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I ran into a sumo wrestler yesterday after I got off the bus. He was super kind and talked with me for a bit. He said his name was Tamaasuka. Again, he was a super nice guy. Can anyone tell me a bit more about him?
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Apr 12, 2012 22:48
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Dr.Radical posted:You met a former makuuchi (top division) wrestler! That's pretty awesome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamaasuka I got a picture with him, too. Such a nice guy. He and his family were waiting at a stoplight while going home from a public bath or something. This was in Ryogoku. It was all chance since I stayed on my bus too long and missed my normal stop. Meeting him made me want to go to some matches and cheer for him, honestly.
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Apr 12, 2012 23:59
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I've read/heard that Baruto is one of the nicest guys ever, but it's really hard to believe in things like that when they're about famous people you've never met. I know next to nothing about sumo, though. Do you know how I'd go about finding out when Tamaasuka competes and how I could get tickets for those events? I've heard that tickets are much easier to get for big events with sumo's declining popularity; I'm assuming that would be doubly true for events that don't have big headlining yokozuna/ozeki?
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Apr 13, 2012 00:10
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Fryhtaning posted:There's a lot of intro info in the OP - check it out when you have a little time to kill. I live in the area, so it would be very easy for me to hop over there to watch a tournament. My working schedule is very flexible, too. Buying tickets shouldn't be a problem once I know which ones and where to get them, since I have a Japanese bank account and live here, etc. I don't know about attire... but I wouldn't want to get him in trouble. He and his family were obviously heading home from the bathhouse, though.
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Apr 13, 2012 02:20
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I only saw a quick summary of the scores while we were flipping around looking at tornado coverage, but I did see that my man Tamaasuka won a match!
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May 6, 2012 15:37
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seorin posted:I know tarepanda is interested, though, so here's what I did find: Thank you! That's really awesome. I can't believe how I went from "I don't give a poo poo about sumo" to "THIS GUY IS AWESOME BECAUSE HE'S FRIENDLY."
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May 8, 2012 16:55
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Perhaps he has some kind of minor injury?
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Jul 11, 2012 00:01
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Oh, someone before asked about henka. I think it's really weird, actually, how henka is looked down on in sumo... because we have similar moves in kendo that are actually admired because they're very difficult to pull off well.
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Jul 24, 2012 01:30
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When I first started learning Japanese, I got a HUGE kick out of translating (real, not sumo) Japanese names as if they were Native American names. You know, Dances With Wolves and all that? "Small Flower by the Tall Bridge" "Strong Man from the Field" etc
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Sep 7, 2012 01:04
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Dr.Radical posted:Yamamotoyama actually refers to his actual last name, Yamamoto so that would be Yamamoto Mountain Are you serious? Yamamotoyama? His stable must have hated him. (I know a Japanese person named Kondou Fujichika. I've always suspected that her father was upset about getting a girl.)
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Sep 7, 2012 05:41
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Funkysauce posted:To all the Japanese speakers in the thread, where did you learn the language? I've been self teaching on and off for years now but I don't think that it works for me. I know a bunch of words and the kana memorized, but can't seem to find fluency or a good way to practice. Sorry for the derail. Three years in college for a foundation, been living in Japan since I graduated. Study a bit every day, be consistent, don't try to cram, and find ways to use your Japanese (i.e., write a lot on lang-8 or talk to Japanese people on Skype or whatever) -- if you don't use it, it's really hard for your brain to build any kind of useful context for all of the stuff you're cramming in, which in turn retards fluency. Also, there is a Japanese language thread (http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3438030) and a subreddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/learnjapanese). The former tends to be more populated by intermediate-advanced learners who just want to argue about or discuss obscure things and shoot the poo poo (not that there's anything wrong with either of those, it's just where people are at) and the latter is populated by lots and lots of beginners.
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Sep 8, 2012 02:23
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