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Dudes a legend. That video has been around a while though, so probably a repost. Yeah Ikioi does amazing enka. The most classically trained out of all of them for sure. Harumafuji is/was also pretty talented, and Kakuryu surprised everyone with a very nice bass voice in the Hakkiyoi video.
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Baruto has a giggly teddy bear personality so holy poo poo is that a perfect casting. That rocks. Didn't recognize him at all until you said to take the closer look - just about fell out of my chair.
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Feb 16, 2018 02:21
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Dr.Radical posted:I think it’s most possible it was another rikishi and not just some other huge famous guy. But apparently it was a rikishi famous enough to draw a crowd and have bodyguards. I wish I was there to see who it was but I actually missed it by minutes. I was on my way home from work, got a haircut at that station, got a message from my wife saying she was there and I thought “Meh, we’ll just meet at home later.” and went home. If I had met her, I would have seen whoever it was. I didn’t know Kise wasn’t married before I looked, it’s pretty standard for them to be married by his age. Come to think of it, I wonder how many Yokozuna in modern history have not been married when they made the rank Harumafuji maybe, if he's still slumming around in Japan? He's got 2 kids though.
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Feb 26, 2018 01:09
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Dr.Radical posted:She says she knows Kisenosato’s face and swears it was him. I dunno, maybe he was with other family? This was in Chiba, not far from his native Ibaraki. We’ll never know and it bugs me I was gonna say - did she know it was his wife, or did she assume when it could have been a sister and a niece/nephew?
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Feb 26, 2018 04:25
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It's my thread and I'll play if I drat well want. Y/O: Takayasu / Goeido / Hakuho S/K: Mitakeumi/ Ichinojo/ Tochinoshin M1-5: Takakeisho / Tamawashi / Shodai M6-10: Hokutofuji/ Okinoumi / Yoshikaze M11+: Ikioi / Aoiyama / Tochiozan
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Mar 5, 2018 04:05
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Rigel posted:Sumo is not, and will not be an olympic sport in 2020. Yup - opening ceremony, torch-bearing, general media kind of stuff. Although that would be hilarious to see him represent Mongolia in the Tokyo Olympics and make quick work of the gold medal.
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Mar 8, 2018 21:08
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Holy cow! I was expecting to find out he was still in a coma or dead, but this is crazy. How the hell can you still be thinking about wrestling when you barely survived heart failure? If you weren't aware of this story, Akebono was put into a medical coma when he had these issues shortly after a pro wrestling match. This was back in April of 2017, and there had been ZERO updates since then that most of us were aware of. Kintamayama posted:
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Mar 9, 2018 15:23
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pseudodragon posted:Also it sounds crazy to us, but training and performing, whether it’s in the sumo or pro wrestling ring has been the only life he’s known for the past 30 years. Lots of people when they go through something like that will want to beat whatever it is they have and go back to their normal life. It’s just that his idea of a normal life was pretty crazy to begin with. Basically the plot of The Wrestler. 
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Mar 9, 2018 16:42
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I will never stop marveling at Tochinoshin's lower body build. Takarafuji is as lean and buff as a sumo wrestler comes, and Tochinoshin's lower half absolutely dwarfs Takarafuji's.
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Mar 11, 2018 18:40
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Sumo just needs to be 15 daily matches between Ichinojo and Tochinoshin. 
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Mar 13, 2018 15:23
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Tsaedje posted:Very pleased with Kakuryu so far. Meanwhile, the Ozeki really aren't making the most of the weakened top order To be fair, the Ozeki schedule typically starts out with S/K and M1. The middle 8-10 days or so are the ones where they should go on a tear if they're going to be taken seriously.
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Mar 14, 2018 19:09
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hot date tonight! posted:Sure there's a little variation in his kimarite, but it was all standard stuff, kimarite you see 100 times a basho. Just push outs and slap downs. I can appreciate that win against Chiyotairyu, his sumo just didn't feel above and beyond the crowd to me. Endo didn't look outwardly impressive, but for those who have watched a lot of sumo he very much deserved the award. He played some excellent defensive sumo against some ferocious attacks and won multiple bouts that I was sure he was going to lose. It's hard to appreciate performances like Endo's and Kakuryu's without having observed enough sumo to see the tactical games that go on in the middle of the flurry of palms. I've been watching almost 9 years and I'm just now getting to where I can identify the kimarite (before it's displayed on the screen) at even a 50% rate.
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Mar 28, 2018 16:49
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WindyMan posted:Yeah but who won?? We all win because the world got incrementally better by the existence of that video.
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Mar 30, 2018 00:39
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Fluffdaddy posted:He’s only 25!? To be honest I thought he was even younger. I'm not sure he ever lost his baby fat at any age in his life. And to put it in perspective, Hakuho was 22 when he became Yokozuna, as was Asashoryu.
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Martytoof posted:I’m not sure what it is that I was expecting but the sumo museum in Tokyo was probably the most disappointing thing on this whole trip. One room with some photos and old banzuke. The end. I believe Sadogatake is one of the easier ones to get into for watching practice. That's where all the Koto- rikishi are from, which includes Kotooshu and Kotoshogiku. Also go eat at a chanko-nabe restaurant and bring home the souvenir of extra weight. And don't be afraid of the junior rikishi, who probably are barely recognized in their own hometowns. You ain't poo poo til you're in the paid ranks.
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