Which are your fondest Sumo bouts?

[Bugman 384]

I'm curious to know what bouts stick in your mind the most from the past, i have a very short career as a Sumo fan so the bout that excited me the most was very recent, day 15 of the March basho this year when Hakuho took on kakuryu, i was seriously pumped for that one and it's just stuck there in my mind as the most exciting i have experienced.

i'd love to know what bouts stick in your mind as epic or especially memorable.

Here's the Hakuho-Kakuryu bout:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87FftEBmXzc

Edited November 25, 2012 by Bugman

[Akinomaki 40,779]

The bout which sticks in my mind the most is this last yusho for the injured Takanohana in the playoff against Musashimaru, with the devil face he makes after the win. The one Koizumi himself presented the prime ministers cup and said he was deeply moved that Taka had endured it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnELKB4ldSc

The most fond bout would rather be the first yusho by Konishiki.

[Naganoyama 5,948]

My favourite bout, for emotional rather than technical reasons, was Kyokutenho's yusho play-off win

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UIZ3k1jJdM

Actually, it is more to me than just a bout, it is one of my all-time favourite achievements in sport.

Edited November 25, 2012 by Naganoyama

[Washuyama 641]

Ama's perfect utchari of Wakanoho a few years back sticks out.. (Sorry, couldn't find a decent video to post)

[shumitto 418]

Aminishiki circled around Kaio and defeated him by okuridashi, back in Natsu 2007. It was the first recollection I have of how much skill there is or can be in the sport. Maybe if I watched it again today it wouldn't look as amazing as it did the first time but that was my impression.

[Mukonoso 273]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALboAIaleTo&feature=colike

I like this one because I've never seen a move like this before in sumo. The last match I can remember that shocked me this much was one back in the very early 90s (can't remember who) where one rikishi leapfrogged over another at the charge. Edited November 26, 2012 by Mukonoso

[Kaikitsune Makoto 209]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq3o0qdY7T4

Kaio clinching his 3rd yusho in Nagoya 2001 beating yokozuna Musashimaru with his trademark powerful uwatenage on day 14. My ultimate favourite and great come back after severe back problems in Natsu 2001 (making him kadoban in Nagoya). Edited November 25, 2012 by Kaikitsune Makoto

[Bugman 384]

I'm very glad i asked, these are some great bouts, i can feel the excitement :) thanks guys.

[勝 Katsu 20]

The many times Asashoryu beat Hakuho...

[Washuyama 641]

The many times Asashoryu beat Hakuho...

...and vice-versa.

[botev1921 33]

From the more recent, I recall this one...I was really impressed with Harumafuji here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UNV1_hNzA0A#!

[Jakusotsu 6,049]

My first time ever in the Kokugikan, and Kyokutenho hoisted Asashoryu out with tsuridashi - ah, sweet memories...

http://www.banzuke.com/~movies/natsu2004/day11/asashor_kyokuten.rm

(and the pain sitting in the rafters with no zabuton to throw)

Edited November 26, 2012 by Jakusotsu

[Azumashida 1]

One of my favorite bouts is at 13:12 in this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7rARRegtqY

(Kotomitsuki had never faced any joi-jin until that point, and he got to face Yokozuna Musashimaru on day 11 of Kyushu 2000 while both were at 9-1 and aiming for the lead in the yusho race... unbelievable bout - I then realized that Kotomitsuki was the real thing)

[Maguroyama 27]

Easy! The regulation bout between Akebono and Takanohana in Natsu Basho 1997. Akebono was one behind Taka and had to defeat him twice, which he did. It was his first yusho in ages. And I was there in the Kokugikan!

I couldn't find the bout on Youtube, only the play-off, which wasn't nearly as great (although exciting because Akebono won).

[Swami 245]

Many great Chiyonofuji bouts - a mighty uwatenage victory against Tochinowaka in May 1988 just prior to his 53-bout rensho. Also ozeki Hokutenyu shoving then sekiwake Onokuni down by oshitaoshi on day 9, Nagoya 1985 en route to his second yusho.

Swami

[kuroimori 1,634]

Gotta be this one , even though the gyoji blew the call - he probably didn't expect this amazing comeback move

[Gaijingai 1,597]

I was working in the Shibuya section of Tokyo in 1988. Above the Shibuya train station was a SONY Jumbotron - Huge! It was day 12 of the autumn basho. I was passing by after work and looked up. There about to start was Konishiki and Onokuni...two Ozeki's who were the largest men in sumo. At trhe tachiai I could almost see the Jumbotron move. Everyone in Hachiko Park stood still watching, entranced at the screen and the bout. When it ended 5 seconds later, it was like someone waved a magic wand and we all turned, came back to life, and walked on our ways.

Gaijingai

[勝 Katsu 20]

The many times Asashoryu beat Hakuho...

...and vice-versa.

Heretic! Burn the witch. :-P

[Igordemorais 75]

Kyokutenho`s win got me screaming around the house

Harumafuji`s victory over Hakuho to earn the title and the rank of Yokozuna too

But the bout that got me hooked to sumo was Takanoyama x Miyogiryu , July last year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt6yutY5KpM

[Masumasumasu 902]

This one makes me happy every time that I watch it:

[Bugman 384]

This one makes me happy every time that I watch it:

I'm afraid the link won't play for me for some reason, but i saw the thumbnail, Chiyotaikai vs Asashoryu and saw this bout here:

Chiyotaikai is doing tsuppari at 100mph, if that's the one you meant i'm gob-smacked, i've never ever seen anything like that in Sumo, it was the closest i've seen in real life to Edmond Honda's hundred-hand slap from the street-fighter video game.

[Masumasumasu 902]

This one makes me happy every time that I watch it:

I'm afraid the link won't play for me for some reason, but i saw the thumbnail, Chiyotaikai vs Asashoryu and saw this bout here:

Chiyotaikai is doing tsuppari at 100mph, if that's the one you meant i'm gob-smacked, i've never ever seen anything like that in Sumo, it was the closest i've seen in real life to Edmond Honda's hundred-hand slap from the street-fighter video game.

Yes, that's the one!

[Mukonoso 273]

This one makes me happy every time that I watch it:

I'm afraid the link won't play for me for some reason, but i saw the thumbnail, Chiyotaikai vs Asashoryu and saw this bout here:

Chiyotaikai is doing tsuppari at 100mph, if that's the one you meant i'm gob-smacked, i've never ever seen anything like that in Sumo, it was the closest i've seen in real life to Edmond Honda's hundred-hand slap from the street-fighter video game.

That was pretty cool. I don't think I appreciated E. Honda enough when Street Fighter II first came out. I'll have to break it out and play it again.

[yorikiried by fate 2,029]

I'm not sure about fondest, but during my most recent melacholic Asashoryu bout browsing I found these two beauties from Kyushu 2005. THE MAN HIMSELF against his two successors.

[Kaioshoryu 63]

I have to say I really miss Asashoryu and his unbridled agression...