"Do you think we see the end of Mongolian dominance?" (Hagaki-Yoi/May '24 - The Dohyo: E144)

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[@ProjectMathesar]

RIP corner with the radiator

[@joannaedwards6325]

😄

[@TheDohyo]

The corner withe the radiator will be back for predictions!

[@georgereevesjr8289]

You had me scared there

[@joannaedwards6325]

@@georgereevesjr8289 Thanks for the chuckle

[@brucer2152]

I love Ura....His smile is infectious.

[@samhalsey2155]

He is always so happy, regardless of what happens in his match. He looks like he is just out there having so much fun & doing what he loves.

[@malapertfourohfour2112]

I'm down for the mawashi episode. It'll be the best side episode that no one else has ever done

[@Maddolis]

It'll be fun for sure, but it's clearly a battle for second!

[@ianjentle5483]

Ura is known in my family as Fat Boy Pink. We love him.

[@TheDohyo]

How could anyone hate him?

[@temporaryinnanity]

You have a wonderful way of making Sumo more fun and approachable- at least to me as a newcomer to Sumo (and never a "sports guy" before).

[@TheDohyo]

Welcome! And thanks for watching!

[@lordhuggington9615]

but before the radiator leaves...the radiator opines that it's great when Ura's mawashi matches the gyoji's robes.

[@arthur7025]

Would love the mawshi episode proposal

[@dant7677]

Today has had many "How is it May already??" moments. But thinking about the ever-more-imminent basho helps turn the frown upside-down.

[@whalesequence]

I'm glad you answered my question.

[@TheDohyo]

Thanks for asking!

[@lordhuggington9615]

radiator leaves the chat.

[@kellieoldfield9977]

Yes to the mawashi video😀 Takakeisho in the teddy bear kesho mawashi makes me smile every time 😂

[@GarthHansenG]

first video, always love to hear Ura praise

[@TheDohyo]

Welcome, fellow Ura lover!

[@raspberry1440kb]

A big important thing about Monglian rikishi too is that the successful ones have typically come from families who've been involved with the bökh (Mongolian folk wrestling) world in one way or another.

[@weesky5222]

i feel honored mate ! yes a "long time" viewer and happy to see you rise and to answer against my own question : go hoshoryu for yusho !!

[@joannaedwards6325]

Thank you for this. You help me understand more about this grand sport❤. Peace & joy 2 U

[@Ganbarizer]

I'm loving the new setup you got here! Also, I'm down for a mawashi video. Would be interesting to hear what you think about wrestlers like Ura and fairly recently Shonnanoumi wearing non traditional colors like pink at the behest of traditionalists. Ura got pushback from the hardliners but stuck to his guns and unfortunately Shonnanoumi caved in and went from wearing a cool looking hot pink mawashi to a subdued dark purple, almost black mawashi.

[@TheDohyo]

Not "new," just a different look for different eps. A lil change up from the "blue void."

[@georgereevesjr8289]

Thanks for answering my question! (You don't have to read out my whole username. Just George is fine)

[@annabyerly1386]

☺🤩😋

[@ProvencaLeGaulois]

Kazakhstan is in Asia my dear M. Wags :)

[@TheDohyo]

It's both, I think? "As it extends across both sides of the Ural River, considered the dividing line separating Europe and Asia, Kazakhstan is one of only two landlocked countries in the world that has territory in two continents (the other is Azerbaijan)." - Wikipedia

[@ProvencaLeGaulois]

@@TheDohyo oh wow I had no idea, so they are like Azerbaïdjan, cool ! Thanks :D

[@Lancorian]

Regarding the question if we will see the end of Mongolian dominance, I would say yes. But by that I don't mean Mongolian will stop playing a role in Sumo. I mean that in the future we will see strong Mongolian and Japanese wrestlers. Not like in the past where there were several Mongolian Yokozuna and no Japanese. Takerufuji will retire rather sooner than later and the Ozeki are 2:2 Japanese and Mongolian. And so far, the young hopes there are currently are all Japanese. So I see a Japanese comeback at the top.

[@TheDohyo]

I have high hopes for young Onokatsu and Kotokenryu!

[@Bombur888]

I never understood the "one foreigner rule has backfired" position. If the rule was never established, yes, you'd probably have quite a few more mediocre / unremarkable foreign wrestlers, including Mongolians, and that would create less of an impression that "all the Mongols are uber strong", but I don't see why the Mongolians (and the handful of others) that did come through the rule would suddenly abstain from joining sumo, and so they would still dominate. Heck, there'd be more foreigners down the rank, so the impression would if anything be even stronger, and we might eve have seen the rise of an unexpected unpromising recrue à la Hakuho! I really don't see how the rule resulted in more foreigner (and especially Mongolian) domination in any way, shape or form.

[@SamWiseGamgee1]

Those guys look like they eat a lot of taters.

[@malapertfourohfour2112]

What a surprise at the end of the video! 🩷🩷🩷

[@TheDohyo]

Thanks for asking!