掲示板 Forums - November 2025 Sumo Tournament, Kyushu Basho 九州場所

It's that time again! It's the Kyushu Basho 九州場所, from Nov 9th - Nov 23rd, 2025

Where to watch:

Streaming: Abema (Available in Japan, may not be available in your country)

Highlights: NHK Grand Sumo Highlights

Banzuke 番付(Rankings): Rankings List

Vocab lists:
Under Community lists there is a set named: Sumo, it has lists containing Ranks, General Vocab, Sumo Techniques, and the list of the Grand Tournaments

Getting ready to settle down and watch the live broadcast on NHK. Got no 焼き鳥, but that will have to do. After the acrobatics and antics in London, I'm looking forward to a return to "normal" sumo. (And to hearing 残った、残った! It was seriously weird watching the fights without that in the background. Not that it was the weirdest thing in London, but still.)

This is the very definition of ワクワク!

Well this is Sumo we are talking about

Haha, been meaning to post after 中日, genuinely glad to see someone got here first! Hoping sumo threads will one day be abuzz with action.

• Feels like we've had a lot of 変化 this tournament. I understand why they're frowned upon, but at the same time... wow.
• Hoshoryu can be simply scary. Have I said that before? Probably.
• Really liking Fujinokawa this tournament. In the "fast and inventive camp", Asakoryu is also doing well, which can't be said of Midorifuji. Still rooting for him though.
• Starting to pay more attention to Ichiyamamoto. Not sure if he's doing anything different or I'm just learning more about sumo so I understand a little better, but he's somehow interesting. His ranking is less than stellar right now, but who knows?
• I keep forgetting about Kusano's new しこ名 and going "huh?' when I see Yoshinofuji on the screen. Digging more into 力士 who fight under their given name, apparently there's also Takayasu and Endo. And Ura. Hmm, if Ura took a しこ名, what would it be? His stable apparently doesn't have a lot of continuity in terms of names. I'd go with Momokijou, with 起 and 上 for the 起き上がりこぼし and 桃 because I can't imagine ピンク in a しこ名.
• Aonishiki just keeps growing and growing in skill. So interesting!
• Loved the Onosato vs. Tamawashi on 中日. Onosato never seems to give his opponents a mistake to take advantage of, he's so neat and tidy. But Tamawashi was just so good in that one! He doesn't seem to be doing great lately, I hope he's alright.
• Tobizaru's knee looks worse every day, I hope it's just my impression. ちなみに, the London show gave us a unique oppprtunity: we actually got to see Ura's knees! Both of them! When did that last happen? I almost made a joke about Victorian times and ladies' ankles, but thinking of what he's recovered from and how hard he's fought to claw his way back up... makes it less funny and more admirable.

Uh, how did this get so long? I'll shut up now, sorry. Sumo is just so exciting!

Spoiler free impressions: A nail biter until the very end. Some very impressive performances. Looks like some major shake ups are going to happen in the top division in the near future. Those that learn to make the necessary adjustments will thrive, those that don't will have a rough time.