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SUMO: March 2026 tourney in Japan is well underway!!! (see this post for how to follow it)
(media.piefed.social)
Day 11 of the March sumo tournament in Japan finished a couple of hours ago. The tourney lasts for 15 days. So this is the perfect time to catch up and start following!
Live / Replay:
- try searching on twitch, there are usually at least 3 different streamers providing live video feeds with English commentary, and it's fun to have a community to chat with in real time. The top Makuuchi matches start around 3am US Eastern Time though. At least one of the streamers does replays all day, usually of the entire day (including lower ranks).
Video Clips:
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youtuber DonDon makes a daily video of the "best 10" matches listed in English with replays including on-screen English analysis; those are listed here: https://www.youtube.com/@dondonsumo2/videos Besides the "best 10" of the top Makuuchi tier, DonDon also makes a "best 5" of the second Juryo tier.
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NHK makes a daily video that has all the top-tier Makuuchi bouts with English spoken commentary. This video is replayed on their web site several times during the following day (kind of like an old-fashioned TV station); you can see the schedule here: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/ look for "Grand Sumo highlights." After a day of scheduled replays, the video is put up for "on demand" access here: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/sumo/ and (possibly with additional delay) here: https://www.youtube.com/@NHKWORLDJAPAN/videos
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NHK immediately posts individual videos of each top-tier bout listed in Japanese with Japanese commentary.
click here for instructions to see the NHK Japanese videos
They are re-doing their Japanese website. I THINK that to see the latest videos on the NHK site in Japanese, you look here: https://www.nhk.jp/g/ts/Z8WRRJ9K96/blog/bl/pm1VNbJpWQ/bp/pExrRxao2y/ and click on the topmost link that says "NHK ONE", it should look like this:
Click "I understand" to acknowledge that you're not in Japan (lel) and then scroll down til you see this button:
it might look like this:
click on that and you should see all the videos?!
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JSA immediately posts individual videos of each of the highest-ranked 10+ matches listed in Japanese with no commentary, here: https://www.youtube.com/@sumo-video/videos
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For the listings in Japanese, try automated translations if there's a lot of text. Alternately, look for something like: 9月14日 which in this case refers to the 9th month and the 14th day (September 14th). Automated translation doesn't work that well on sumotori names, but this is a great opportunity to learn them by sight! (The JSA web site has pictures of them all.)
Additional fan youtube channels (I haven’t checked them out too thoroughly)
- https://www.youtube.com/@TheMawashiShow/videos
- https://www.youtube.com/@sumowithherbert
- https://www.youtube.com/@SumoFiles
- https://www.youtube.com/@LionSumo
- https://www.youtube.com/@Sumotop/videos
- https://www.youtube.com/@Wakanoho-8/videos
- https://www.youtube.com/@DarkCircleSumo/streams
Text Info in English:
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all results and standings and next-day schedule by sumodb
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more results and stats from sumostats, another fan site
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results and more info from the JSA
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daily writeups by The Mainichi (Mainichi Shimbun newspaper)
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occasional articles by The Japan News (Yomiuru Shimbun newspaper)
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for commentary, see the tachiai fan site
Intro to Sumo
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more English-language intro videos at NHK's Sumopedia
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the wikipedia article has a lot of great information including on sumo terms.
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SUMO: March 2026 tourney in Japan has begun!!! (see this post for how to follow it)
(media.piefed.social)
The March sumo tournament in Japan started over the weekend! Day 2 finished a couple of hours ago, and the tourney lasts for 15 days.
Live / Replay:
- try searching on twitch, there are usually at least 3 different streamers providing live video feeds with English commentary, and it's fun to have a community to chat with in real time. The top Makuuchi matches start around 3am US Eastern Time though. At least one of the streamers does replays all day, usually of the entire day (including lower ranks).
Video Clips:
-
youtuber DonDon makes a daily video of the "best 10" matches listed in English with replays including on-screen English analysis; those are listed here: https://www.youtube.com/@dondonsumo2/videos Besides the "best 10" of the top Makuuchi tier, DonDon also makes a "best 5" of the second Juryo tier.
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NHK makes a daily video that has all the top-tier Makuuchi bouts with English spoken commentary. This video is replayed on their web site several times during the following day (kind of like an old-fashioned TV station); you can see the schedule here: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/ look for "Grand Sumo highlights." After a day of scheduled replays, the video is put up for "on demand" access here: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/sumo/ and (possibly with additional delay) here: https://www.youtube.com/@NHKWORLDJAPAN/videos
-
NHK immediately posts individual videos of each bout listed in Japanese with Japanese commentary.
click here for instructions to see the NHK Japanese videos
They are re-doing their Japanese website. I THINK that to see the latest videos on the NHK site in Japanese, you look here: https://www.nhk.jp/g/ts/Z8WRRJ9K96/blog/bl/pm1VNbJpWQ/bp/pExrRxao2y/ and click on the topmost link that says "NHK ONE", it should look like this:
Click "I understand" to acknowledge that you're not in Japan (lel) and then scroll down til you see this button:
it might look like this:
click on that and you should see all the videos?!
-
JSA immediately posts individual videos of each of the highest-ranked 10+ matches listed in Japanese with no commentary, here: https://www.youtube.com/@sumo-video/videos
-
For the listings in Japanese, try automated translations if there's a lot of text. Alternately, look for something like: 9月14日 which in this case refers to the 9th month and the 14th day (September 14th). Automated translation doesn't work that well on sumotori names, but this is a great opportunity to learn them by sight! (The JSA web site has pictures of them all.)
Additional fan youtube channels (I haven’t checked them out too thoroughly)
- https://www.youtube.com/@LionSumo
- https://www.youtube.com/@sumowithherbert
- https://www.youtube.com/@SumoFiles
- https://www.youtube.com/@Sumotop/videos
- https://www.youtube.com/@Wakanoho-8/videos
- https://www.youtube.com/@DarkCircleSumo/streams
Text Info in English:
-
all results and standings and next-day schedule by sumodb
-
more results and stats from sumostats, another fan site
-
results and more info from the JSA
-
daily writeups by The Mainichi (Mainichi Shimbun newspaper)
-
occasional articles by The Japan News (Yomiuru Shimbun newspaper)
-
for commentary, see the tachiai fan site
Intro to Sumo
-
more English-language intro videos at NHK's Sumopedia
-
the wikipedia article has a lot of great information including on sumo terms.
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