With Musashikuni and Wakaichiro retiring, I will be posting less about each basho on NorthAmericanSumo.com, and instead I will be focusing more efforts on general sumo discussion within Reddit.com/r/sumo. For a little over a year, I host the daily discussion threads on /r/sumo, and I try to start some conversation about the lower divisions -... Continue Reading →
Popularity of the Hatsu Basho 2020 on Reddit.com/r/sumo
Every basho, I recorded the traffic of Reddit.com/r/sumo in number of unique visitors and pageviews. I wasn't sure what to expect for this basho, but. . .wow! It was an all-time high for monthly pageviews! I think it was partially because a Reddit.com user posted a video complication of Enho to a larger subreddit on... Continue Reading →
Hatsu Basho 2020 Results – Wakaichirō Ken
Wow! What a basho! The Hatsu Basho 2020 may have been the most exciting basho in years. With both yokozuna dropping out so early, the field was open to absolutely anyone - and the result proved it! Tokushoryu has been a juryo mainstay for the past two years, making some appearances in the makuuchi division. ... Continue Reading →
Preview of North American Sumo Wrestlers in the Hatsu Basho 2020 – Wakaichirō
It is another basho already!? Just when I was going to write more posts after the holidays, I unfortunately had a family member pass away. I had to spend some time away from my hobbies and focus on the family (and work, of course). Nevertheless, the Hatsu Basho 2020 is well timed. It will improve... Continue Reading →
Popularity of the Kyushu Basho 2019 on Reddit.com/r/sumo
As usual, I recorded the traffic of Reddit.com/r/sumo for the most recent basho. I'm now getting enough data that some interesting trends are appearing. The charts are below, followed by some very brief interpretation. If you'd like to see a particular article on NorthAmericanSumo.com, please email me at NorthAmericanSumo@Gmail.com. Daily Pageviews and Unique Visitors - Click... Continue Reading →
Kyushu Basho 2019 Results – Wakaichirō Ken
That's all for the Kyushu Basho 2019! In makuuchi, the boss is. . .well. . .still the boss. Hakuho grabbed the yusho, and he made it seem almost easy. He had a final record of 14-1, whereas the two next highest (Asanoyama and Shodai) had records of 11-4. Going into the basho, I thought that... Continue Reading →
Mid-Kyushu Basho 2019 Update on Wakaichirō
This basho has been a test for Wakaichirō. At his highest rank ever, Wakaichirō has never faced competition like this before. While he isn't getting an "A" on this test, he certainly isn't failing either. So far, Wakaichirō's biggest downfall seems to be his experience. As you'll see, he got a late start on one... Continue Reading →
Preview of North American Sumo Wrestlers in the Kyushu Basho 2019 – Wakaichirō
With Musashikuni retiring, Wakaichirō stands alone as the solitary lonely warrior representing all of North America. That is correct - Wakaichirō is the only North American currently competing in Japanese professional sumo. I swear that I'm not trying to add pressure to the young rikishi! In this post, I discuss what Wakaichirō needs to do... Continue Reading →
Popularity of the Aki Basho 2019 on Reddit.com/r/sumo
Every basho, I create a few charts that track the popularity of the basho on Reddit.com/r/sumo, as measured by the number of daily discussion thread comments, unique visitors to the subreddit, and page views of the subreddit. Below are five charts that illustrate the popularity of the Aki Basho 2019 relative to the prior basho.... Continue Reading →
Aki Basho 2019 Results – Wakaichirō Ken
The Aki Basho 2019 is over, and what a basho it was! In the top division, the seiwake really stole the show with Mitakeumi and Takakeisho going to a playoff to decide the yusho. Mitakeumi won the showdown, earning his second career yusho. He also went 12-3 in this basho. When paired with his 9-6... Continue Reading →
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