Akinomaki 40,486 Posted July 31, 2018 (edited) The 2018 koukou soutai has started today in Shizuoka. Sumo is held from the 3rd till the 5th in Numazu-city. https://www.koukousoutai.com/2018soutai/configbox/shizuoka/大会実施要項（相撲）.pdf The 3 preliminary rounds for the individuals: https://www.koukousoutai.com/2018soutai/configbox/shizuoka/相撲個人戦対戦表.pdf for the teams https://www.koukousoutai.com/2018soutai/configbox/shizuoka/相撲団体戦対戦表.pdf proper schedule: http://kirokukensaku.net/0IH18/discipline_120_20180803.html hopefully, interhigh video links will appear on the sokuho site https://www.sposoku.com/category/大相撲・速報、結果/ The link for this year has still 2017, but the link text says 2018 and video coverage - and the page promises to tell as soon as TV coverage and stream information is available - I see now that the same text is still in the pages of older events, maybe another place is better to look for coverage. A sure place to watch live is Interhigh TV https://inhightv.sportsbull.jp/sports/top?sports=12 Edited July 31, 2018 by Akinomaki 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katooshu 3,221 Posted July 31, 2018 (edited) Very excited to see how this plays out. Hidetora Hanada, Daisuke Saito, Mantaro Haruyama, Taiki Nakamura....I've got my eyes on these guys for the individual competition. The first two are the only competitors at this year's tournament to make the best 8 or better last year (both eliminated by Hoshoryu). Also interested to see if anyone in their first year can make some waves like Nakamura did in 2016 and like Hanada did to a lesser extent last year. Saitama Sakae should clearly be favoured in the team competition, and I will be rather surprised if Tottori Johoku makes the final for a third straight year. Their team seems very much depleted this year compared to the last few. Edited July 31, 2018 by Katooshu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gurowake 4,052 Posted July 31, 2018 7 hours ago, Katooshu said: Taiki Nakamura He will obviously take the Ozumo shikona Bokutofuji. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,486 Posted August 4, 2018 (edited) Looks like they want to emulate the pros more and more. Colorful mawashi (Saitama Sakae), tachiai matta games - only one hand down and waiting - abandon the tachi-ai - getting cautioned by the shimpan. Some "mada, mada" with retry. They start immediately when both have both hands down, the referee rather reacts than give a signal to start - no Kounosuke style "hands down!" . Fighting heavily bandaged is like the pros as well, though the head bandaged as well is unique. Another thing to notice: a mono-ii is called igi-moshitate, the hall announcement immediately tells the result as the decision of the shimpan conference. Seems quite numerous this time. The hall announcement always calls the next pair as well, the one in "hikae" - a bit distracting, I'd rather have that stopped. Edited August 4, 2018 by Akinomaki 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katooshu 3,221 Posted August 4, 2018 (edited) And the individual winner is..... Daisuke Saito of Saitama Sakae! The versatile Saito (about 190cm/135kg) was by far the highest ranked 2nd-year rikishi on the 2017 high school banzuke, and after making the semifinals last year he now takes the title in his third year with a yorikiri win in the finals. He stood out as a very impressive talent the first time I saw him, and I think he has all the tools to excel in ozumo or university sumo. Will be interesting to see the route he takes; I personally hope we get to see him develop in ozumo straight off the bat. To me he is a good deal more impressive than the other Saitama Sakae grads to recently turn pro---Naya, Kototebakari, and Tsukahara. The win here also earns him a birth in the December All-Japan amateur tournament, where he could become the first high-schooler to earn a TD qualification. To do that he'd need to make the best 8 in a field of the best collegiate and corporate rikishi, and I believe the last high-schooler to achieve that was Hokutofuji in 2010, also representing Saitama Sakae (back then only the tournament winner got a tsukedashi qualification). As for the others in the best 4, the runner-up was Choijil of Mongolia. That means it was the second straight year with a Mongolian in the final, and as Akinomaki noted Choijil was part of the Mongolian team that finished runner-up at last month's junior world championships. Former middle school yokozuna Ryuichi Kamiyama made the best 4. He is a teammate of Saito's at Saitama Sakae. The other seminfinalist was Shizuoka's own Yuto Suzuki. Hidetora Hanada didn't make the best 8, which has to be a disappointment for the Wakayama 2nd-year standout who won back-to-back national circuit tournaments earlier this year and captured openweight gold at the junior worlds last month. He was best 8 last year as a first-year..but that also means he's got another year to try for the title. Edited August 11, 2018 by Katooshu 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,486 Posted August 5, 2018 (edited) Saitama Sakae won the team title 3-2 against Tottori Johoku, 3rd are Shizuoka Hiryu and Kanagawa Mukainooka. Hiryu had lost 0-5 to Tottori in the preliminaries and then again in the sf 1-4 - Touma lost. http://kirokukensaku.net/0IH18/discipline_120_20180805.html Hiryu oo o Tottori o Saga Karatsu vs. Nagasaki prelim. Pics from the individuals http://kirokukensaku.net/0IH18/discipline_120_20180804.html winner Saitoo o 3rd Kamiyama o 3rd Suzuki from Hiryu - preliminaries o vs Hanada 2nd round finals o Hanada in the preliminaries Nakamura from Kaiyo, Niigata Tottori's Touma wins in the finals 1st round vs. Mita - loss in the 2nd o Edited August 7, 2018 by Akinomaki 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikawa 1,794 Posted August 5, 2018 (edited) The opening bout in the final appears to have been Haruyama Mantaro vs Toma Tsuguto, interesting. Like Katooshu said, Tottori Johoku are definitely a weaker outfit compared to last year, so coming so close to winning the Inter-High is a surprise, but Saitama are being Saitama as usual, and certainly a well deserved title for Saito. Also, don't think I've ever seen such a lopsided team quarter-final. Three 5-0 and a 4-1? Edited August 5, 2018 by mikawa 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katooshu 3,221 Posted August 5, 2018 (edited) Individual Final (Saito vs Choijil) Good match! I'd say the best final since at least 2013. The last few finals had been pretty quick and straightforward. A lot more on this channel Edited August 5, 2018 by Katooshu 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,486 Posted August 12, 2018 (edited) It was the 5th team final of Saitama vs. Tottori, starting 2005, the last was 2 years ago, with 2 title wins for each in the past. Touma (195kg) vs. Haruyama Mukainakano vs. Saito the 2nd win for Saitama - and Saito shows his joy then a loss, but next Arai made the deciding point for Saitama - and the Mongolian Tottori team member won the last bout Overall Saitama got so far 9 titles and 4 runner-up results, Tottori 3 titles and 5 x 2nd (the article may include the present ones or may not). It was the 3rd final in a row for Tottori, though they had lost one match-up in the preliminaries - 1-4 against last year's winner Kanazawa gakuin (who only got to the best 16). The other 2 pairings went 5-0 and Tottori made it to the final round as joint 9th with 11 wins. Saitama with 13 wins was joint 2nd with Buntoku, Kaiyo and Minoshima (Wakayama) - best was Kibogaoka with 14 wins - they lost to Tottori 0-5 in the qf. poster more pics at http://cyclestyle.net/article/2018/08/11/66152.html Edited August 12, 2018 by Akinomaki 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,486 Posted August 12, 2018 (edited) The cyclestyle site has interhigh reports for teams and individuals, already since last year - with many pics: http://cyclestyle.net/article/2018/08/11/66114.html a selection Saito high school yokozuna Choijil runner-up 3rd place Kamiyama and Suzuki 5th Matsumura (Mukainooka), Shiroma (Okinawa), Hisakuni, Kishimoto (Takushoku, Chiba) Hisakuni from Tsushima beat Touma in the best 16 Hanada like Touma lost in the best 16 to Suzuki, who was cautioned by a shimpan after this win for his "banzai!" Edited February 15, 2019 by Akinomaki 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katooshu 3,221 Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) The Towada National tournament took place about a week after the Interhigh, and this time Taiki Nakamura (about 191cm/155kg), Captain of Kaiyo Ocean High School in Niigata, won by oshitaioshi against Mantaro Haruyama (about 178cm/135kg) of Saitama Sakae. Second straight individual win for Kaiyo in this tournament, as Yuta Takahashi (now at Nittaidai) won it for them last year. High school yokozuna Daisuke Saito reached the semifinals. The team competition was won by Tottori Johoku (no Toma it seems), with Interhigh champ Saitama Sakae losing in the semis. Incidentally, the Saitama Sakae website says Haruyama went 3-0 in the Interhigh prelims, and then 2-0 in knockout stages to trim down to 32, which means he wouldve gone 5-0 to reach the best 32 when 2-1 is often enough. He lost in the round of 16 to Okinawa's Shiroma. Nakamura lost in the best 32 to Tsushima's Hisakuni. Nakamura vs Haruyama The individual winner Nakamura The winning Tottori team Edited August 17, 2018 by Katooshu 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
