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. ***We learned later that some of the info about Ishiura's father in this episode is incorrect.
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
Under creative commons license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
News Theme by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Intro/Outtro music by MARiAN - Tokyo Trap_
Vaquero Perdido Mini Vandals from the Youtube Free Music Library