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SUMO SCRIBBLINGS

SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Mar 30, 2010
And then there were three (foreign ozeki, that is)
Depending on the exact timing decided upon by the Sumo Association, sometime this week, sekiwake Baruto of Onoe Beya will receive an official visit from members of the association to advise him of his promotion to the sport's second rank — that of ozeki.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Mar 3, 2010
Are surprises in store at Haru Basho?
With all eyes on the shenanigans surrounding Asashoryu in recent weeks, Hakuho’s elaborate wedding celebrations in various locations around the country, and a new nationality rule in sumo that essentially limits a stable to one foreign-born rikishi at a time (even if the rikishi does later change his nationality), few have really given any thought as to what might happen down in Osaka starting the end of next week.
Japan Times
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Feb 16, 2010
Where were the Japanese voices when the overseas fans declared Asa innocent?
In the last issue of Sumo Scribblings following the Hatsu Basho, mention was made of Asashoryu's self-destructive mindset in relation to the then recent allegations that he had up and punched somebody following a night on the beer in a plush neighborhood of Tokyo.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jan 26, 2010
Late-night frolics mar Asa's 25th yusho
Asashoryu Akinori, to call him by his full Japanese name, remains as divisive as ever in the world of Japanese sumo.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jan 6, 2010
Hatsu 2010 — time to rise and shine for Koto, Kise and Go
With holiday decorations now back in the box and vacations ending for most people, the 700 men active in sumo are once again warming up the muscles, stretching the limbs and preparing for combat.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Dec 23, 2009
One step at a time — sumo needs to change
As 2009 draws to a close, the sport of sumo can look back on a year largely free from scandal. Pleasing perhaps for many of the conservative elements in and around the sport, but 2010, could well prove the year in which relative young bloods in the ruling stablemaster elite take steps towards advancing a more progressive agenda.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Dec 1, 2009
Hakuho notches another, while Kaio once again raises eyebrows
With the presentation of the Emperor's Cup to yokozuna Hakuho on Sunday evening Nov. 29, the first decade of sumo in the 21st century came to a thundering close. Hakuho (15-0) had just dispatched fellow yokozuna Asashoryu with a wonderful uwatenage throwing technique to claim his 12th top-flight trophy to date, and excellent performances over the fortnight by maegashira men Tochinoshin (12-3), Miyabiyama (12-3) and Yoshikaze (10-5) will all be rewarded with impressive promotions next basho.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Nov 10, 2009
Will two of sumo's top dogs retire at Kyushu 2009?
Kyushu 2009 will, if for nothing else, be remembered as the tournament in which the old warhorse ozeki Kaio breaks former sekiwake Takamiyama's long-standing record of 97 basho in the sport's top flight. For Kaio — Kyushu will be number 98.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Oct 23, 2009
Sumo Association bypasses Europe again in its trip to Vegas
The Nihon Sumo Kyokai — the Japanese Sumo Association — recently announced it is once again considering an overseas jaunt. Destination this time? Sin City — Las Vegas, Nevada. Again!
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Sep 29, 2009
Life in the old dog yet: Asashoryu picks up number 24
What better way could there possibly be for a sumotori to celebrate his birthday than to be presented with the Emperor’s Cup, having earlier the same day picked up his 24th basho in a career that will, statistically, always be regarded as one of the best in sumo history?
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Sep 8, 2009
Not even sumo can outmaneuver swine flu
No one is immune to the current swine flu pandemic, not even professional sumo.
Japan Times
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Aug 20, 2009
How to view sumo up close and in person: asageiko
To many Japanese, the closest they will ever get to a sumotori — just one of several words employed in Japanese to describe a professional sumo wrestler, — is at one of the six annual honbasho tournaments held in Tokyo (3), Osaka (1), Nagoya (1) and Fukuoka (1).
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jul 28, 2009
Dejima bows out as Hakuho picks up another Emperor's Cup
In July 1999, longtime Musashigawa Beya sekitori Dejima Takeharu won his first and only career Emperor's Cup after defeating former yokozuna Akebono in a play-off victory.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jul 8, 2009
Nagoya the testing stage once more — just as in 2008
As the long hot summer descends on Japan, and the people of Nagoya prepare for the annual visit of the Japanese Sumo Association, this year's basho, like that held last year, looks like being make-or-break basho for at least one rikishi in terms of reaching a career high.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jun 16, 2009
Will another Mongolian yokozuna come out of the Nagoya Basho?
The Nagoya Basho 2009 is just around the corner. Several rikishi in makunouchi, notably Kakuryu of Mongolia and Aran of Russia, will be fighting at career-high ranks, yet the majority of eyes will be on one of the lightest men in the division as he strives for yokozuna promotion. That man is Harumafuji — an ozeki fighting out of Isegahama Beya in Tokyo, a Mongolian and the winner of the May Summer tournament in Tokyo last month.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
May 26, 2009
The dawning of a new era for sumo?
In statistics alone, Asashoryu Akinori may go down as one of the greatest yokozuna of sumo in the modern era, but at the close of the Summer 2009 Grand Sumo Tournament, much of the talk was about when he would retire.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
May 7, 2009
Natsu beckons as Hakuho and Asashoryu prepare to go head-to-head
In the fortnight ahead of the annual Natsu Summer Basho, there is always something of a lull in the sumo world.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Apr 29, 2009
Is sumo truly the Japanese national sport?
For the 140 or so years non-Japanese have known of the existence of sumo, many have referred to it as Japan's national sport. But are they correct about the status of this ancient form of wrestling found only in these islands, misinformed entirely, or just partly right?
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Mar 31, 2009
Hakuho remains on course to challenge the all-time greats
In the month he turned 24 years of age, Yokozuna Hakuho Sho will leave the city of Osaka, site of the March Haru Basho, an Emperor's Cup winner for the 10th time.
Japan Times
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Mar 11, 2009
Catwalks for the King, a shot at glory for his underlings
With the Spring Basho less than two weeks away now, sumo fans might be forgiven for thinking something is amiss given the lack of any real news coming out of Osaka.
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