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Sumo May 2025 tourney Day 15 videos - LAST DAY! (slrpnk.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Sergio@slrpnk.net to c/sumo@lemmy.world

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Videos:

All top-tier (Makuuchi) matches with English commentary by NHK - youtube copy. ~~probably won’t be posted til Monday. NHK posts a video with English language commentary after a delay of a day or so, it will be linked here when they do. I think you can watch it stream on their web site at various times per day - here's a schedule - and at some point they make it "video on demand".~~
Best 10 bouts in the top tier (Makuuchi), with post-fight notes in English by Don Don
All top tier bouts listed in Japanese with Japanese commentary by NHK: first half, second half
Videos of the top ranks of the top tier listed in Japanese and without commentary, posted by the JSA - look for the ones that say "15日目" or "5月25日"

More Info:

all results and standings by sumodb
results from the JSA
daily writeups in English by The Mainichi

Intro to Sumo

introductory video
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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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm glad I found this community. I used to watch sumo when it was on Eurosport but they stopped airing it over ten years ago. Then occasionally searched YouTube for sumo content but there was never really anything very good. Those NHK daily summaries really hit the spot.

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Well, I hope I'm posting direct links 2 months from now, but just in case, you can look here:

NHK daily summaries with English commentary listed in English are usually posted here: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/sumo/ and here: https://www.youtube.com/@NHKWORLDJAPAN/videos but for the first day they're "streamed live" before being posted, you can see the schedule here: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/ .
NHK daily summaries with Japanese commentary listed in Japanese - this URL changes every tourney, you can look for it here: https://www.nhk.jp/p/ts/Z8WRRJ9K96/ which is in Japanese, but automatic translation can help you find it. Or you can look at the fan site https://tachiai.org/, they were pointing to these videos
JSA only posts the highest-ranked 10? matches listed in Japanese with no commentary, here: https://www.youtube.com/@sumo-video/videos
DonDon posts the "best 10" matches listed in English with post-match written English analysis, those were listed here: https://www.youtube.com/@dondonsumo2/videos for a day after they were made, but are currently unlisted. (still up, tho!)
if you want to watch live / rebroadcasts, try searching on twitch.tv, this tourney there were at least 3 different streamers, tho this varies.

Text Info:

all results and standings by sumodb
results from the JSA
daily writeups in English by The Mainichi