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Behind the scenes: SUMO

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    Behind the scenes, sumo are friendly, funny, shy, cynical... human beings. In a rare interview, some young men from Minato stable talk about their lives as sumo.
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ความคิดเห็น • 29

  • @theweirick
    @theweirick 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    How can one not respect these men who sacrifice so much for their careers?

  • @kleigh6784
    @kleigh6784 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    GREAT VIDEO... THANKS FOR THE ENGLISH SUBTITLES...

  • @adamrodriguez2160
    @adamrodriguez2160 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I just started getting into this sport..... Wow im hooked!!! Its awesome!!!

    • @wherenextjapan
      @wherenextjapan  5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sumo is amazing. The tradition, the rituals, the rikishi themselves... Such a cool sport

    • @Fuu_Sho
      @Fuu_Sho 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Google for "NHK Sumopedia", they have a lot of short videos that explain a lot about sumo.

  • @raestrikke
    @raestrikke 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    lovely glimpse into the lives of the young rikishi.

  • @egparis18
    @egparis18 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    They are not 'sumos'. They are rikishi. Just as Cristiano Ronaldo is not a 'soccer'.

    • @silafuyang8675
      @silafuyang8675 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ronaldo is a clown.

    • @radicalhonesty7111
      @radicalhonesty7111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      As a matter of fact, a rikishi is also called "o-sumo-san." It's a less formal term. But you're absolutely correct.

    • @serene5187
      @serene5187 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Using "sumo" as "sumo wrestler(s)" is perfectly correct, a bit old-fashioned though.
      You can see people were talking like "That guy is ex-sumo (moto sumo)", "You can't become a good sumo if you ... " etc. in the old movies and "rakugo" (Japanese traditional storytelling). I think some people, especially men, have still called a rikishi as a "sumo" at least until my grandfather's generation.

  • @waruiboya2575
    @waruiboya2575 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When you watch a sumo basho, you have wrestlers you like and the ones you don't like so much. But after seeing such interactions, how can you not like ALL of them, right down to the lowest ranked junior guys.

  • @cyrosjourney7755
    @cyrosjourney7755 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you

  • @paulbaker1505
    @paulbaker1505 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's like back when I was doing basic army training. Constantly. For years. Eat sleep. Train. Fight. Repeat. Now that takes some serious discipline. Trust me

  • @quackkuryu4680
    @quackkuryu4680 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    do they do their hair like this every day? or only sometimes like tournaments?

    • @wherenextjapan
      @wherenextjapan  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm pretty sure it's every day. They wear kimono when they go out. Their life reflects their sport.

  • @jule12ify
    @jule12ify 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder how much the person who does hair get paid cuz if he does everyone in the stable hair every day that like at least 20-30 heads a day ya know.

  • @enfielddnepr
    @enfielddnepr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for posting! There is one thing i wonder; They all sleep together, but are all young men, hence have sexual needs.. How can you -especial if no woman is allowed- masturbate in privacy?

  • @colbypang7185
    @colbypang7185 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    How to becoming a sumo
    I real love sumo
    To having a big body

    • @bahasainggrisbersamamradi9308
      @bahasainggrisbersamamradi9308 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Being into sumo not about being fat
      It's about tradition, respect, hardwork, discipline, and devotion

    • @shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin
      @shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, if you were young, and were good at local forms of wrestling, you could probably translate ok to amateur Sumo - and then perhaps apply to one of the training stables. They take applications, though being accepted would bee difficult.

  • @youtubeuser7798
    @youtubeuser7798 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    They are like prisoners?

  • @ronki23
    @ronki23 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sumo get so big and fat for a match that lasts only a few seconds. Why don't they do judo instead?

    • @Dammiunnomevalido
      @Dammiunnomevalido 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Because in Judo you don't get so big and fat for a match that lasts only few seconds.
      Jokes aside, other than being a different discipline, Sumo has deep and rooted ceremonial and religious meanings. Is also Japan's national sport, meaning an high ranking sumo fighter can reach incredible peaks of fame and glory.
      Professionals live in their gyms (called stables) and live accordingly to strict rules, both in private and public life. Is a lifestile of daily devotion.

    • @androgynousmaggot9389
      @androgynousmaggot9389 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's almost as p asking why a doctor didn't become a lawyer! For the rest see the answer above! 👌

    • @ronki23
      @ronki23 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@androgynousmaggot9389 why a PhD in law didn't become a lawyer ? 😉

    • @androgynousmaggot9389
      @androgynousmaggot9389 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ronki23 damn! You got me! 👏😂