31st National Primary school championships

[Akinomaki 40,643]

After the All Japan championships, today in the kokugikan the sumo federation national primary school championships took place 第31回全日本小学生相撲優勝大会

- to determine the primary school yokozuna for 4th to 6th grades (the NSK handed out the wampaku yokozuna for the same age group end of July)

Results: http://amasumo.blog.jp/archives/13831369.html

Spoiler

◇４年生以下の部
優　勝：豊田倫之亮（鹿児島県徳之島町・亀津小）
準優勝：西﨑　想馬（東京都江戸川区・北小岩小）
第３位：田宮　愛喜（愛知県稲沢市・長岡小）
第３位：重村鴻之介（鹿児島県瀬戸内町・古仁屋小）

◇５年生の部
優　勝：倉岡　優太（熊本県宇土市・花園小）
準優勝：野口　明輝（石川県金沢市・泉小）
第３位：奥田　蒼真（大阪府岸和田市・朝陽小）
第３位：古川　勇斗（福岡県八女市・長峰小）
 
◇６年生の部
優　勝：林　　　玲（長野県岡谷市・岡谷田中小）
準優勝：武井　銀士（静岡県富士宮市・富丘小）
第３位：上原　煌貴（石川県加賀市・湖北小）
第３位：篠　　宗磨（新潟県新潟市・紫竹山小）

In the news so far only on Nikkan: the son of Kotomitsuki, Aiki Tamiya (9, 4th year) finished 3rd in the (up to) 4th year category: "I want to become a stronger rikishi than dad." http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/201812020000705.html

Edited December 3, 2018 by Akinomaki

[mikawa 1,794]

@Akinomaki Many thanks for sharing the results of this tournament, I've only been able to find bits and bobs so far. The amasumo site even has full names in their tournament results, which is always helpful.

The Grade 4 competition looks like a free-for-all at the moment, with semi-finalist Shigemura Konosuke being the only one on the list to have impressed at the Wanpaku Tournament this summer (he's actually the Wanpaku Yokozuna this year), though it is nice to see Tamiya Aiki getting his first ever outstanding result in a major tournament. The winner Toyoda Rinnosuke might be younger brother to Toyoda Rintaro, who is also from Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima (Rintaro is currently in his second year at high school).

Kuraoka Yuta winning the Grade 5 competition looks interesting, as he also won this tournament last year. However, both of the Wanpaku Yokozunas in this year group, Kodama Hayato and Yamashita Masakiyo, seem to have been unable to make it past the quarter-finals. In Kodama Hayato's case, even though he has trained with Maro Kosho, his Mitaka club-mate, leading up to this tournament, in reality he has for some reason not participated in many training sessions over the past few months. I'm sure that Kodama's arm strength is still unmatched in his year group, but without sufficient practise in the ring, he will unfortunately find it harder and harder to fufill his incredible potential, which is sad to see. Semi-finalists Okuda Soma and Furukawa Yuto both achieved the exact same result as during the Wanpaku Tournament back in late July.

The Grade 6 final is a repeat of the Wanpaku final this year, but this time, it was Hayashi Rei who came up on top and Takei Ginji who had to settle for second place. Chris Gould mentioned in one of his YouTube videos that Hayashi Rei (and his twin brother Hayashi Ryu) have both been inspired by Mitakeumi's Yusho back in July this year, and that's why their recent results have greatly improved. Mitakeumi hails from the same sumo club as the Hayashi twins (Kiso Sumo Club in Nagano). Semi-finalist Shino Soma was a Wanpaku semi-finalist from 2017, and was one of the standout competitors that year. His build is similar to that of Sato Takanobu (aka Takakeisho) back in his Wanpaku days, but with more skill and less power.

As for the kids at my club, Tachikawa Renseikan Sumo Dojo? Regrettably they've not been able to make it past the Kanto qualifiers this year, but hopefully they can get a better showing in 2019.

Edited December 2, 2018 by mikawa

[Akinomaki 40,643]

Kotomitsuki junior

o oo

the winner Toyoda and the other 3rd place of the 4th years Shigemura from an Amami island - Tokunoshima http://amamishimbun.co.jp/2018/12/03/15067/

Toyoda next aims for the 3rd yusho in a row at the Hakuho cup - in February

Edited December 4, 2018 by Akinomaki