掲示板 Forums - sumo, 大相撲

Lol for Papayasu! And he has that serious go-in-there-and-do-it way about him.

Onosato was amazing two tournaments ago, then had a weird one, but I love how he's bouncing back now.

And I totally agree, Hoshoryu is a monster when he has something to prove. Well, he always has something to prove as shin-Yokozuna.

Also, I'm always in doubt about their names, because NHK keeps not writing the long vowels. You have to look them up or hear them.

I just watched the day's highlights and saw him take a bad tumble. It will be such a pity, not seeing his powerful attacks the rest of this tournament. Hope he recovers fully.

Random: what was that Ura was doing today? :))) I blinked, and he was doing a beautiful flying roll. Took all of two seconds.

I'm slowly going through NHK highlights this basho.

気に入り力士は the older guys from when i used to watch before and are still here: 宝富士, 高安, 玉鷲。Newer guys 大の里、尊富士

First day of 夏場所 complete, and everyone is looking healthy and in fine form. Should be a good tournament.

Has anyone watched the mini-tournament in London? Only found 4-5-minute highlights videos so far. Even so... Ura vs. Shonnanoumi on day 3. What was that even? I know, I know, it's messy, it's not high-end sumo at its finest. But it makes for great entertainment.

Also, Onosato has apparently declared he's happy to be in London because he's a Harry Potter fan. Aww. Meanwhile, Hoshoryu, the scary beast, has said he's enjoyed watching the Horse Guards parade, although he was... scared of the horses. Him being Mongolian, I can only assume he was making fun of the reporters.

(Source for that and more funny info on the logistics of hosting such an event: this article in The Guardian.)