Who is considered the top cuck of the Sumo game these days?

The top dogs of professional sumo wrestling right now are the sport's active Grand Champions (Yokozuna), led by Onosato and Hoshoryu. There is no single runaway legend dominating every tournament like in past eras, but these two young grand champions sit at the absolute summit of the banzuke (rankings).The Grand Champions (Yokozuna)Onosato (Daiki): A 25-year-old Japanese powerhouse who made a historic, record-setting sprint to reach the highest rank of Yokozuna, weighing in at over 420 pounds.Hoshoryu (Tomokatsu): The 74th Yokozuna and nephew of legendary former Yokozuna Asashoryu, known for his incredible throwing techniques and fierce competitive spirit.Top Contenders and OzekiKirishima: A seasoned veteran holding a firm grip at the ozeki (champion-tier) rank, consistently putting up double-digit wins.Aonishiki: The rising Ukrainian-born star who rocketed up the ranks and secured major tournament titles at the elite level.

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Great slop.

who the best

Nothing great about slop.

Asanoyama vs Oshoma

Probably the best bout of the day. Asanoyama is a veteran, he held of the ozeki title some time ago. He had an injury, struggled his way back to makuuchi division, then got another injury so he had to start over again.

Oshoma, he is not too remarkable. He had a promising start, but he didn't become more than stable makuuchi fiter.

If yokozuna Onosato had a healthy left shoulder he would be the best. He can beat all the others reliably, only failing a couple times per basho. But he is injured so he sucks.

All the other top rikishis, inlcuding yokozuna Hoshoryu has the tendency to fail against opponents they should beat. Hosh is barely better then the rest.

Aonishiki, the young Ukrainian, is really promising, he is strong, quick in action and thinking, has good instincts, he really has a talent for this. However he relies a lot on bending forward from the hips, almost horizontal, and they started to counter that, plus when his back fails, he'll be buggered. But by then perhaps he'll be yokozuna for years. He is ozeki now, which is the topmost rank just below yokozuna. My problem is that I suspect they stack the deck in his favor. Just the other day they let him walk with an obvious hairpull, which is one of the rare forbidden moves.

Atamifuji is also a young talent. And he is big. He rises slower than Aonishiki, but he might become even better. Time will tell.

There are some more young talents, but they need to mature.

Daieisho vs Kotoshoho

I think Daieisho currently is the most true practitioner of oshizumo. Oshidashi is the style when the rikishi moves his opponent with constant pushing motions. The rikishi doesn't grab the pantsu and wrestles, but dishes out large amount of slaps, so called tsupparis, to the opponent. Some are more effective than others, and Daieisho's regular pushes are pretty forceful.

See replay in slower motion.

There's Ukraininans in sumo?

Apparently Georgians too

 

Yes. As far as I know first time ever. And they have two. Shishi started a while back around 2020 I think I can look it up. You can too, many rikishis have Wikipedia page, and there is at least one sumo database.

 

Number of foreign wrestlers get into sumo. It has a worldwide amateur championship and whatnot, many countries have their own athletes, Hungary too. However not many get into Japanese professional sumo. And probably even less gets into the top division.

Most of them are Mongols. Right now in makuuchi and juryo (top two divisions), has Mongols from Mongolia, China, and Tuva.

There is a Kazakh rikishi (looks Tatarish/Turkic) and two Ukrainian (they look average Slav).

Previously there were three notable fiters: a Bulgarian (Aoiyama), a Brazilian (Kaisei), and a Georgian (Tochinoshin whom you posted). They were veterans already when I started to watch sumo in 2020. Since all retired.

Even before there were others, Hawaiian beasts and whatnot.

The Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament is finished on Sunday.

Aonishiki has the yusho (tournament championship). He won in the playoffs (slapoff as we call it), beating two rivals: Atamifuji and Kirishima. He also secured his way back to the rank ozeki, and now he can set his eyes to the yokozuna title. It is likely he will be able to get it.

 

I'm planning to post some videos, I hope the engine will allow me.