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I am absolutely honored to share the M11 West rank with my boy Tochi this basho, and will endeavor to apply my brand of sumo to 2023. Y/O: Takakeisho S/K: Wakatakakage Wakamotoharu Shodai M1-5: Tobizaru Tamawashi Daieisho M6-10: Myogiryu Hiradoumi Oho M11+: Tochinoshin Kagayaki Mitoryu
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Tochi's looking heavier this basho, but weirdly it seems to have stabilized his knee some as he's not getting moved around as much.
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ilmucche posted:Despite his injury I will be staying with tochinoshin please. Especially after getting the rework to have him on my team S.W.O.R.D. Agent posted:I'm just putting on record that I will be dying along with Tochi! Less enthusiastic about dying with Oho, but at this point... This is my brand of fantasy sumo. Ride or die Tochinoshin.
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Bentai posted:https://twitter.com/Sumo_Jason/status/1618111920032342017 Wish this was unexpected. AFAIK, the sole English-language NHK licensee that carries the full tournament is in the UK, and has been going hyper aggro the last two basho against streams. They were harassing mbovo last time, kept showing up in his stream to spam telling people to go pay for their service if they want sumo, apparently unable to grasp that they're talking to a bunch of mostly US and Australia people who couldn't if they wanted to. Liquid Communism fucked around with this message at 08:22 on Jan 25, 2023 |
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Kenning posted:I'll admit I'm feeling sorta glum this basho with the mass striking of all of the classic channels. I'll probably end up using Natto, I'm just bummed out. Between that and Tochi getting punted to Juryo, I'm bummed as well.
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Y/O: Takakeisho S/K: Hoshoryu Wakamotoharu Kotonowaka M1-5: Kotoshoho Onosho Midorifuji M6-10: Papayasu Hokutofuji AOIYAMA M11+: Oho Hokuseiho Kinbozan A terrible banzuke without Tochi, but I will preservere.
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Log082 posted:Shodai Nice to hear crowds again, and fat stacks of kenshokin are back in the later matches.
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You see these numbers? This is what happens without Tochinoshin.
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That is some high end sumo thinking.
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pseudodragon posted:For Tochi specifically, most Ozeki level guys retire before they drop too far. If anything, there's pressure the other way to save dignity and not disappear into the masses. Of course most of those guys have/can get a kabu for retirement so they have something to fall back on, but everyone else probably has to hang on because what else are they going to do? I suspect geopolitics have something to do with it too. He may not want to go back to Georgia just now, with Russia rattling sabers at everyone around them.
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The only thing possibly saving me from returning to juryo here is that everyone is doing poorly.
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verbal enema posted:https://youtu.be/8GsW3tQf88k Shodai has every attribute one would want out of an ozeki except consistency.
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Beeswax posted:Shodai out there literally rubbing the sleep out of his eyes before the tachiai. Immensely powerful. This is his absolute best chance ever for a yusho, with Wakatakakage out and Teru looking shaky, so he'd best wake up. Our boy Tochi is having a real rough time, he's got seven wins in the last three basho combined. I'm expecting we're going to see him retire once he hits the bottom of Juryo, just no knee left and looking like he's lot a lot of muscle. His tachi-ai today was a shadow of its former self, he straight up bounced off of a lighter Hakuyozan and was driven out in a few seconds. 
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drat. Good run, Tochinoshin. I hope his retirement is excellent.
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I'm just pleased he looks happy and at peace with retiring. He toughed it out while more beat up than anyone could reasonably expect.
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poo poo, I missed my entry timing.
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Kenning posted:gently caress, I wanna go to Meatland.
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Yeah, this early in his career he absolutely needs to be looking out for his long term health.
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Y/O: Takakeisho Hoshoryu Kirishima S/K: Daieisho Kotonowaka Nishikigi M1-5: Hokutofuji Tamawashi Shodai M6-10: Ryuden Takayasu Midorifuji M11+: Nishikifuji Atamifuji Daishoho Betting on the Yokozuna taking the month off.
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It is absurdly frustrating that NHK won't just allow foreigners to pay them for the web service that they already provide, but instead spend all this time and effort chasing streamers. Hell, I can pay $20 to pick up Willow for the summer to watch CPL cricket, why won't NHK just take my money!
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Is Tamawashi fighting hurt, or is age just catching up to him? I feel like he should have at least scraped a win by now.
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Eldoop posted:ATAMIFUJI I know, right?
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Day 13: Takakeisho wants that yusho so bad he can taste it. Prop bet for the thread: Is Shodai going 8/7 or 7/8? Liquid Communism fucked around with this message at 12:24 on Sep 22, 2023 |
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I was just looking back because I felt like I haven't seen a kinboshi in a while, and it's weird to realize that not only does this basho mark 2 years of Terunofuji being Yokozuna, but he has only put up one full basho in the last year.KungFu Grip posted:oh lmao koji kitao. a miserable bastard in both real and fake wrestling. Man was so pissed about having to wrestle and take offensive moves from former Canadian makushita John Tenta (Kototenzan) that they for real fought in the ring and Kitano grabbed a mic in and told all Japanese fans that pro wrestling was fake bullshit. He tried that poo poo on Haku as well, who took it as well as you'd imagine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90CybNh-XpA
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Archenteron posted:Tomorrow's going to be a hell of a show 100%. Potential for a very fun ending.
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Beeswax posted:If a rikishi is a one trick pony, you have every opportunity to counter it. One’s tone mad about it¨ If you're a one-trick pony who's comfortably sitting at Ozeki, it must be a drat good trick.
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Lid posted:Everyone mad about a henka to win has become the Meddling Old Men who derided it and honourphiles. it owns. As Hak said "Yokozuna sumo is winning sumo." Atamifuji was nervous as hell, so Takakeisho played him.
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Going to pick up a few of the new folks this round, as they haven't disappointed me. Yet. Y/O: Takakeisho Kirishima Terunofuji S/K: Daieisho Hokutofuji Wakamotoharu M1-5: Tobizaru Gonoyama Takayasu M6-10: Atamifuji Hokuseiho Takanosho M11+: Roga Kitanowaka Tomokaze
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Last I saw was that he was at the tour, but hadn't really done full workouts yet, so I'm leaning towards expecting him to be back in January if he's at all smart.
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I will continue to focus on doing my style of sumo, and hoping my opponents drafted Tamawashi.
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I don't mind them, but I think a lot of things that aren't henkas get called henkas. Sidestepping after impact to hip-throw an opponent is not a henka.
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anakha posted:Tochi's henka was even more hilarious given that the day before he had a controversial loss that I recall should have at least warranted a rematch. This is also late-career Tochi, with a knee that's more tape than bone, so being henka'd by him means you really, really weren't paying enough attention as he doesn't shift that fast.
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Wow, he was only 60.
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Especially in Japan, where the average is 80+.
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Y/O: Terunofuji Hoshoryu Kirishima S/K: Kotonowaka Takayasu Daieisho M1-5: Atamifuji Midorifuji Nishikigi M6-10: Kinbozan Hokuseiho Hiradoumi M11+: Onosato Oho Shimazuumi Juryo: Tochimusashi Tokihayate Shirokuma Gonna take a risk on Teru being healthier. Thanks for your ongoing work, Kenning!
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Ben Nerevarine posted:Random thoughts: Yeah, that's my feeling on him too. If he's healthy enough, he's going to be looking to either make a dominant return to prove he's still got the goods, or make one last stand to go out with a winning record.
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Goddamn, Atamifuji is having a rough start.
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One does not annoy Godzilla.
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Fluffdaddy posted:Yea, Hakuho was an rear end in a top hat when he wanted to be, especially when someone did something he didn't like. But when youre the GOAT you can do that Hakuho's assholishness usually came off as 'you pull that poo poo with me, you deserve what you get'. In other news, I'm extremely pleased with my gut pick of Onosato for this basho, he's having a good run from M15W. Bentai posted:https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2024/01/20/kiji/20240120s00005000170000c.html Probably permanently, if that really was an ACL tear. Big Dan's not likely to want to make the climb back from makushita at his age and health.
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