Consistent performances at the rank of sekiwake saw goeido being promoted to ozeki for the september tournament. Akebono wins his 9th yusho, and first for over two years, by defeating takanohana twice on the final day, once in regulation and once in a playoff after both yokozuna finish on 2. The sumo association announce that the nagoya tournament in the year 2020 will start a week earlier than normal to avoid clashing with that years tokyo summer olympics which is scheduled to begin on july 24, 2020. We have an ad for some sumo audio books by the great author charles thickens at 1. The final sumo tournament of the year, the kyushu basho, was an exciting one and leaves a lot to talk about moving into 2014. A guide to the basho the bimonthly sumo tournaments. The honbasho official sumo tournaments are held on. Please be sure to check out kintamayamas day 3 recap video. List of sumo tournament top division champions wikipedia. After many years in the junior sanyaku ranks, he reached the second highest rank of ozeki in january 2012. This led to his promotion to the rank of ozeki on november 30, 2005. Hes lost a good couple of years at least to injuries though. The official sumo basho tournaments take place six times a year, beginning in january and then occurring every other month through november. Sumo kyushu basho the winner ceremony for yokozuna hakuho the king of the ring by kieko m.
On the final day of the kyushu tournament, kisenosato is defeated by new ozeki kototshogiku to finish on 105. Hakuho announces that he will undergo surgery on the toe injury that hampered him from the ninth day of the nagoya basho and led to his withdrawal from the. Sumo kyushu basho 2014 proper final day, november 23rd. Till the end of the basho full houses are guaranteed because today also saw the manin onrei banners. Posted november 11, 2014 also another reason i may like tsuppari is that i used to play street fighter and that was about all my knowledge of sumo til i started watching it a couple years back. Tournament champions list nihon sumo kyokai official.
Grand tournament schedule nihon sumo kyokai official. Kyushu basho, fukuoka international centre, kyushu, 9 november 23 november. Kotooshu katsunori is a former professional sumo wrestler or rikishi. The exchange is made at a tentstructure to the right of the main box office at the arena.
Kyushu basho starts soon and its time to return finally to sumo. Fukuoka a day after winning his first makuuchi division championship at the kyushu grand sumo tournament, upandcoming komusubi takakeisho said monday he slept like a. Mongolia and japan have agreed on the principles, including the removal of duties. Sumo wrestlers ranked in the top two divisions makuuchi and juryo wrestle once each day, while those of the lower divisions wrestle seven times, approximately once every alternate day. Sumo properest aki basho 2014 day 11, september 24. Yokozuna hakuho performs the dohyoiri ceremony at the meiji shrine in front of hundreds of sumo fans to mark the new year 8. That brings us to our sole leader of the kyushu basho, yokozuna kakuryu, who headed into the day at 90 and was. Everyone was already getting sick of the endo story before the basho started. I remember being impressed by him when i first started watching sumo back in 20082009, and i always thought he might be ozeki material. Getting tickets to a sumo match held in tokyo, osaka, nagoya and fukuoka can be done on the day of the match, but it is best to book tickets in advance as the good seats are usually snapped up very fast. The first table below lists the champions since the six tournament system instituted in 1958.
The tokyo basho are held at the kokugikan in ryogoku. Basho, fukuoka kokusai center, kyushu basho rankings, november 9, november 23. Kakuryu another mongolian was promoted 71st yokozuna in 2014. The winner, yokozunaranked harumafuji captured his sixth career championship with a record of 14 1. We hurried back each evening and made sure we watched at least some of the last hours bouts. For extra fun, i think itd be nice to learn a few japanese phrases. If tochinoshin wins tomorrow, 10 wins next basho should be enough for an ozeki promotion. Sumo proper kyushu basho 2014 day 2, november 10th. Sumo kyushu basho 2018 final day, november 25thsecond half. After a 2 day stop day 3 had 5250 and after 20 years again a kyushu day 4 was declared a full house, with 5600 spectators. I dont speak a word of japanese beyond watashi wa neko desu and i enjoy being more vocal in my spectating of sumo than i am in day to day life. The championship is determined by the wrestler with the highest winloss score after fifteen bouts, held at a rate of one per day over the duration of the 15 day tournament. The second last bout of day 9 will undoubtedly go down as one of the best and most important of the 2017 nagoya basho. Kyushu 2014 aki 2014 nagoya 2014 natsu 2014 haru 2014 hatsu 2014.
Watching a sumo wrestling match in japan is highlyrecommended if you come during tournament time. If you want to play with us the french game higashiounishi eastorwest, you can be registered here. There are six, fifteenday sumo tournaments basho held in japan each year in. Kyushu basho november sumo tournament results and recap. The first aim for most wrestlers is to achieve kachikoshi, or a majority of wins, and thus ensure a promotion for the next tournament. Internet sumo pool picks 10 november, 2019 to 24 november, 2019 day 9 monday, 18 november, 2019 login create sumogames user forgot password. Tournament venue advanced tickets are sold from sumo ranking is announced on first day. The kyushu basho didnt exactly get off to a roaring start, but solid performances by the two yokozuna and two of the ozeki saved the day in the end. News on japan, business news, opinion, sports, entertainment and more. Kakuryus victory in march saw him promoted to become the sports 71st yokozuna. Sumo aki basho 2014 final day, september 28th 2014 duration.
September 2014 day 12 hakuho v kisenosato by jasons all sumo channel. Consequently, the sumo game natsu basho will also be cancelled. The yokozuna hakuho won five of the six tournaments taking his total of yusho to 32 to equal the record of taiho. Day seven is in the books and kitakachiyama is the sole leader of makuuchi. There are six basho tournaments a year, held every odd month in tokyo jan, may and sept, osaka mar nagoya jul and kyushu nov. Each day, you will choose in one side of the banzuke 7 wrestlers arranged as follows. Higashiounishi kyushu basho 06 sumo games sumo forum. In recent years, sumo has lost some of the popularity it enjoyed in the 1990s so that tickets are not usually sold out. The following are the events in professional sumo during 1996. At the hatsu basho in tokyo, takanohana, winner of 22 tournament championships, announces his retirement from sumo after eight years as a yokozuna, after suffering three defeats in the first seven days. Tips for watching sumo wrestling in japan in 2020 and 2021.
Harumafuji, looking to add to his kyushu basho title in november, was overturned at the edge of the ring. Kyushu 2014 general talk page 2 honbasho talk sumo. Fukuoka in november 2nd to 4th sunday at kokusai center. It is the first time that takanohana and akebono alone have.
This article was originally posted on may 21, 2014 but has been updated for 2020. One more to go in 2019, so we head south to fukuoka for the kyushu basho. Takakeisho reflects after first career championship the. Hakuhos victory at the march 2019 tournament grand sumo. We made our first trip to japan from 16 october to 25 november 20.
In many ways, its the best of the annual sumo tournaments because fukuoka is the smallest host city. Kyushu basho, fukuoka international centre, kyushu, 9 23 november. Hakuho all 15 bouts on kyushu basho november 2019 by without limits. Want to get daily sumo news directly to your mailbox.
On a match day, the matches of the junior wrestlers begin at 9 am, and. He has been runnerup in a tournament four times and has earned nine special prizes. He made his professional debut in 2002, and reached the top makuuchi division in 2004 at the age of just 18. Its the last tournament of the year in mid november in fukuoka. In january 2014 kotooshu obtained japanese citizenship, a requirement of becoming an. I bought a book by david shapiro sumo a pocket guide 1989 revised 1995.
We began watching the 20 kyushu basho or tournament on day 1 10 november and by day 3, wed chosen harumafuji and hakuho to barrack for because they looked cool and invincible. Aki basho, ryogoku kokugikan, tokyo, 721 september. The most intense match of the tournament pitted ozeki kisenosato against yokozuna hakuho on a day 14 matchup. However, the sumo association had already indicated earlier in the day that his record was good enough for ozeki promotion. The mongolianborn wrestler is the first yokozuna to pull out from the first day since asashoryu did so at the 2008 kyushu basho. Three of the six sumo tournaments take place in tokyo at the ryogoku kokugikan sumo arena, in tokyos oldfashioned ryogoku neighborhood, with the other three held in osaka, nagoya and fukuoka. The full report will become available on 30 november. The mongolian barged into his counterpart after the initial crash, but shohozan, who was 123 in his native fukuoka in november, was able to pivot and floor the yokozuna with a. You must have every member of your group present to get the tickets.
Plenty to talk about from the evershifting ozeki picture all the way down to an exciting juryo debut. The voucher must be exchanged for your tickets between 9. Each day of the tournament starts with lower division wrestlers and builds up to the top division as the day goes on. Thanks i never noticed there are daily deadlines as well. At the nagoya basho, takanonami is eliminated from the yusho race on the. If you arrive without any childrenseniors, they may not give you your tickets. The kyushu basho is one of six annual grand tournaments of sumo. I use it mostly for the daily games to tell the truth. A cd of a song performed by a group of ten sumo coaches calling themselves the oyakata allstars and also featuring the sumo associations official mascot goes on sale at the kokugikan 11. Sumo kyushu basho 2018 final day, november 25thsecond half in english.
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