Sumo Kaboom

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

Episode 61: The Big Boys of Sumo

Time codes for episode 61

:40 Kotoyuki retirement
1:40 Fall tours cancelled
2:08 Hakuho elder stock scandal
4:41 Toyonoshima and the olympic torch
6:17 Big boys intro
7:41 Jake Bacheler
8:02 Svetlana Khorkina
9:54 Khorkina #5
10:53 Svetlana Horchata
11:50 Laws of gravity
13:36 ideal sumo body
15:00 weight intro
16:18 Akashi Shiganosuke
16:58 Ikuzuki
17:35 Chewbacca & Lurch
19:53 Van Gogh brothers and syphillis
21:11 Mitsuo Noda
21:55 Ouchiyama
22:58 Acromegaly
23:27 Heavy wrestlers
24:30 Yokozuna Onokuni
25:10 Laurie intro to Ichinooo & Kaisei
26:40 Ichinojo spotlight
28:00 sumo scouted
29:00 Ichi moves to Japan
31:10 he rises through the ranks
32:08 Ichi gets stressed out
33:22 Alton is his name
33:58 Foods he likes/dislikes
34:20 Archery or basketball
35:05 Kaisei intro
35:24 Ricardo Sugano
36:10 He likes sumo!
36:37 He goes to Japan
38:42 Kaiesei loves coca cola
39:07 Kaisei is easy going
39:55 survey

SOURCES
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202104140000399.html?cx_testId=66&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=3#cxrecs_s
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202104130000495.html?cx_testId=66&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=6#cxrecs_s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotoy%C5%ABki_Kazuyoshi
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202104190001029.html
https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/15930888/muhammad-ali-10-best-quotes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_heaviest_sumo_wrestlers
https://globalsportmatters.com/science/2020/01/16/too-tall-too-short-too-big-athletes-breaking-body-stereotypes/
https://sportsscientists.com/2009/01/nature-vs-nurture/
https://simplifaster.com/articles/nature-vs-nurture-determinants-athletic-potential/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB_Katsunori#Family
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takanoyama_Shuntar%C5%8D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_heaviest_sumo_wrestlers
https://globalsportmatters.com/science/2020/01/16/too-tall-too-short-too-big-athletes-breaking-body-stereotypes/
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%9F%E6%9C%88%E9%AF%A8%E5%A4%AA%E5%B7%A6%E8%A1%9B%E9%96%80
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Khorkina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Bacheler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muggsy_Bogues
https://kknews.cc/history/5mmm958.html
上圖,生月鯨太左衛門身高第一,再看幾個江戶-昭和時代的另幾個日本巨人,身高都在2米以上。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8D%E5%8B%95%E5%B2%A9%E4%B8%89%E7%94%B7
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cuchiyama_Heikichi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acromegaly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashi_Shiganosuke
https://www.wikizero.com/en/List_of_heaviest_sumo_wrestlers
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202104190000460.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takamiyama_Daigor%C5%8D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichinojō_Takashi
https://sumowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Ichinojo_Takashi
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/03/19/sumo/tough-training-high-school-forged-mongolian-ichinojo/#.XnOiws5KiUk
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/逸ノ城駿
https://www.minato-beya.com/profile/ichinojyo/
http://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataRikishi/profile/3498/

http://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataRikishi/profile/2950/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaisei_Ichirō
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/魁聖一郎
Bonus Video: Kaisei's fun interview from Day 12 in Osaka

Music

"Advanced Japanese Folk" by Audiotoolz

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Audiotoolz/Progressive_Folk/02_-_audiotoolz_-_advanced_japanese_folk

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Intro/Outtro music by MARiAN - Tokyo Trap.