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Wakamotoharu Minato (若元春 港) (born October 5, 1993 as Minato Onami (大波 港, Ōnami Minato)) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Fukushima.He wrestles for the Arashio stable, where he is a stable mate of his brothers Wakatakakage and Wakatakamoto.
Sumo (Japanese: 相撲, Hepburn: sumō, Japanese pronunciation:, lit. ' striking one another ') [1] is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a rikishi (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by throwing, shoving or pushing him down).
He began his professional career in Japan in 2001 under the name Daishōchi Kenta (Japanese: 大翔地 健太); tiring of the lifestyle, he retired from professional sumo wrestling in 2005. As an amateur, he won the Sumo World Championships twice in 2006 and 2007 and was a gold medalist at the 2009 World Games and 2013 World Combat Games.
This is the only division that is featured on standard NHK's live coverage of sumo tournaments and is broadcast bilingually. The lower divisions are covered only on streaming services like Abema . The name makuuchi literally means "inside the curtain", a reference to the early period of professional sumo, when the top ranked wrestlers were able ...
Sumo Wrestlers - Commodore 64 - 1985 (published exclusively in North America and Europe) Sumo Fighter: Tōkaidō Basho - Game Boy - JP 1991 (NA 1993) Super Duper Sumos - Game Boy Advance (NA October 26, 2003) Sumo Slam - non-commercial flash PC game by Orange Fox Games - 2007; Spaceman Sumo - BlackBerry - 2009; Tsuppari Ōzumō Wii Heya (JP ...
As there are currently eight main sponsors of the Sumo Association, [21] each yobidashi has eight different kimono which he wears during all 15 days of each basho. [10] The costume is the same for senior and junior ranked yobidashi and only the kimono worn on the torso varies in color and the names on the back.
Shimazuumi Sora (Japanese: 島津海 空, born Nakazono Sora (中園 空, Sora Nakazono) on May 18, 1996) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Nishinoomote, Kagoshima. He debuted in sumo wrestling in March 2012 and made his jūryō debut in March 2022. His highest rank has been maegashira 12. He wrestles for Hanaregoma.
The Japan Sumo Association launched its first YouTube channel in November 2018, with content all in Japanese language. The channel offers light-hearted and humoristic videos, such as a golf competition between former yokozuna Hakuhō , Kisenosato and Kakuryū or chankonabe receipes with small skits featuring low-ranking wrestlers.