On the OTHER SumoStats Site (Not Me!) - Plus a Video on Mongolia
I have nothing to do with that one! It has loads of cool graphs!
Before I begin, I apologize for posting too soon after the tournament last time.
Even without considering that many of us non-Japanese fans have to wait quite a bit to watch videos of final day matches, I have sumo friends & family who are quite busy and aren’t able to watch the matches daily, and space out their viewing.
So, in the future, I will wait a few days (such as 3+) before posting any stat analysis of the winner of the basho. I may post something like the kimarite of all wrestlers (which doesn’t give away the winner), or other such items.
The point of this substack isn’t supposed to be breaking sumo news, after all, but some statistical analysis of sumo (especially between tournaments).
I also like sharing the sumo stats and culture that is accessible for my fellow English-speaking sumo fans.
SumoStats.com: Kimarite Profile Radar Graph
I’ve been watching this website coming along, and I like one of the new features they just added to the site: radar graphs of kimarite!
I have nothing to do with SumoStats.com — I started my substack before they started their website, but seriously, there is room enough for us all. They’re going the extra-technical route, and good for them.
One of the latest features they’ve added is a radar graph for each wrestler on their kimarite, which looks like this: (I picked Hoshoryu)
Let’s find a contrasting wrestler, like Kotozakura:
And finally, because we all want to see it, is Ura:
I see this site as a useful adjunct to going to the SumoDB and JSA sites (they’re pulling from both), as I use both of those sites as well.
The novel visualizations, such as these profiles, as well as an injury history against net wins is very handy.
Mongolian Wrestler Domination… Will It Last?
This video is from 3 months ago, and I’m putting together Yokozuna-specific stats for a few posts.
But I think a bunch of us have seen a Hakuho-distortion field. It’s been HAKUHO dominating, and Terunofuji was pretty big, sure.
The items at the end of the video are useful — there are wrestling-heavy cultures outside Japan sending men into sumo. Shishi needs to polish up - I think he can do better than he has. But all eyes have been on Aonishiki. I hope he does well, and attracts more people to the sport.