Sumo Kaboom

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

240 episodes of Sumo Kaboom since the first episode, which aired on March 4th, 2020.

  • 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. **