CORRECTION We try our best to do thorough research, but sometimes we fail. After this episode aired, we received this correction from John Traill of the International Sumo Federation. "Ishiura's father is definitely not from Mongolia. You have jumbled him up my good mate Gantugs Rentsendorj. He is the main Mongolian connection as coach at Tottori Johoku. He was incredible on the dohyo and super tough for his size. He won the Sumo World Championships in 2012 against a slap happy Bulgarian despite his neck injury."
We pledge to continue to try our best GANBATTE and let you know if we make mistakes HUMBLE BOW.
We'll tell you a little bit about what it's like to go to a powerhouse sumo high school, either Saitama or Tottori High. We'll also tell you a sumo related story based on Sweet Valley High, a YA book series. It includes Onosato, is completely fictional, and oh so reminscent of our youth.
Time Codes:
1:00 Sumo Merch raffle
2:00 Newsflash
2:10 Oho eye update
3:00 other injuries
4:40 Bill's WaWa gift
6:09 New Sweet Tottori High TShirt
7:12 Sweet Valley High book reference
10:30 Saitama Sakae High School
12:08 Marching Band historical beginning
15:01 Saitama Sakae High School Song (Lyrics by Eitaro Sato, Music by Hideki Matsumoto)
15:28 Cheering song Lyrics by Shoji Miyazawa, Music by Hideki Matsumoto
15:50 Anthem (The Rising Youth) Lyrics by Eitaro Sato, Music by Akio Kaneda
20:30 Time Magazine article coach interview
27:00 Sweet Tottori High overview
29:15 Ishiura and his father
40:30 Sweet Tottori High Story
41:13 A Sumo of a Decision
Sources:
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202410040000840.html
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202410010001851.html
https://sumowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Saitama_Sakae_High_School
https://www.saitamasakae-h.ed.jp/sumo/our-team.html
https://time.com/archive/6597479/cleaning-up-sumo/
https://www.saitamasakae-h.ed.jp/senior/s-life/s-faciliry/
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9F%BC%E7%8E%89%E6%A0%84%E4%B8%AD%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1%E3%83%BB%E9%AB%98%E7%AD%89%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1
https://hub.yamaha.com/drums/percussion/marching-through-time/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottori_J%C5%8Dhoku_High_School
https://www.tottori-johoku.ed.jp/profile/2018sinkousya
https://jyouhoku-sumo.jimdofree.com/
https://www.gov-online.go.jp/eng/publicity/book/hlj/html/201707/201707_10_en.html
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/03/19/sumo/tough-training-high-school-forged-mongolian-ichinojo/
Music:
"Advanced Japanese Folk" by Audiotoolz
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Audiotoolz/ProgressiveFolk/02-audiotoolz-advancedjapanesefolk
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News Theme by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Intro/Outtro music by MARiAN - Tokyo Trap_
Vaquero Perdido Mini Vandals from the Youtube Free Music Library