Sumo Kaboom

192: Sumo Fashion

December 13th, 2023  |  33 mins 6 secs

clothes, fashion, formal, mawashi, sumo, yukata

We're responding to a listener questions this week - what are they wearing?

191: Kelly Ann Ball and Her Historic Win

December 6th, 2023  |  36 mins 27 secs

female sumo, kelly ann ball, ozumo, sumo, women, women's sumo

Kelly Ann Ball is the first adult US woman to medal in international sumo. We finally got a chance to talk with her after her historic wins in October.

190: Days 11-15 Kyushu Basho 2023

November 28th, 2023  |  51 mins 52 secs

atamifuji, kirishima, kyushu, november

We have BINGO winners and sumo winners! Storylines and take aways from the end of the November basho in Kyushu, 2023.

189: Days 4-10 Kyushu Basho 2023

November 22nd, 2023  |  46 mins 6 secs

basho, kyushu, november

The basho is heating up and it's anyone's trophy!

188: Days 1-3 of the November basho

November 14th, 2023  |  52 mins 35 secs

days 1-3, kitanowaka, kyushu

An short overview on Kitanowaka and then we get right into the latest basho.

187: Newbies! Roga, Tohakuryu, and Chiranoumi

November 8th, 2023  |  33 mins 22 secs

chiranoumi, roga, tohakuryu

There are 4 new faces in the top division of sumo this basho. We'll tell you about 3 of them this week.

186: A Very Spooky Sumo Halloween

October 31st, 2023  |  42 mins 11 secs

halloween, mawashi, naked, scary, spooky

Three "scary" sumo related Halloween stories and lots of talk about nakedness.

185: Sumo Unions & Underdogs

October 25th, 2023  |  41 mins 43 secs

organize, shunjeun incident, underdog, union, unionize, unions

Did you know that sumo wrestlers tried to organize to fight for improvements? And, have you ever wondered why we all love rooting for the underdog?

184: Musashimaru and New Sumo Recruits

October 18th, 2023  |  39 mins 34 secs

hawaii, hawaiian sumo, musashigawa, musashimaru

Musashigawa was in the news this week, so let's talk about the former yokozuna Musashimaru.

183: Sumo Lingo

October 11th, 2023  |  38 mins 53 secs

japanese, lingo, slang, sumo

This one is all about words. Words used mostly (or only) in the sumo world.

182: Retirement Rabbit Holes

October 4th, 2023  |  39 mins 49 secs

kaisei, okinoumi, retirement

We watched the retirement ceremonies of Okinoumi and Kaisei this weekend, and they led us down very different rabbit holes.

181: Aki Basho Days 11-15

September 27th, 2023  |  1 hr 1 min

2023, aki, atamifuji, basho, takakeisho

Who won our Sumo BINGO game? And who won the 2023 Aki Sumo Tournament?

180: Aki Basho Days 4-10

September 20th, 2023  |  45 mins 19 secs

As always, we're LOVING this basho and can't wait to see who wins.

179: Days 1-3 Aki Basho 2023

September 13th, 2023  |  39 mins 14 secs

2023, aki, basho

Our favorite moments from days 1-3 of the September, 2023 basho.

178: Nishikigi and the Slow Risers

September 6th, 2023  |  39 mins 47 secs

nishikigi, slow rise, ydc

Here's to all those who take a while to get to the top. The Slow Risers!

177: Sumo Scandals Part 4 - Violence

August 30th, 2023  |  39 mins 8 secs

death, jsa, scandal, sumo, violence

What happened in a heya in 2007 and how it changed sumo. ** This episode contains descriptions of violence. **