Kyushu 2024 discussion (results)

[Akinomaki 40,766]

Again the early PR event for the Kyushu basho: touch the belly of a popular rikisihi, today at the canal city Hakata in Fukuoka https://canalcity.co.jp/news/event/3998

Of course with the Kyushu locals Sadanoumi, Shodai and Hiradoumi, plus the everywhere popular Ura - and new ex-Tenkaiho (Kumamoto) - possibly in the team now - in for Ichiyamamoto, who still appears on the PR photos. With also Kyushu team oyakata Shiranui and Onogawa (likely the one plans this event). First talk, then singing, then the new Kyushu chief Asakayama, then the touching.

rikishi appear after 22min in the live stream:

for 200 via the fan club and 50 via the Canal City facility. Advance sales start on Sept. 14th, the pre-advance ticket lotteries on August 16th

Probably they will also have a poster contest again

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Edited November 9, 2024 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 40,766]

The NSK has again a poster campaign, calling for designs https://poster.sumo.or.jp/

Posters of the years before - details as PDF https://poster.sumo.or.jp/PosterWorks

- the whole Kyushu prefectures series with Kotoeko and other designs are not among those shown: only available on the main site for the basho - the posters that will be used are published there in September

3 oyakata from the Kyushu team were at the prefectural office of Miyazaki on the 12th: Onogawa, the vice governor, Mihogaseki (from Saga pref., Kyushu), Shiranui

They presented the plan for a collaboration with Miyazaki prefecture: around the prefecture in shopping areas etc. PR before the basho with posters and banners etc., special booths with Miyazaki produce on sale during the basho vid

[Katooshu 3,332]

  On 14/06/2024 at 08:30, Akinomaki said:

Not the most difficult game of 'guess who wasn't a rikishi'

Edited June 25, 2024 by Katooshu

[Akinomaki 40,766]

The first ticket lottery for Kyushu has started today, for sekiwake course and above fanclub members. The 2nd for makuuchi course and above is from the 23rd till the 26th - costs of 550 yen to change from the free juryo course to that for one month, the one for the general public is from the 30th till Sept. 2nd, and general sales start on Sept. 14th - day 7 of the Aki basho. This is Kyushu, so it may take a few days till a sell-out, but it could also take only a few hours.

I have no idea if the available machine translation of the Japanese pages, which have to be used for the ticket lotteries, is good enough now to enable people without knowledge of Japanese to get tickets - it definitely is possible, but even for Japanese it may be difficult to do the necessary steps to get tickets.

[Morning 85]

Is the fanclub open to people with an address, phone number and credit card from outside Japan.

[Akinomaki 40,766]

  On 16/08/2024 at 18:04, Morning said:

Is the fanclub open to people with an address, phone number and credit card from outside Japan.

The fanclub yes, but sumo.pia, where the tickets are sold, needs a Japanese address for the registration on the Japanese side - you can pick the data of the kokugikan or any other known address.

[Yarimotsu 591]

  On 16/08/2024 at 21:07, Akinomaki said:

The fanclub yes, but sumo.pia, where the tickets are sold, needs a Japanese address for the registration on the Japanese side - you can pick the data of the kokugikan or any other known address.

I was registering following your post, the fanclub asks for a phone number when upgrading to paid - I will be interested to see if the phone and payment method can be foreign or if there will be difficulties

[Akinomaki 40,766]

  On 16/08/2024 at 22:08, Yarimotsu said:

I was registering following your post, the fanclub asks for a phone number when upgrading to paid - I will be interested to see if the phone and payment method can be foreign or if there will be difficulties

I had no problem with my German credit card, I registered at the fanclub with my twitter and I don't think I had been asked for a phone number when upgrading.

[Akinomaki 40,766]

Plenty of coverage for the first time of new Kyushu chief Asakayama with his team doing the traditional PR at the Fukuoka governor's office

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- news clips from 4 TV channels all the with the same contents - the last 2 also with lower res versions on YT

and earlier at the city hall

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Edited September 6, 2024 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 40,766]

Sales have started, but it is still Kyushu: only the last 2 days sold out so far https://sumo.pia.jp/ticket11.jsp

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they have an extra site for the basho https://sumo-kyushu.jp/

Asakayama yesterday was home in Nogata to do PR at the city hall, with the top poster, apparently

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Y74h7i4gQ

Kyushu posters from the campaign are on display at the basho - they called for votes for the favourites

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the Kyushu team presents the best - those selected get the new sumo calender

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Edited September 14, 2024 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 40,766]

Thanks to an Onosato boost, sales go well for Kyushu: all chair seats sold out, weekends and Fridays sold out completely, the rest also mostly only a few left https://sumo.pia.jp/ticket11.jsp

[Tsuchinoninjin 1,276]

  On 29/09/2024 at 13:24, Akinomaki said:

Thanks to an Onosato boost, sales go well for Kyushu: all chair seats sold out, weekends and Fridays sold out completely, the rest also mostly only a few left https://sumo.pia.jp/ticket11.jsp

Thanks for the reminder... got a masu for the 4th day.

[Akinomaki 40,766]

New chief Asakayama for his first Kyushu basho today had the photo shoot with his team after the gomen-fuda was erected 

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Edited September 30, 2024 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 40,766]

Asakayama on the 8th was at the Fukuoka prefectural assembly for the start of the "Kyushu basho support club" - consisting of all assembly members.

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The governor said that the Kyushu basho is indispensable for Kyushu as a whole and especially for Fukuoka

[Akinomaki 40,766]

  On 14/09/2024 at 07:04, Akinomaki said:

Kyushu posters from the campaign are on display at the basho

The 3 main and the locals posters for the 9 Kyushu prefectures on the basho attraction page https://www.sumo.or.jp/Watching/guide/Nov/room/626/#poster

are still from last year, as are the goods etc. - hopefully they'll update that till the basho.

Tickets are heading for complete sell-out, only for days 3-5 a few masu seats remain. Tickets for the day are to be sold at the venue -  if there are some left https://sumo.pia.jp/vacant/va11.jsp (the page is usually a bit behind - remaining tickets: https://sumo.pia.jp/ticketInformation.do?eventCd=2427475&rlsCd=005)

- apparently the tickets reserved to be only sold on that day are abolished completely

Edited October 20, 2024 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 40,766]

The top made the traditional call to the governor of Fukuoka - chief Asakayama with Onosato, Kotozakura and Terunofuji (without Hoshoryu)

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also one to the mayor of Fukuoka

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Terunofuji said he wants to be in the basho (I guess he'll go kyujo on day 2) - he can't train yet

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the basho is completely sold out by now

Edited November 6, 2024 by Akinomaki

[Itachiyama 119]

Does anybody has a list with the Heya lodgings in Fukuoka?

[Akinomaki 40,766]

  On 30/10/2024 at 15:05, Itachiyama said:

Does anybody has a list with the Heya lodgings in Fukuoka?

Ony for last year https://traveling-in-japan.hatenablog.com/entry/20231113-sumo-kyushu-lodging

- many new locations this year, I report those known in the training news, but there may be more

[Akinomaki 40,766]

  On 30/10/2024 at 15:05, Itachiyama said:

Does anybody has a list with the Heya lodgings in Fukuoka?

@i.sumo-ch on YT regularly posts the view from the sky tour with up-to-date address https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9espnn35mbU

Edited November 3, 2024 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 40,766]

  On 20/10/2024 at 07:13, Akinomaki said:

  On 14/09/2024 at 07:04, Akinomaki said:

Kyushu posters from the campaign are on display at the basho

The 3 main and the locals posters for the 9 Kyushu prefectures on the basho attraction page https://www.sumo.or.jp/Watching/guide/Nov/room/626/#poster

are still from last year, as are the goods etc. - hopefully they'll update that till the basho.

The page is updated to this year, with the 3 main posters, the campaign site has the other more than 140 posters as well, which weren't selected https://poster.sumo.or.jp/gallery/gallery2024/

Edited November 5, 2024 by Akinomaki

[RaeucherLax 290]

Does anyone here know when the Grand Sumo Preview show will be on?

There was thread on the "Honbasho" thread but it was moved and now it's gone....

[Wakawakawaka 157]

I have it set to record Thursday 11:30pm EST on NHK world Japan.

[Akinomaki 40,766]

No surprise, Terunofuji is kyujo, 2 basho in a row, 12th time in 20 basho as yokozuna. Isegahama: "Healing the body is first priority. He has to be in the Hatsu basho, we're preparing for that."

http://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2024110800366&g=spo

[Jakusotsu 6,049]

  On 08/11/2024 at 06:50, Akinomaki said:

No surprise, Terunofuji is kyujo, 2 basho in a row, 12th time in 20 basho as yokozuna.

That sounds like a sad record, but I'm too busy to check right now...

[Akinomaki 40,766]

  On 08/11/2024 at 07:05, Jakusotsu said:

That sounds like a sad record, but I'm too busy to check right now...

Kisenosato had 10 kyujo in 12 basho as yokozuna - not all full kyujo of course