Inside Sport Japan 762 Posted March 14, 2022 (edited) The 12th Hakuho Cup will take place on April 3rd in Ota Ward Gym (Tokyo) 600 elementary and junior high school students (approx) will take part. Closed to the public but will stream live on YouTube The 11th Hakuho Cup (2021) was cancelled because of Covid-19 Poster Image © Hakuho Cup Executive Committee Edited March 14, 2022 by Inside Sport Japan 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,167 Posted April 3, 2022 (edited) The Hakuho cup today was streamed live from dohyo A to D in the Tokyo Oota ward general gymnasium, the 5 videos (an extra switching angle one for the main dohyo) remained: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB9GFkg_KyHXOXIQ065gfiQ Gagamaru in the comment booth About 550 wampaku rikishi from all over the country took part https://www.sankei.com/article/20220403-DRKXSWWOPRII7BWVOAKKZNARTM/ Magaki, Naruto, Enho ... o The 10th Hakuho cup video is still there, so these videos will likely also remain, the (top 4) results will later appear on the official site https://hakuho-cup.com/ Son Mahato (middle school now) lost in the first round, he's doing basketball now Edited April 3, 2022 by Akinomaki 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inside Sport Japan 762 Posted April 3, 2022 34 minutes ago, Akinomaki said: About 550 wampaku rikishi from all over the world Japan. No international teams this year as Japan is still basically closed to visitors. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inside Sport Japan 762 Posted April 3, 2022 More photos on our SNS. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,167 Posted April 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Inside Sport Japan said: Japan. No international teams this year as Japan is still basically closed to visitors. I really should read one whole article and not just give a bunch of it a short look: the foreign athletes from the last Hakuho cup send a video message, which moved Magaki to tears Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,167 Posted April 3, 2022 (edited) More pics Hakuho twitter o o papers o o o o 4th years o Edited April 4, 2022 by Akinomaki 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikawa 1,794 Posted April 3, 2022 (edited) No many surprises this year to be honest, especially with prefectures like Kumamoto who didn't seem to have come to Tokyo. Grade 4 - The huge Yuya Okayama (this guy) continued on from his Primary School Championships success last year by winning the Hakuho Cup. He was the hot favourite coming into this event. What was a surprise however was Raizo "Asashoryu Impersonator" Taniyama coming in second. Raizo won the hitori-zumo (one-person sumo) competition (this video) back in 2020 when all tournaments were suspended. Grade 5 - Won by last year's Primary School Yokozuna, Komatsuryu Dojo's Kyuta Kumagai. You might remember him from when Reuters and other news agencies did a feature on him (like this one). Without Kumamoto, and hence Kyuta's biggest rival Sera Ote, there was only ever going to be one person who could have challenged him today, and that was last year's Primary School Yokozuna Hisatsugu Sasaki. Hisatsugu lost before he got to face Kyuta. Grade 6 - Kyosei Katagiri completes the triple crown of primary school sumo as he adds the Hakuho Cup to the Wanpaku Championships and Primary School Championships that he won last year. With the huge support and training he got from his new step-dad, he was just unbeatable for the past year. Middle School - Middle School Yokozuna Daiki Nishide beats former Wanpaku Yokozuna Hayato Kodama (a year lower) to win the Hakuho Cup. Not too many surprises there. Team - Won by the defending national club champions Komatsuryu Dojo (John Gunning's club), who beat Kashiwa Junior Sumo Club (Kotonowaka and Kotoshoho's club) in an exciting 3-2 match in the final. With the match at 2-2, Shurato Hirano of all people (his parents are friends of mine) stepped up and pushed his opponent out for the team victory. From couldn't find a single win at the Wanpaku to now being his team's ace and producing when it matters the most, Shurato has certainly come a long way. Edited April 3, 2022 by mikawa 4 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inside Sport Japan 762 Posted April 6, 2022 Return of Hakuho Cup a positive development for aspiring wrestlers - Japan Times 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akinomaki 40,167 Posted April 10, 2022 (edited) On 03/04/2022 at 12:36, Akinomaki said: On 03/04/2022 at 11:10, Inside Sport Japan said: Japan. No international teams this year as Japan is still basically closed to visitors. I really should read one whole article and not just give a bunch of it a short look: the foreign athletes from the last Hakuho cup send a video message, which moved Magaki to tears The news got me again today. Just like with the Hakuho cup, I only read "international tournament" and thought rikishi from outside would compete: the first event on the sumo federation schedule this year took place today, the International women's sumo select Sakai tournament, after 3 year's again, but with athletes from all over the country only. o Edited April 10, 2022 by Akinomaki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
