The Sumo Thread - HAKKEYOI!!!

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Officer Barbrady said:
Wakatakakage won the Outsanding Performance Award
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Your favs coming back from disaster and doing so with a bang is the best. The way Onosato puts his hands on his hips as if he's perplexed by what just happened is hilarious


stonegalaxy said:
Yeah it's quite old now. Saw it live on stream. Basically, it was strong pushout by Kotozakura on Ishiura, who got a pinched nerve out of the exchange. Pretty much ended his career then and their.
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Oh so that's where he got that pinched nerve. Honestly I wouldn't blame that on Kotozakura, shit like that will happen no matter how careful they are.
 
Tamashoho's Abused Towel said:
Your favs coming back from disaster and doing so with a bang is the best. The way Onosato puts his hands on his hips as if he's perplexed by what just happened is hilarious
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I just love Wakatakakage's balance in the dojo and his movement when tussling with his opponent. He's not the biggest opponent but he has the muscle to counteract offense and pressure guys out of there and the speed to maneuver his way out of danger at times. Reminds me a lot of Asanoyama's capabilities.
 
Tamashoho's Abused Towel said:
Oh so that's where he got that pinched nerve. Honestly I wouldn't blame that on Kotozakura, shit like that will happen no matter how careful they are.
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It's the way he got pushed out that made me mad, whether that is what injured him or not I don't know, I ain't a doc so I cant tell, but I still blame Kotozakura for it.
 
stonegalaxy said:
It's the way he got pushed out that made me mad, whether that is what injured him or not I don't know, I ain't a doc so I cant tell, but I still blame Kotozakura for it.
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in a combat sport, blaming the winning guy for injuring the losing guy is petty nonsense, and makes you look like a child. if it was a henka that casued injury maybe thats deserving of blame but in a regular match you cant blame anyone for trying too hard to win.
 
pinstripe said:
but in a regular match you cant blame anyone for trying too hard to win.
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He's already won at that point, he didn't need to shove Ishi off the dohyo as well. Could it be that Koto just didn't see cause it was from a liftout to a shove? I dunno. Still, what's done is done, can't do anything about it now.
 
pinstripe said:
i knew as soon as the oho-abi match that something had broken. ive never seen an eye swell up that fast
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I feel like the bones around his eyes have been so weak in recent bashos, it feels like he always gets them damaged or bruised in some way.
 
Ozeki Kotozakura wins the November 2024 tournament with a record of 14-1 and wins his first tournament cup. Both he and Hoshoryu went into the final day with 13-1 records, but a slap down helped Kotozakura claim his first top-division title.

Some points of note:
  • The Sumo Association has indicated that both Kotozakura and Hoshoryu are candidates for Yokozuna promotion going into the January 2025 tournament.
  • Abi (11-4) wins the Outstanding Performance prize.
  • Takanosho (11-4) wins the Fighting Spirit prize after being one of the co-leaders for a chunk of the tournament.
  • Wakatakakage (10-5) wins the Technique prize.
  • Mitakeumi was stretchered out of the arena on Day 6 after injuring his shoulder falling out of the dohyo, but surprisingly returned the next day and completed the rest of the tournament (although he did suffer a losing streak due to the injury) and ended the tournament with a 7-8 record.
  • Kinbozan, who was demoted to the juryo division after the last tournament, won the championship with a 12-3 record and is likely to be promoted back to the top division in January.
  • Tamawashi turned 40 during the November tournament, and with a 8-7 record he becomes one of four men in Sumo history to have a kachikoshi record at 40+ years old.
  • Kirishima suffered a bad losing streak early in the tournament and after finishing with a record of 6-9 it's likely that he will lose his Sekiwake rank.
  • Shishi, the Ukrainian rikishi who made his top-division debut this tournament ended it with a record of 5-10.
  • Kotoshoho dropped out late in the tournament after suffering an avulsion fracture in his big toe, which requires two months of treatment.
My highlight of the tournament (other than Hoshoryu picking up Kirishima on Day 14 and lifting him into the air and out of the dohyo while Kotozakura watched on) was the Day 11 bout between Ura and Hiradoumi.



Both men touched the floor pretty closely, causing a mono-ii where they decided it was too close and they had to have a rematch. They competed again and again they both fell so closely again, leading to a second mono-ii and it was decided that it was again too hard to tell and another rematch was to happen. They fought a third time, and this time Ura was victorious in a crazy bout between the two.
 
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What a fucking tournament. I'm so happy to see Ozeki being Ozeki level and ending up duking it out against each other. I was rooting for Hoshoryu, especially after he showed that he has some raw power too against Kirishima, but Kotozakura getting his first win and getting closer to following grandpa's footsteps is kino too.

Officer Barbrady said:
The Sumo Association has indicated that both Kotozakura and Hoshoryu are candidates for Yokozuna promotion going into the January 2025 tournament.
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Surprising to hear, but 13-2 and one of those losses being the tiebreaker against the winner is as close you can get to winning a basho without actually winning.
 
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Tamashoho's Abused Towel said:
What a fucking tournament. I'm so happy to see Ozeki being Ozeki level and ending up duking it out against each other. I was rooting for Hoshoryu, especially after he showed that he has some raw power too against Kirishima, but Kotozakura getting his first win and getting closer to following grandpa's footsteps is kino too.
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I'm a big Hoshoryu fan too, and yet Kotozakura is starting to get more of an aura of a Yokozuna. He's like the dark horse going into each tournament and is so hard to beat on his day. I love Hoshoryu and Onosato at Ozeki, but it feels like Kotozakura is on another level currently.

Glad to see Takerufuji do well too this tournament with 10-5. Quite a few guys managed to hit the 10 mark this tournament which was great to see.
 
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It's probably hard to find a job after an unsucessful Sumo career. They are morbidly obese, have health problems and no degree. Well, they could open a restaurant tho.
 
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