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Good news: Ishiura won. Bad news: Ishiura shaved.
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Nov 23, 2016 17:54
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At this point, I don't think it is possible anymore for this basho to be a disappointment in any way. There's a chance that this could be the most entertaining tournament in a long time.
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Nov 23, 2016 17:56
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Sokokurai for win of the day - that throw, holy poo poo
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Nov 23, 2016 18:39
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Japanese media are reporting that if Ishiura wins tomorrow, then from Day 13+, he will face wrestlers in the Sanyaku until he loses.
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Nov 23, 2016 20:05
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Rigel posted:Japanese media are reporting that if Ishiura wins tomorrow, then from Day 13+, he will face wrestlers in the Sanyaku until he loses. makes sense. He has a real shot at the win and it would be garbage if the toughest opponent he got was ikioi. He did shave off his super powers though :/
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Nov 23, 2016 20:16
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Rigel posted:At this point, I don't think it is possible anymore for this basho to be a disappointment in any way. There's a chance that this could be the most entertaining tournament in a long time. 
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Was flicking through Ishiura's twitter to see if there was anything about his workout regime and found this from when he was 16: https://twitter.com/ghetto_stone/status/739845440498061312 Uncle Jam posted:Also he's in the same heya as Hakuho. From what I understand, Hakuho actually scouted him himself. At least, Hakuho usually refers to him as his apprentice (内弟子) in his tweets. Elissimpark fucked around with this message at 02:25 on Nov 24, 2016 |
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Nov 24, 2016 02:23
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thats a good rear end handle. I think I found a new favorite rikishi
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Nov 24, 2016 03:23
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Apparently he studied English in Australia for a while before deciding to get back into sumo. I'd like to hear him speak
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Nov 24, 2016 05:19
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Day 12, and it's great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duwGcj48Uxk Terunofuji saves his rank by beating Hakuho! Kisenosato beats all three yokozuna! Anything can happen now!
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Nov 24, 2016 18:33
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If he doesn't perform a miracle, this will be the longest Hakuho has gone without a yusho or jun-yusho since he became a Yokozuna (a whole 3 basho in a row!)
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Nov 24, 2016 19:24
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Kakuryu is a goddamn magician with his grips. You can only see what he's doing in the slo mo most of the time. Cannot wait to see how the last 3 days play out.
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Nov 25, 2016 05:14
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Day 13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR0kZ9ZTzRI
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Nov 25, 2016 18:22
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Ahahahaha get hosed Kisenosato
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Nov 25, 2016 18:55
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Tochinoshin is alright.
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Nov 25, 2016 20:48
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So this calendar year there have been 7 Ozeki performances that have left them kadoban (2xGoeido 2xKotoshogiku 3xTerunofuji), but then Kotoshogiku and Goeido have each won tournaments this year. Kisenosato has been very consistent for the last two years, and won't finish worse than 67-23. Terunofuji has clearly been struggling with a lot of injuries, but has still done enough to maintain his rank in spite of them. I don't think you can reasonably argue that any of them aren't good enough to be Ozeki, but are any of them ever going to be able to go further? Meanwhile Hakuho could easily lose against Harumafuji and Goeido and record his first ever single digit score as Yokozuna and his worst uninjured result for 10 years. Does he have enough enthusiasm left for another 3 or 4 basho in order to pass Chiyonofuji and Kaio's win record? Is that even a target he cares about? Also Tochinoshin owns
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Tsaedje posted:I don't think you can reasonably argue that any of them aren't good enough to be Ozeki, but are any of them ever going to be able to go further? If Goeido gets his poo poo together he could potentially, when he's on he's really really good. But he's really inconsistent. Koto is a one trick pony (it's a good trick though), so no way there. IDK about Kise or Terunofuji.
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Tsaedje posted:I don't think you can reasonably argue that any of them aren't good enough to be Ozeki, but are any of them ever going to be able to go further? If Goeido gets more consistent, definitely, but the rest are doubtful in my mind. Giku is too one-dimensional, Terunofuji just can't seem to stay healthy, and Kise appears to not have the mental fortitude for the task. Also, I haven't seen any mention by Hakuho of looking to break the record, but why the hell not if he's this close? He could easily take the record by this time next year. He can still clearly go, but if he doesn't put up 11 or more wins each time he might just call it a day since he doesn't seem to be the accumulator record holder type. Plus, he holds pretty much every record that he can realistically attain aside from Consecutive Wins (which I don't see him getting now) and Number of Basho at Yokozuna (he needs 7 more to take that record).
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Nov 26, 2016 02:47
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I think probably Kisenosato could do it but he's only 6 months younger than Hakuho and Kakuryu and older than Goeido so he's running out of time. Even if all the yokozuna retire its not going to help him much though, he always loses to young guys.
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Nov 26, 2016 03:59
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Tochinoshin is great. Never going to get tired of him hauling huge dudes around (when he's uninjured). Ishiura shouldn't've shaved, lost all his drat power.
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I wish I could find it again on SumoForum but I remember Kisenosato's winrate being statistically better than Kakuryu as well as many past Yokozuna. Kisenosato puts up very consistent numbers, he just has a bad habit of choking up at the wrong time.
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I would have slated Terunofuji to become a Yokozuna when he was doing such great gently caress off sumo but loving injuries, man. So disappointing to me.
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Nov 26, 2016 11:04
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Day 14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l56MlBfUmec Congrats Kakuryu  Now I feel silly for wondering if he would be gone soon.
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Nov 26, 2016 14:50
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Kotoyuki  Ishiura robbed it seems
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Nov 26, 2016 15:24
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Day 15: https://youtu.be/ZuQQWAw_-dcTotallyGreen posted:M13 to M3 for Endo - Gonna be a rough ride. Hopefully he's up to it. It's never fun to see 12-3 followed by like 3-12. TotallyGreen fucked around with this message at 08:42 on Nov 28, 2016 |
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Nov 28, 2016 08:38
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Show this to all your friends that think sumo is just pigs colliding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnnCgRA6NKk What a year that was.
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Nov 28, 2016 20:13
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drat, some really good poo poo in there.
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There's already a Wakaichiro fan channel in Youtube Japan. Anyway, they have all 3 of his maezumo fights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mn9g7wkwfI (no sound) Unfortunately maezumo was a bit weird this time so the top 3 guys never fought each other. 80% of the entrants were from Isegahama beya so they couldn't fight each other, so the 3 non-isegahama guys fought them and none of the Isegahama guys won once. Wakaichiro is in Musashigawa-beya. Musashigawa-beya is led by ex-Musashimaru Yokozuna and opened 3 years ago. He's part Samoan so I don't think the lovely stuff that happened with Brodi will happen here. This is a TV program about the heya but Wakaichiro was going through the joining process so he isn't in it, but you can see what the lifestyle is like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JCy4KblYpc
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Uncle Jam posted:There's already a Wakaichiro fan channel in Youtube Japan. Anyway, they have all 3 of his maezumo fights. Lol at that third matchup.
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I didn't hear. What happened with the Canadian guy, Brodi?
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Dr.Radical posted:I didn't hear. What happened with the Canadian guy, Brodi? Word is that he was bullied by other wrestlers, and was also suffering from injury, so he retired.
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Dr.Radical posted:I didn't hear. What happened with the Canadian guy, Brodi? People are being extremely hushed about it, bullying is one of the predominant ideas. There's also a good amount of evidence that his Oyakata was being pretty negligent, some Japanese tabloids even accusing him of not supplying enough food for his Rikishi.
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There's also the fact that his early results weren't that good, it was clear that he wasn't going to be sekitori anytime soon. Of course, an untreated injury could be to blame for that.
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hot date tonight! posted:People are being extremely hushed about it, bullying is one of the predominant ideas. There's also a good amount of evidence that his Oyakata was being pretty negligent, some Japanese tabloids even accusing him of not supplying enough food for his Rikishi. Where can I get these tabloids and what are their names? I'd be totally into reading some gossip.
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It also turned out he was at the hospital undergoing dialysis most of the day because his kidneys had failed. It was pretty much a mess of a situation. Anyway heres the link to the tabloids. http://www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2016/10051600/?all=1 http://www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2016/10060700/?all=1 http://www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2016/10070700/?all=1
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Nov 29, 2016 14:39
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Dr.Radical posted:Where can I get these tabloids and what are their names? I'd be totally into reading some gossip. I totally remembered blogsposts as tabloids, my bad. I don't know Japanese so I'm going off translations from people on Sumoforum but here's the source. http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/topic/35313-nishikido-situation-split-from-kyujo-thread/?do=findComment&comment=309259
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Bummer. I'd like to read some true newsstand gossip rags Edit: I meant like actually getting a physical paper but the websites are cool too. Thanks! Dr.Radical fucked around with this message at 04:05 on Nov 30, 2016 |
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Nov 30, 2016 01:42
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The Banzuke is up for the New Year Basho. No big surprises. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/sumo/rankings/2017-new-year-basho/
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And if you like little pictures (especially Takayasu's magnificent mage rising from the bottom of your browser window...): http://www.sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoBanzuke Man, something real nice about that banzuke. No surprises, true, but good to see Osunaarashi back in makuuchi.
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