Retirements, marriages, sumo stable news, promotion parties. There is lots happening in the sumo world, and we honestly can't believe we are paying so much attention, but we are. Also, a proper sumo fan needs to know some sumo history, and with that in mind, we present Kitanoumi, a HUGE sumo star from the 1970s. Dominant, terrifying, humorless but absolutely dedicated to sumo, he was a yokozuna, oyakata, and head of the Japan Sumo Association throughout his life.
Sources/News:
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202606060001766.html
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202606070000554.html
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202606070000554.html
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202606070000608.html
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202606060002095.html
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202606060001473.html
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202606060001473.html
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202606090000278.html
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202606090000161.html
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202605310001922.html
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/photonews/photonews_nsInc_202605310001922-1.html
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202605300001150.html
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202605280000785.html
Sources/Kitanoumi:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitanoumi_Toshimitsu
https://www.facebook.com/groups/worldofsumo/posts/5851381218206338/
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-b3vdv7fDUs
https://www.reddit.com/r/Sumo/comments/1pa0j0j/yokozuna_kitanoumi_gets_mobbed_by_spectators/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/worldofsumo/posts/4080758988601912/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sumosumosumo/posts/3682804658520526/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sumosumosumo/posts/3860594860741504/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sumosumosumo/posts/2894983460635987/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/independentsumogroup/posts/1108630257210802/
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8C%97%E3%81%AE%E6%B9%96%E6%95%8F%E6%BA%80#%E5%B9%B4%E5%AF%84%E5%A4%89%E9%81%B7
https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2025120800590&g=spo
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/94aaa55171f3b51f5e945c7ab3d8920da855391f/images/000
https://note.com/kandayoshiko/n/n8788d60f59af?hl=en
https://note.com/hisatune/n/n420097c08ce3?hl=en
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
many sound effects from Freesounds.com
"Hey Girl" Topher Mohr and Alex Elena
Calimba - E's Jammy Jams