MAY YOUR BINGO BE SPEEDY
The Basho Begins on Sunday. BINGO CARDs are Available.
SUMO WRESTLERS SING
One of our favorite things about sumo is the KARAOKE. Sumo wrestlers singing for their fans is just the BEST entertainment EVER.
In this episode, we break down one of the latest events that included singing, and this time the singers were Daieisho, Kagayaki, Hiradoumi, Takayasu, and Onosho. These events give you a completely different idea of who these men are, and I am officially a HUGE Kagayaki fan now.
If you want to watch a few snippets of the karaoke, go to 4:30 in this video from Sumo PrimeTime. Or here’s a link to Takayasu singing, and he is Harry Styles dreamy here.
How about some sumo inspiration? I believe this is from the Hakuho Cup, a children’s sumo competition held in Japan. This. Kid. Never. Gives. Up.
BE LIKE LENORE… BE A BINGO WINNER
We love this photo of our March BINGO champion. This could be YOU.
BINGO CARDS ARE AVAILABLE
BINGO CARDS ARE AVAILABLE for the May sumo tournament. Rules and reminders about HOW to play are below.
If you’ve never joined us for BINGO, welcome!
How to PLAY SUMO BINGO:
CLAIM YOUR CARD. (1 per person please)
Watch the May sumo tournament and mark a wrestler when he gets 8 wins (kachi-koshi) and/or 8 losses (make-koshi).
5 across/down/diagonal of the same type is a BINGO (all kachi-koshi or all make-koshi).
When you get a BINGO, email us a photo/screen shot of your completed winning card sumokaboom@gmail.com ASAP. We’ll let you know if you were the first BINGO.
The biggest prizes go to the 1st kachi-koshi and make-koshi BINGO winners, so speed is of the essence. Send in your BINGO fast if you think you might be the winner. But, if you BINGO later, your name goes into a drawing for additional prizes at the end of the basho. SO KEEP PLAYING.
Feel free to share your good fortune with the world over social media, too. Go ahead - share your win!
Reminders
***IMPORTANT*** Your BINGO card is filled with wrestlers who are on the current banzuke. If a wrestler never wrestles in this tournament, it's NOT a make-koshi or kachi-koshi. It's a dead square.
Have fun! A sense of humor is appreciated and will earn you special sumo points and admiration from us. And sometimes a prize!
Play to the end of the basho! Every BINGO enters your name into the drawing for prizes at the end of the basho. We give away 2-4 prizes to folks who BINGO late.
If your wrestler wrestles at least 1 day, his record counts. He might be make-koshi, but he could be JUST the loser you need to win BINGO.
Stay true to your style of sumo bingo! Ganbatte!
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