thejapantimes, 4 days ago to LGBTQ

As Pride Month gets underway around the world, the United States Sumo Federation has become the latest battleground in the ongoing fight for equality and access for LGBTQ people. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/06/05/sumo/us-sumo-lgbt-rights/ #sumo #lgbtq #us #unitedstatessumofederatio #discrimination #kellygneiting

thejapantimes, 11 days ago to random

Onosato is clearly heading for greatness in the world of sumo, but his path there was plain for all to see. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/05/29/sumo/onosato-path-greatness/ #sumo #onosato #emperor039scup

moira, 12 days ago (edited 12 days ago) to random

onosato vs hoshoryu day 11: "IT'S THE SAME PLAN IT'S THE SAME PLAN" xD

#sumo #MayTournament

moira, 14 days ago to random

i think one of the things i like about sumo is that there's all these ways in which it's not optimised and won't be optimised because it's not about that

i mean it's not that it's not commercial because of course it is, and it's not because it's unchanged since whenever because of course it is, and it's not because of HONOURRRRRR or some shit because if you know anything about it you most certainly know better than that and if you don't then trust me, it's not but

there are an infinite number of ways it could be glitzed up and they

don't.

because it's not about that.

it's pretty fuckin' basic.

and i like it like that.

#sumo

moira, 16 days ago to random

midorifuji looked really good on day 8 [nods approvingly]

#day8 #sumo #MayTournament

moira, 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to random

the cool literature professor who really wanted to be a philosophy professor enjoying the sumo

#sumo #day7 #MayTournament

moira, 16 days ago to random

!!

i did not think this was a thing!

#sumo #MayTournament #Day8

moira, 17 days ago to random

oh wow so many people are out with injuries that they're showing a couple of jurio level matches

#sumo

thejapantimes, 18 days ago to Ukraine

With 28 wins in 30 bouts, is Ukraine's Aonishiki set to be the next European sumo superstar? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/05/22/sumo/aonishiki-ukraine-sumo/ #sumo #aonishiki #ukraine

moira, 18 days ago to random

i hate the way nhk world dumps an entire weekend of #sumo all at once on youtube

i mean i'm glad they do it at all but it's like "whelp guess I'm not getting caught up" because getting caught up would absolutely be too many sumo

so i'm just all the way back on day six and that's all there is for it

anyway the oshoma / takarafuji match was fun, i liked that

moira, 22 days ago to random

"So we get bad Shodai today" xD

#sumo #MayTournament

thejapantimes, 25 days ago to random

With their fight having echoes of a legendary match that took place 33 years ago, was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/05/15/sumo/onosato-terunofuji-era-changing/ #sumo #onosato #terunofuji #chiyonofuji

moira, 25 days ago to random

okay okay the ura meisei bout on day two, that was what i like to fucken see :D

#sumo