Sumo Kaboom

Leslie and Laurie, Texan sisters and diehard sumo fans, talk about all things sumo.

Episode 305: Sumo News and Kitanoumi

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