Kinboshi Sumo

Sean is with me to discuss the first week of the 2025 September Basho!
We start off discussing where most fans attention is focused currently (spoiler, its the Wakatakakage Ozeki push) then pivot to recap the basho so far (Ura, Takanosho, Shodai oh my!) before discussing our favorites to win this thing (dueling Yokozunas, but what is this Aonishiki in the distance?) and end with some over/under predictions for some finishes in week 2.

Nick is back to talk Wakatakakage to Ozeki, Aonishiki's Komusubi Debut, Dark Horse Contendors and Yusho favorites!
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Banzuke has dropped and Jungyo has ended! Join Rick and Phil for some updates on recovery expectations for Hoshoryu (broken toe) Wakatakakage (twisted ankle) Kirishima (cracked wrist) and Daieisho (torn? calf).
0:45 Aonishiki's Record Breaking San'yaku Debut
https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2025/09/01/kiji/20250901s00005000223000c.html?page=1
3:35 College Sumo Individual Championships
https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2025/09/01/kiji/20250901s00005000098000c.html?page=1
10:20 Hoshoryu
26:40 Wakatakakage
35:56 Kirishima
https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2025/08/25/kiji/20250825s00005000333000c.html?page=1
40:01 Daieisho
42:42 Potential Solutions to Injuries?
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Solo episode today! I covered a bit of the news from the Summer Tour (Jungyo) including Hoshoryu bouncing back and practicing through the pain on that injured toe, the grind of Jungyo, and another blow to the Kirishima Ozeki return story with a tour injury. From there I wanted to cover a couple young rikishi from the All Japan Inter-High where Kazuki Sawada was crowned High School Yokozuna (and is looking to join a stable as soon as November or January) and a legacy with major pedigree Kakizoe Haruku (son of a former Komusubi and a multiple time women's world champ) might be joining his dad's stable and training with Shishi in the coming months. Finally I wrapped up with a little Wakatakakage for Ozeki talk.
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Kotoshoho shocks us all by winning the much anticipated 2 yokozuna showdown basho that wasn't! Aonishiki nearly pulls an Onosato, but falls short at runner-up. Kusano delivers, best Miyagino recruit yet? The basho was wild, and we're here to talk about it!
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Halfway through Nagoya and we have a bevvy of shock contendors to go with some more traditional competitors! Rick is here solo to break down some of the storylines that interested him the most, but let us know what is intriguing you about Nagoya so far!
WARNING: Day 8 spoilers ahead!
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Our new era of two yokozuna with Hoshoryu and Onosato is finally about to start! A changing of the guard in the joijin with Aonishiki and the gang, and a couple new faces to the party with Kusano and Fujinokawa all mean we should have a great basho in the brand new IG Area! Who you got for the yusho?

Phil and I are here for a little pre-banzuke rank guessing along with some discussion of whether our young favorites are on a quick, average, or slow pace to the top of the banzuke.
The first 20-25 minutes are talking about what we think we'll see from the banzuke and in the last 25 or 30 we take a look at Hakuoho, Atamifuji, Takerufuji, and Aonishiki's predicted rankings and compare that to the likes of Hakuho and Hoshoryu and where those two yokozuna were at that point in their career.

Hakuho has officially left the JSA after Chairman Hakkaku pushed him one step too far, attempting to make him serve his junior Terunofuji without a promise of getting his Miyagino Stable back. 
Now he's rallying his financial backers and other connections to create some sort of international sumo organization to contribute to the sport outside of the JSA. 
Sean and I discuss some case studies of "splits" happening in other sports leagues and discuss our ideas for best case scenarios and how this could help rather than hurt sumo.
Check the article below that we referenced in the show:
https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/hakuho%27s-lofty-%27global-sumo%27-ambitions-bolstered-by-generous-backers-with-deep-pockets

We cover Onosato's victory, Hoshoryu's preformance stopping the zensho yusho, and re-visit our January "young guns to Ozeki" picks.