This round just adjourned at Nagoya

朝青龍 is the winner ?? :)

I like sumo i allways watch it when its on tv in England but it has not been tv for about a year now.I still get confused with the names of the top sumo wrestlers.Can someone post the names of the best sumo wrestlers and who is the greatest alltime wrestlers.Thanks

This round just adjourned at Nagoya

朝青龍 is the winner ?? :)

Some latest information would be obtained from below official web
Enjoys

Have english version


Website (http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/ozumo_meikan/rikishi_joho/rikishi_100.html)

I am not so interested in sumo and I dont watch so.
But older generation are the more watchers.

He is Asashouryuu Akinori who originally born Mongolia
He has the egoistic, but he is a very good player.

Is Konishiki "the gentle giant" still alive?

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I saw a documentary on him... he retired and is married to a really pretty woman (actress or supermodel, I'm not sure). I see him on NHK doing shows for kids and he's also done commercials for Sony's EyeToy.

Is Sumo loosing popularity in Japan?

Hard to say that it is still play in more lively among otutskrit & elder generation indeed

Also it was the traditional culture and folkway remains to modernize society even gain a high social status and class in Japan :) too

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Take me in your arm, my friend! :D

Sumo wrestlers encourage children at school of fatal stabbing
Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at 12:48 JST



OSAKA — Sumo wrestlers served hot pot during lunchtime Tuesday to encourage children at a primary school in Osaka Prefecture following the fatal stabbing of a teacher at the premises last month, for which a graduate in his teens was arrested.

Some 20 people, including wrestlers, from the Sakaigawa stable from Tokyo, cooked the "chanko" hot pot, good for 700 people, in the grounds of Neyagawa Municipal Chuo Elementary School in Neyagawa, as they are staying in the city for the spring tournament beginning Sunday in Osaka. Stablemaster Sakaigawa said, "We wanted to help them as are staying near the school. We hope the children will cheer up a little." (Kyodo News)

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Holy crap. That guy is beyond fat.

Strained hamstring hampers Giants' Uehara

Koji Uehara is suffering from a strained right hamstring and has been told by doctors to refrain from pitching for a week, the Yomiuri Giants right-hander said on his official Web site Friday.

Uehara, who is expected to start on Opening Day for the sixth straight season in the home game against the Hiroshima Carp on April 1, skipped his scheduled start in a preseason game against the Chunichi Dragons in Shizuoka Prefecture on Friday.

"I felt a sharp pain in the lower half of my body during a bullpen session Wednesday," said Uehara.

"I received treatment at a hospital and was told not to throw for a week. Fortunately, it's not bad enough that I have to give up pitching in the season opener. I still hope I get to pitch in a preseason game but if I don't, I might just have to go out and do it on the big day," he said.

Taiwanese southpaw Chen Wei-yin pitched three perfect innings of relief and Alex Ochoa had two of his team's eight hits in the Dragons' 5-3 victory over Yomiuri in Friday's game.

In other news, the Lotte Marines have agreed on a business tie-up with the newly formed Beijing China Hope Stars of the Chinese Baseball League, the Pacific League club said Friday.

The Lotte Marines, the Lotte Giants of the Korean Baseball Organization and the Beijing China Hope Stars will sign the three-way deal in Beijing on Wednesday.

The deal is expected to spread the sport in Asia and promote baseball in China.

Yabu looking good
PHOENIX (Kyodo) Keiichi Yabu pitched three innings for his longest outing this spring and didn't allow an earned run in the Oakland A's 6-4 loss Thursday to Greg Maddux and the Cubs.

Yabu, who signed a one-year deal with Oakland in January, held the opposition to two hits from the sixth to eighth innings while striking out two, and limited the damage to an unearned run on a throwing error by the third baseman.

In Peoria, Ariz., Akinori Otsuka worked a scoreless inning of relief in the San Diego Padres' 16-7 victory over the Colorado Rockies. It was the second time he pitched in a game since complaining of back pain.

The Japan Times: March 19, 2005

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Got to watch live sumo in Tokyo (forgot the name of the Dome, though) in 2000.
That was the time when TAKANOHANA was the most popular. Apart from his prowess, he looks cute and baby-faced. Me and my other foreigner friends went there just for the experience plus we were given the FREE tickets!

I liked Sumo until Akebono became Makebono.

Chiyotaikai wins 2nd-day tourney in Las Vegas
Monday, October 10, 2005 at 07:13 JST


LAS VEGAS — Ozeki Chiyotaikai pulled down yokozuna Asashoryu in the final to win the second-day tournament of sumo's exhibition tour of Las Vegas on Saturday.

After blasting first-day winner ozeki Tochiazuma out of the ring in the semifinals, Chiyotaikai handed the Mongolian grand champion his second loss in the final in as many days in front of 8,576 fans at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Asashoryu lost to Tochiazuma the previous day.