Gaijingai 1,576 Posted August 8, 2019 https://sanbenito.com/2019/08/07/sims-reinforces-the-art-of-sumo/ 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,320 Posted August 27, 2019 (edited) Event poster by the Japan Sumo Federation: http://nihonsumo-renmei.jp/news2/2019世界相撲選手権ポスター.pdf This takes place October 12/13 in Sakai, Osaka, having been moved there at very short notice (early June) from its originally scheduled Hawaii location. Apparently with an additional weight class for both men and women, assuming that piece of information hasn't also been superseded since earlier this year: (Who had the bright idea to have smaller weight ranges for the middleweight categories than for the higher light-heavyweight ones?) Edited August 27, 2019 by Asashosakari 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,320 Posted October 8, 2019 On 27/08/2019 at 16:08, Asashosakari said: (Who had the bright idea to have smaller weight ranges for the middleweight categories than for the higher light-heavyweight ones?) That's apparently been fixed at least for the men by now; the lightweight/middleweight demarcation is now at 85 kg rather than 80. Probably more sensible for reasons of historical continuity as well, IIRC lightweight previously also went up to 85 kg before the middle/light-heavy split. The squad for the Japanese team was announced by the Nihon Sumo Renmei last month: Adult Men Yo Miyagi 宮城 陽 (Nippon Sports Science University) - lightweightRyota Fukano 深野 良太 (Nippon Sports Science University) - middleweightKoju Osanai 長内 孝樹 (Kindai University) - light-heavyweightAtsushi Igarashi 五十嵐 敦 (Iwate Morioka-shi municipal government office) - heavyweight, team firstKojiro Kurokawa 黒川 宏次朗 (Takushoku University faculty) - openweight, team secondTomohiro Saigo 西郷 智博 (Tottori prefectural government office) - team thirdHayato Miwa 三輪 隼斗 (Sodick Co.) - team sub Adult Women Yuka Okutomi 奥富 夕夏 (Nihon University) - lightweightNagisa Matsumoto 松本 渚 (Ritsumeikan University) - middleweightSakura Ishii 石井 さくら (Tokyo Sumida-ku Honjo Middle School) - light-heavyweight, team first (see also Junior roster)Airi Hisano 久野 愛莉 (Nihon University) - heavyweight, team secondHiyori Kon 今 日和 (Ritsumeikan University) - openweight, team thirdSarina Yamashita 山下 紗莉奈 (Nihon University) - team sub Junior Boys Taisei Kitano 北野 泰聖 (Kumamoto Kumamoto-shi Agricultural High School) - lightweightTaiki Mita 三田 大生 (Tochigi Otawara-shi Kurobane High School) - middleweightKazuma Kawabuchi 川渕 一意 (Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Gakuin High School) - heavyweight, team thirdHidetora Hanada 花田 秀虎 (Wakayama Wakayama-shi Commercial High School) - openweight, team firstNaoya Kusano 草野 直哉 (Kumamoto Kumamoto-shi Buntoku High School) - team secondGenki Okuwa 大桑 元揮 (Shizuoka Numazu-shi Hiryu High School) - team sub Junior Girls Yuna Yamaguchi 山口 結奈 (Oita Oita-shi Yoshikan High School) - lightweightRio Hasegawa 長谷川 理央 (Aomori Tsugaru-shi Kizukuri High School) - middleweight, team firstSakura Ishii 石井 さくら (Tokyo Sumida-ku Honjo Middle School) - heavyweight, team second (see also Adult roster)Shion Okura 大蔵 紫音 (Gifu Ogaki-shi Nihon University High School) - openweight, team thirdNana Kakuda 角田 奈那 (Tottori Tottori-shi Johoku High School) - team sub 2 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,320 Posted October 12, 2019 (edited) Today's planned junior action has fallen victim to typhoon Hagibis; all matches have been postponed until Sunday, where they intend to get through all junior and senior competitions by starting 90 minutes earlier (at 08:30) than originally scheduled and presumably finishing a lot later. Edited October 12, 2019 by Asashosakari 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,320 Posted October 12, 2019 (edited) Livestreams set up on the IFS's Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/sumo5931 now: Prelims Part 1 (scheduled for 09:00 JST, might start a bit earlier I suppose)Prelims Part 2 (12:30)Individual medal rounds (16:30)Team medal rounds (18:00) 17 hours ago, Asashosakari said: (...) and presumably finishing a lot later. For reference, a post-event party for the participating teams was originally scheduled for 18:00. I suppose that'll rather be 20:00 or later now. Edited October 12, 2019 by Asashosakari 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 19,320 Posted October 13, 2019 (edited) Well, I don't think I'll be watching that, now or later. Basically impossible to have any idea what's going on, given the lack of sound and on-screen graphics of any kind and no online resources such as start lists or tournament draws to help make sense of it. Edit: Well, after 45 minutes there's now garblegarblesoundgarble available, not that it has improved the experience all that much. Edited October 13, 2019 by Asashosakari Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katooshu 3,221 Posted October 13, 2019 (edited) Some assorted results, missing foreign names. Igarashi won adult HW gold for Japan, while it was silver for Kurokawa at openweight and Osanai at ligh heavyweight--Osanai lost to a Russian who actually had 'traditional' sumo form. Russia won the adult men's team competition, beating Japan 2-1 in the final. Igarashi lost the first match despite being in a dominant position for most of it, substitute Miwa won the second, then Saigo lost the third to give it to Russia. Hanada won openweight junior gold again, Kawabuchi won HW gold (with a dameoshi and post-match stare included, not sure what his problem was), and Kitano won LW gold. Japan won the team competition, beating Mongolia 3-0 in the final. Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/user/tnkyk63/videos Adult team final: Japan vs Russia Edited October 13, 2019 by Katooshu 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhyen 1,840 Posted October 23, 2019 Interesting, Batsuuri is the 2018 Nadaam champion? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katooshu 3,221 Posted October 28, 2019 (edited) Not sure what event this is---part of the worlds? Either way, some more international amasumo action in Japan. Warning of major injury at 13:05--no stretcher on hand, so they 'tarp' him out. Can you spot Kokkai? Edited October 29, 2019 by Katooshu 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryafuji 814 Posted November 1, 2019 There's a new Neflix documentary short, Little Miss Sumo, about Hiyori Kon at this year's championships: https://www.thedailybeast.com/netflixs-little-miss-sumo-meet-the-incredible-20-year-old-woman-tackling-sexism-in-sumo-wrestling 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,482 Posted November 9, 2019 Rui Sá Jr. from Brazil finished 2nd in the heavy weight division. Winner Igarashi, 3rd Bagaev (Rus) and Veresiuk (Ukr) The Brazilian team http://www.nikkeyshimbun.jp/2019/191108-63colonia.html 5 of the 16 made it to the podium. The other 4 were 3rd places in the juniors. The 2 Asahigaoka high Mongolians Ochil-kun and Munkh-kun (2nd year) were not satisfied to finish runner-up: the Mongolian team with the 2 on position 2 and 3 lost 0-3 to Japan in the final. Ochil-kun also finished 3rd in the individual heavy weight division. http://www.townnews.co.jp/0607/2019/11/02/504678.html 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
