January 2025 - Day 4 - SUMO Summary Show

[@Minty-n6z]

Hosho for Yoko!! 💪💪💪

[@colinmathie2710]

Koto's rope run is over!

[@chrishightower6135]

I love the opening. I chuckled, rewound, and chuckled again. I like the raw, unedited edition of Jason's Sumo.

[@gautreau123]

Ura v Toby??! Can my heart take such excitement? Matching Shodai with Teru is a smart move.

[@craigj4979]

Terunofuji looked like he couldn’t put any power down them knees clearly hurting badly

[@MongoosePreservationSociety]

day four excitement!!!!!!! I exclaimed out loud multiple times watching that basho!

[@MongoosePreservationSociety]

good luck at work tomorrow, Jason!

[@tylerkissfan]

Chairman Hakkaku said before the tournament that if Hoshoryu won he would be promoted

[@sambob5685]

Natto called it from the beginning, he is the golden boy. Can’t wait to see his mean-mug Dohyo-iri!

[@joannaedwards6325]

​@@sambob5685 You do know that "mean mug" is only his Game Face right? Out of the ring Horshoryu has a winning smile❤.

[@sambob5685]

@@joannaedwards6325 Of course! He also allegedly has pretty bad vision without his glasses or contact lenses, makes him squint to see his opponent at the tachi-ai apparently

[@joannaedwards6325]

@@sambob5685 👌

[@tylerkissfan]

It’s part of the reason other guys put their hands down first because he can’t see very well. It’s why the stare down with gonoyama was such a big deal

[@MongoosePreservationSociety]

Kinbozan looked like a veteran against Tamashoho today. And i'm a big Tamashoho fan!

[@zworm2]

Thanks Jason!

[@joannaedwards6325]

Big thank you Jason for adding so much to our love of sumo. And big hugs Sumo Pal❤.

[@colinmathie2710]

Everywody, that's a new one 😂

[@raymondsosnowski9717]

Seems to me that the LAST match was actually the upset of the day (and NOT the penultimate match)! The zabuton went FLYING!

[@HitokiriBattosai1]

hoshoryu usually struggles against atamifuji

[@АскарТуребеков-ж2н]

Atamifuji hasn't looked great lately like he used to do

[@steveh4564]

Hoshoryu is clearly on a mission this basho. Kotozakura looks like he just wants to go back to bed. Too many parties, appearances, interviews and obligations between bashos have likely worn him out. Teru looks soft. I agree he's not going to make it. Probably there more as a courtesy to perform the dohyō-iri for the new year than anything. He stepped off the dohyo very gingerly after the match today, his knees are shot. I know the feeling. Onosato? It almost seems like everyone has been watching film and has him figured out. Maybe he'll regroup but he also might be worn down by outside obligations. Shodai each match looks like he's already planning the menu in his head for his post retirement chanko restaurant.

[@allgomesareevil6121]

So Wakatakakage dropped Atamifuji the same way i dropped Terunofuji day 1. If you have seen it now, you can picture it

[@Hav0Cal]

Jason what is the name of the app you showed for the kimarite?

[@CptShelby]

Can you please give us the name of the app that shows the Kimarite?

[@sumojason]

Sure - it's called "sumo techniques" but I'm not sure it's available in the app store anymore

[@icemanespoo2977]

I think on March I need to fill my competition lineup and then change everyone.

[@janellek21]

Kinbozan make benefit most glorious nation of Kazakhstan! Hoshoryu is on fire, and I'd be shocked if he didn't come away with the yusho. I want to say his promotion to yokozuna would then be likely, but we all know how the JSA feels about non-Japanese rikishi. If Hoshoryu wins then I'd put his promotion chances at about 25-30%. Most likely, the JSA will make him win 2 in a row in order to get promoted to yokozuna.

[@chrishightower6135]

Will you be adding any Shishi matches in the future?

[@sumojason]

over on Patreon? Yes, I should be posting some Juryo matches including Shishi this weekend.

[@4partharmony208]

Koto just hasn't looked right. Takanosho gave him all he could handle on day 1, and he's looked so tentative in his three losses. I didn't think too much of his lackluster training reports from Chris Sumo before, but there seems to be something wrong. I won't be surprised if he goes kyujo, especially if he loses to Shodai

[@sounanya3]

your first makushita was right

[@scottgordon8902]

Gotta be retirement for Tsurigisho any day.. gotta be. Hate to see him go. But sumo is a rough game

[@jjohnson218]

I think kotosakura is hurt. He does not look good on the initial charge

[@Okenshield69]

When has an Ozeki won back to back 13 plus, with a win, and not got promoted?

[@sumojason]

Takakeisho is a recent example that's close... he went 12-3 in Sept 2020 and was runner up and then won the Nov 2020 basho with a 13-2 in a playoff with Terunofuji, but didn't get promoted.

[@Okenshield69]

@@sumojason I didn't say 12-3, I said 13+. What I'm saying is there's no precedent I can find for an Ozeki going 13+ wins back to back with a win and not getting promoted. Teru got promoted off a loss (the epic Hakuho match) after only a 12-3 win the previous basho. How would Hoshoryu winning this time with a 13-2 be any different? Both with 26 wins, both with 1 basho win. If Hoshoryu wins the basho and doesn't get promoted, it's personal, nothing to do with what happened on the dohyo.

[@sounanya3]

kotozakura still has a 1% chance for yokozuna if he wins the yusho

[@sumojason]

1.5 % haha