325: Days 1 - 3 November Sumo Tournament 2026

Sumo Kaboom’s favorite bouts of days 1-3. The basho has begun, and we are knee deep in sumo! Tamawashi is back in the top division! Wakatakakage is back! Fujinokawa is having a rough start. Hoshoryu looks tentative then strong then … well, we don’t know. We talk about the yokozuna, our favorite wrestling take downs (uchimuso anyone?), and then finish with a quick chat about rakugo. We saw Katsura Sunshine and wanna tell you about it.

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