Zero Gravitas

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on here to post into the void about sumo I watch sumo live so please beware of spoilers during bashos. I tag live skeets with #sumospoilers he/him

Shot of the dohyo with Mita and Kaishin preparing for their match (which was a banger by the way) The arena is about half full because it’s still makushita
Signed Nishikigi sumo trading card
A bento box with 3 partitions, from left to right - rice with a plum, karaage chicken a mini omelette and yakisoba, and some potato and mixed vegetables
Photo of a bento box with hoshoryu on it. Sitting on the box is a pixel art acrylic pin and a tiny blue coin purse portraying hoshoryu. There are also two large round shiny metallic pins portraying Hiradoumi and Kotoeiho
Photo of the dohyo at IG Arena, a yobidashi is holding his fan and calling rikishi for the next bout. the stands are mostly empty as it’s still jonokuchi
A row of three framed tegatas, signed rikishi handprints. From left to right - Ura (宇良) - in a pink frame, Hoshoryu (豊昇龍) - in a dark blue frame, and Nishikigi (錦木) - in a dark green frame. Directly below is a framed row of prints by iris leu depicting each rikishi.
Screenshot of a sumo prime time video showing yobidashi Kunio in casual attire standing in front of the dohyo at the kokugikan as it is being constructed. Kunio is pointing to text with his name in kanji and hiragana. Yellow text in all caps at the bottom of the screen reads “MYSTERIOUS HOLE.”
gif of Nishikigi taking off his glasses in a cool way on the hanamichi
Nishikigi looking incredibly smug
Hoshoryu staring down Takayasu
Screenshot of two llm bots responding to a post about Midorifuji’s heart condition. Full of meaningless pablum and weird non sequitur similes.
Screenshot of notification from the official Grand Sumo app that reads: Nishikigi Tsurugisho won against
screenshot of Onbashira's official profile on the JSA website https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataRikishi/profile/4148/
Photo of an onbashira pillar at the Suwa Shrine that I found on Wikipedia. It's a huge log stood upright surrounded by a fence with those paper zigzag things like a yokozuna has hanging down from his tsuna Attribution: By 663highland - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5207184
screenshot from midnight sumo's stream of Onbashira raising his hands in the chirichozu pose before his bout
Screenshot showing the yusho arasoi for hatsu 2026 after day 4. It’s just Kirishima Oshoma and Abi all at 4-0
Kachi Clash screenshot showing the Hatsu 2026 banzuke my picks highlighted Current scores Hoshoryu 2-0 Kirishima 2-0 Hakunofuji 2-0 Fujinokawa 1-1 Asanoyama 1-1
Screenshot of the banzuke on kachi clash with my picks selected
Kachi clash results. I’m tied for 1815th out of 1839 participants with 26 points. The worst score anyone received was 23.
Nishikigi looking smug as hell
Email text reads: Hōshōryū has officially secured a winning record this tournament! He is still in contention for the championship, which means the upcoming banzuke could very well be a historic one — the first “Hōshōryū Champion" banzuke, a highly valuable collector's item for sumo fans worldwide. We've already confirmed successful international deliveries, so you can be confident that your banzuke will reach you overseas. And with the Makushita Plan, you will receive banzuke not only for Tokyo tournaments but also for every regional tournament throughout the year. Don't miss this historic moment — let's experience it together with fans from all over the world!
GIF of Nishikigi taking off his glasses on the hanamichi before a bout. He looks determined and badass.
Screenshot of Ura (left) in a pink mawashi facing off against Ichiyamamoto (right) in a vibrant green mawashi with the gyoji in the center wearing yellowish green robes
A screenshot of the banzuke on the Kachi clash website with my picks highlighted Y-O - Hoshoryu S-K - Wakatakakage M1-5 - Abi M6-10 - Daieisho M11-18 - Nishikigi
A screenshot of Kotozakura as flag bearer in the car with Kotoshoho for his yusho parade. And old guy is behind them. Maybe Kotoshoho’s dad???
Screenshot of ABEMA’s basho coverage with Takanohana and the other commentator in front of 3 huge overlapping pictures of the 3 wrestlers in yusho contention Aonishiki Kusano and Kotoshoho
pic of Nishikigi looking incredibly smug
Screenshot of Kotoshoho vs Onosato’s record on sumodb. Kotoshoho won both of their bouts in juryo and one of their three bouts in makuuchi
Takakeisho post weight loss sitting in a commentary panel between former Kotoeko (pretty sure) and another retired wrestler (sorry no idea who, I should probably know). They are watching Tamawashi’s kinboshi bout versus Onosato with mouths open in surprise.
Screenshot of a google search for “atamifuji kinboshi” with complete nonsense ai overview about him giving up 3 kinboshi as a yokozuna
Julienned (more or less) burdock root being soaked in a green plastic sieve and bowl
GIF of Nishikigi taking off his glasses on the hanamichi and looking badass
Screenshot of a very small Takakeisho from today’s NHK broadcast
Photo of Onosato’s yusho parade with Takayasu as his flag bearer
NHK broadcast of the natsu basho on a 14” Sony pvm, showing Tobizaru and Wakatakakage preparing for their bout. In front of the monitor is a red mug made to look like the envelopes given out at a sumo tournament
Unfinished pencil sketch of Hokutofuji doing his iconic pose where he holds his hand up to his forehead and closes his eyes before he throws his salt into the ring
A screenshot of my Kachi Clash picks. Hoshoryu 2-0 Daieisho 2-0 Takerufuji 2-0 Aonishiki 1-1 Nishikigi 2-0
Caves of Qud meme in the style of da share zone. Looks like a text box from the game with a character sprite in the background. Text reads: -[ JUST WALK OUT ]- you can leave!!! quest speaking 2 peers sermons ruin brightsheol regen tube schematic shoppi too fancy gun store templar if your quick legnedaries IF IT SUCKS.. HIT DA BRICKS!! real winners quit DA QUD ZONE
Nishikigi looking incredibly smug
Abi staring at the camera before his bout vs Takayasu
Gif of Nishikigi taking his glasses off on the hanamichi before a bout
Chiyoshoma as “Hombre de la evasión” from the “official canon sumo power rankings” meme
A bottle and a box of STRONG WAKAMOTO, a dried yeast pill sold in Japan as a dietary supplement
Ura (pink mawashi) and Ichiyamamoto (light green mawashi) getting ready for the initial charge. The gyoji in the background is in pink robes.
A Wikipedia screenshot of the final stanzas of The Mary Ellen Carter And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow With smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again. Rise again, rise again—though your heart it be broken Or life about to end. No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend, Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.
The kid mentioned in the post above trying to push Hoshoryu over. They’re at a covered outdoor dohyo and other kids are watching around the ring
A blue water bottle coozie thing with Hoshoryu on it. In the background is the kokugikan
A bento box, contents listed in post
A bento box with Hoshoryu on it with the interior of the kokugikan in the background
The current yusho arasoi (leaderboard) showing Kinbozan in first with 10 wins followed by Hoshoryu, Kirishima, Oho, and Takerufuji all tied for second at 9
“OFFICIAL SUMO POWER RANKINGS CHART” A huge Spanish language tier list meme of rikishi past and present. The relevant wrestlers here are Tamawashi, who is shown here baking cookies and is referred to as “BIMBO” in reference to the Mexican pastry company and Takerufuji, referred to as “MESSI” because I guess he looks like Messi? Tamawashi is listed as B tier and Takerufuji is listed as A tier.
Hoshoryu sending Tobizaru tumbling over the bales with dark souls boss victory text that reads “MONKE WRANGLED”
A gif of Nishikigi removing his glasses on the hanamichi before a bout. He looks badass.
A sumo themed deck of cards with Churanoumi as the 3 of hearts. It’s misprinted as CHURANOUM
A screenshot of the banzuke on Kachi Clash with my picks selected as detailed above
A sumo fan towel with 豊昇龍 (Hoshoryu) in blue bold text laid against the back of a gray sofa. Lining the top of the sofa are like 15 stuffed animal mice in various colors.
A yellow keychain fob depicting Takanosho’s head. The metal link got stretched out and it detached from the rest of my keychain
Ura makes an “Oooo” expression as his second rematch with Hiradoumi is announced