Fair calls - I enjoyed Shishi’s match also.

Exclusive collab - Tegatastore X Abi - sideways tachiai limited release tegata. "Henka" and "Meet 'n' Move" tegata released. Get them before he misses the shikishi board completely.

Kotozakura - Mr Ippun!!? That poor guy is never getting a girlfriend with that nickname 🤭

It might look like a charred pirate map

Ura yusho……..just saying

Almost as cool as a Naughty by Nature hoodie……

Henka leaderboard at halfway point of 2025.

Interestingly - Hakuoho has been henka'd the most so far (4).

He is more popular with international fans - buy Onosato is more popular in Japan. We are distorted as global community (in a good way - I’m team Hoshoryu!!)

I put Ura at 6W & Chiyoshoma at 4W.

I’m happy with that

Great question - roughly 500 basho in that time ( growing from 2 to 6 over time). Yokozunas will account for approx 300. If I say 1.5 yusho on average for non Yokozuna winners - I’ll make an educated guess of 183 men. I may be miles off!!!!!!!

The first 2025 Henka Leaderboard is below (Jan and March combined numbers) - Tamashoho in front then some well known henka users making up the places.

My favourite frayed not photo from March basho!

I think he tries one basho to return - then walks

Nothing alcohol and a dartboard can’t rectify.

@sumomainichi.bsky.social I did warn Dave not to do another Abi reset - I think I offered a fork in the eye. After March - I need a rock hard commitment that you will never reset again!! (Or I get a fork engraved).

Hoshoryu Yokozuna tegata have started to flow through the store. First batch sold out. More arriving later this week!

It feels wrong watching sumo in a hotel 10min walk from the venue when you don’t have a ticket for the day.

He had moved on from the dog act and was displaying decent sumo. And then he takes a dump on my dinner plate.

I can’t even - super dog act by Chiyoshoma. Whatever tiny amount of respect I had for him is gone.

Tobizaru v Takayasu was a modern classic - great bout

Super exciting - thousands of years of sumo evolution behind that promotion (well that’s what a famous sumo podcaster told me)

Bulk load of red Ura arrived last night. Plus Shirokuma and Daieisho.

And then you realised the whole time in the dream he was an enormous goldfish? I have that dream too…….

Nagoya Basho will have masu boxes 30% larger than other venues at its new stadium. This is great news for future visits!!

That might be the nicest welcome message I’ve ever had ! Thankyou

Just listened to Sumo Mainichi podcast 001. Big wraps on Takakeisho having 15th in the sport, Tochinoshin regaining Ozeki and Ichinojo being a Sanyaku legend…….are you guys the harbinger of doom for rikishi?? Loved hearing the first ep though 🥰

I’m half science and half dreams. Midway between Tim Sumo and Sumo Mainichi 😂

I got bold and parachuted Gonoyama into Sanyaku.

Ooooo - I need to go back in time to day 1.