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Sumo Eternal Sumo thread - Currently January 2026 Tournament in Tokyo

Onosato taking over the status terunofuji succeeded from hakuho was predictable. I'm a bigger fan of hoshoryu but it's plain to see who will reign over the division.

Okui, middle aged man in white suits wearing Al Capone hat seen seated at the same ringside spot will score the perfect attendance. I wonder how he reserves the best seat for 15 consecutive days. Definitely not just money. (He owns a big construction business in the region and occasionally sponsors and helps promoting boxing world championships. )
 
JacJeanFinger said:
Onosato taking over the status terunofuji succeeded from hakuho was predictable. I'm a bigger fan of hoshoryu but it's plain to see who will reign over the division.

Okui, middle aged man in white suits wearing Al Capone hat seen seated at the same ringside spot will score the perfect attendance. I wonder how he reserves the best seat for 15 consecutive days. Definitely not just money. (He owns a big construction business in the region and occasionally sponsors and helps promoting boxing world championships. )
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I have noticed the man you talk about, seems like every basho has a special person in the very visible spots. sometimes a geisha, sometimes a guy with distinctive dress, like this one.
 
What happened to @Fork wasnt he the one always doing it? He used to @ me and stuff…

Anyway, tomorrow is going to rock, I hope takayasu finally gets it done but the other outcomes are fantastic as well, onosato winning is also great, that guy is an oncoming train with deceptive skill. I see him as a future yoko.

Or we get an insane free for all play off. Highly exited for tomorrow.

My favorite thing this basho is hoshoryu proving me right that the prmotion wasn’t deserved. I hate when they promote for the sake of promotion. When the business side wins, they didn’t want to be without a Yokozuna so they jumped the gun.

Is he Yokozuna material? For sure but when you promote someone early or as I like to say, “shodai them” you end up doing a disservice to the fighter. If hoshoryu starts sucking from now on we may have another kisemosato situation on our hands. Hope not.

Anyway those are my 2 cents this tourney.
 
BoxingMMA said:
What happened to @Fork wasnt he the one always doing it? He used to @ me and stuff…

Anyway, tomorrow is going to rock, I hope takayasu finally gets it done but the other outcomes are fantastic as well, onosato winning is also great, that guy is an oncoming train with deceptive skill. I see him as a future yoko.

Or we get an insane free for all play off. Highly exited for tomorrow.

My favorite thing this basho is hoshoryu proving me right that the prmotion wasn’t deserved. I hate when they promote for the sake of promotion. When the business side wins, they didn’t want to be without a Yokozuna so they jumped the gun.

Is he Yokozuna material? For sure but when you promote someone early or as I like to say, “shodai them” you end up doing a disservice to the fighter. If hoshoryu starts sucking from now on we may have another kisemosato situation on our hands. Hope not.

Anyway those are my 2 cents this tourney.
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Fork is busy living life and has less time to do the threads, he pops in every once in a while. I decided to make this thread because, well, there wasn't one and i wanted to exchange views with sherbros even if there's very few of us here interested in this great sport.

It would be great if Takayasu somehow managed to win, even if Onosato looks to be on a tear. I'm also quite excited for senshuraku. And yeah, i hope Hosh returns in force in May, it would be a pity if he failded since he's such an exciting fighter.
 
I'd love to see 4 man play off and Takayasu yusho even more. But something keeps telling me Abi will use good footwork and slapdown threats to make the hairy former ozeki give up on yorikiri win......and kotozakura will find his kotenage attempt a second too late.

I hope tokihayate receives at least one award and my bout of the basho goes to midorifuji vs asakoryu.

Go tamawashi
 
Third yusho for Onosato inside of a year. That's Yokozuna numbers. IF he doesn't completly fumble May, we're having another Yokozuna come July.
Feel sorry about Papayasu. so close.
 
Onosato gets the job done in a solid playoff.
May will be interesting, hopefully Hoshoryu bounces back strong and we have a strong basho from our Yokozuna and Yokozuna hopeful
 
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May tournament is here, and the big story is about Onosato possibly making Yokozuna with a win. I don't think they'll make another Yokozuna with just a jun-yusho now, after the slight Hoshoryu debacle. But if they do, i won't complain, because it's clear to everybody that Onosato as Yokozuna is just a matter of time.

Let's hope for a banger of a basho!

I'm tagging some sumo fans in here (if you don't want to be tagged in the future just say so, no problem), this is the first one where our little sumo community benefits from a stickied thread, thanks to @Valhoven .

@Stormtrooper85 @Nova44 @Fork @ChickenBrother @fishNjits @wlu.29 @JacJeanFinger @Einheri @Paolo Delutis @Sticko @RJ Green
 
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