got the taka in his name from his stable's tradition, so this is where the 'no sato' comes from. Not sure what the story is behind that: that's already into the 1960s.)
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    Retirements after Haru 2025

    That's the point I'm making: I am fairly certain this goodwill does not exist. You are in, or you are out.
  6. Ryoshishokunin

    Retirements after Haru 2025

    As I understand it, the moment that your intent to retire is expressed to anyone official, you're retired. There have been stories of rikishi not being allowed to make one last appearance on the dohyo, etc. I.e. that guy's not on the banzuke, even if he wants to be.
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    Retirements after Haru 2025

    Nope.
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    Haru jungyo 2025

    Do the Juryo guys get a bonus for getting called up to Jungyo?
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    The Wall

    He still did the thing. You have to make it conditional if you want to claim a first here: "In the 6B/Y era" or "in the 15-day basho era".
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    Haru 2025 discussion (results)

    I'd be more interested in seeing you wear it.
  11. Ryoshishokunin

    Haru 2025 discussion (results)

    The other alternative is concussion, which is even worse.
  12. Ryoshishokunin

    Haru 2025 discussion (results)

    They don't usually do them anymore. Used to be reasonably common on late-day torikumi: https://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query_bout.aspx?show_form=0&group_expand=on&group_by=basho&having=2&day=15&m=on&samed1=on&lowerd2=on&offset=450 shows the last page, but there's 195 basho (!) with at least two M/J bouts on day 15. There's 184 with at least two exchange bouts on day 14, etc. The TV constraints haven't changed much. I think this change is for the worse, but who am I?
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    Videos-Haru Basho 2025- Day 15

    I mean, the optimal hilarity outcome is for the leading two to both lose, and then winning twice in the playoff.
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    Sekitori Sweepstake - May 2025

    Ryoshishokunin will play
  15. Ryoshishokunin

    Guess Ura's Aite - March 2025 edition

    Twice this basho. At least--I may have missed others. 15. Chiyoshoma