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The Summer Grand Tournament: Day 14

+coyote wrote 1 month ago: ○Harumafuji(13-1) vs ●Asashoryu(12-2) I attended the 14th day of the Summer Grand Tournament at the … more →

Tags: Sumo, AMA, Grand Tournament, Harumafuji, Japan, kokugikan, Ozeki, summer, tokyo

The Summer Grand Tournament: Day 6

+coyote wrote 2 months ago: “Basho-iri” : Tochiozan entered the Kokugikan All rikishi(wrestlers) except yokozuna an … more →

Tags: Sumo, AMA, dohyo-iri, Grand Tournament, Harumafuji, Japan, kokugikan, Komusubi, kotomitsuki

SUMO GOLFING SCANDAL

Mike Responts wrote 2 months ago:   NOTED GOLFER HAKUHO There’s a huge controvery currently sweeping the sports world in Japan.  … more →

Tags: sumo wrestling, Hakuho, Sumo

Sumo Champ Asashoryu Hints At Retirement

alindenauer wrote 2 months ago: Controversial sumo grand champion  Asashoryu has triggered speculation he is close to quitting the a … more →

Tags: Japan, Sports, Sumo

Asashoryu

+coyote wrote 2 months ago: Asashoryu watches Mongolian Wrestling Everyone, do you know him? He Asashoryu is a sumo rikishi(wre … more →

Tags: Sumo, Хаврын баяр, havriin bayar, Japan, mongolia, Mongolian, tokyo, Wrestling, Yokozuna

thursday sumo: he's toyotomi hideyoshi

V. wrote 2 months ago: Yokozuna Asashoryu (朝青龍) is a controversial figure–the Mongolian Grand Champion has a well-des … more →

Tags: Sumo, Japan, kotomitsuki, makiko uchidate, sumo wrestling, Toyotomi Hideyoshi

thursday sumo: Hakuho's 10

V. wrote 3 months ago: NHK did a nice little clip recap after Yokozuna Hakuho (白鵬) won his tenth championship last month.   … more →

Tags: Sumo, Haru 09, Japan, Hakuho, yusho, sumo wrestling

Sumo Ballet1 comment

びっくり wrote 4 months ago: Sunday we gathered eight people together to fill two boxes at opening day of the 2009 Osaka Sumo tou … more →

Tags: observations, 生活と文化(life and culture), 写真*photos, Humor, Japan, Sumo, Yokozuna, osaka, Ballet

The Newest Supermodel -Yokozuna Asashoryu

Ueno Murakami wrote 4 months ago: In prime Asashoryu fashion, he is in the limelight while his fellow mates are hard at work getting r … more →

Tags: Japan, Sumo, osaka, Yokozuna, grand tournament 2009, fashion model, The Japan Times Online, kyodo news

The Greatest

fuhlbruegge wrote 5 months ago: 23rd Yusho for Asashoryu! … more →

Tags: Sumo, Emperor's Cup, comeback, yusho

A mid-basho tribute to our fallen hero

Jordan wrote 12 months ago: You are gone for now, but you are never forgotten, Asashoryu! *tear* … more →

Tags: Sumo, Japan, nagoya, Basho, 2008, Tongue in Cheek, tribute

Asashoryu withdraws! Nagoya basho day 6 1 comment

Jordan wrote 12 months ago: Yokozuna Asashoryu has withdrawn on day 6 of the Nagoya basho. A couple of sources have confirmed th … more →

Tags: Japan, Sumo, nagoya, Basho, ASA, Day 6, withdraws

Asa vs. Nada in pictures

Jordan wrote 12 months ago: Here are some pictures from yesterday’s final bout. It is very clear that Tochinonada was out … more →

Tags: Japan, Sumo, nagoya, Basho, Day 5, tochinonada, Screwed

Asashōryū loses on day 1 of the Nagoya basho.2 comments

Jordan wrote 1 year ago: In what is becoming a far more familiar sight these days, yokozuna Asashōryū lost on the first day … more →

Tags: Sumo, nagoya, Basho, Yokozuna, Kisenosato, Toyonoshima

[BearPit] Asashoryu: Sexy Sumo Hotness

bearmythology wrote 1 year ago: … more →

Tags: Athletes, photos, Sports, armpits, Chubby, Japanese, Mongolian, shirtless, Sumo

Some Sumo Size Shenanigans1 comment

supercrap wrote 1 year ago: Yokozuna, which is the top rank of sumo (think “black belt”) comes with a lot of respons … more →

Tags: Hakuho, Japan, Martial Arts, Sumo

Kotooshu Wins the Summer Tournament!

simoncurrie wrote 1 year ago: Kaloyan Mahlyanov, the Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu (琴欧洲), won the Summer Tournament today with the Empe … more →

Tags: 02_English, Culture, Information, Opinion, Sumo, tokyo, 2008, AMA, Hakuho

May Sumo Tournament Update

simoncurrie wrote 1 year ago: Though mired in various sad, terrible, and stupid scandals recently, this Ozumo (pro sumo) May tourn … more →

Tags: Opinion, 02_English, NHL, Culture, Information, MLB, tokyo, Sumo, mongolia

Sumo

Wind wrote 1 year ago: After visiting the Edo-Tokyo Museum (which I wrote about in a previous post) we dropped in at the n … more →

Tags: Culture, Japan, Museums, Sports, AMA, Kasugao, ryogoku, Sumo, Sumo Museum


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