2014 Akita International Sumo Basho Details Date June 28 Location Akita Budokan No. Men 12 No. Women 4 Men's Championship Champion Kassidy Cook Runner-up John Lennon Fighting Spirit Kazune Hasegawa No. of bouts 46 Women's Championship Champion Meagan Peat Runner-up Jan Rambaud Fighting Spirit Stephanie Hupp No. of bouts 9 ← 2013 2015 →
The 10th Annual Akita International Sumo Basho (第十回秋田県国際相撲場所) is a charity sumo tournament that was held on June 28th by the Akita Association of JETs . Every year JETs and friends gather from all across Tohoku (and some farther still) to decide who was worthy of the title of Akita's Yokozuna.
Details Date : Saturday, June 28th 2014Place : Akita Budokan , Akita City Price :
Rikishi (participants): ¥500. Arrive no later than 9:30. Upon arrival, volunteers assisted with putting on the mawashi , explaining the rules governing the bouts, and gave tips on how to fight.
Spectators: ¥1,000, kids ¥500 Wrestlers
Men's
Name
Country
Hometown
Akita
Shikona
Slogan
Kassidy Cook
Iowa
South
Kassidilla
To my opponent ... へばな〜！！
Owen Cunningham
Kilkenny
North
相撲猿
SumOweN
oishii dashi
Oliver Gilkes
Tochigi
折刃
The Tree
It's all a bit of fun until I rupture your spleen
Kenneth Grant
Spalding
Central
蹴荷威
Kick Stuff Powderfully
I'll sleep when I'm dead
Kazune Hasegawa
Fukushima
Central
禁愚和
King Kaz
Nothing to fear - with the exception of ghosts
Sebastian Hesse
Pennsylvania
Fukushima
石炭電
Coal Train
Blood and Iron
Todd Horner
Alberta
South
煙突
Smoke Stacks
Guts pose for life
John Lennon
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Central
ゾンビ〜
Zombie
ダイジョウブス
Jim O'Grady
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Miyagi
ウイスキー ジィッム
Whiskey Jim
It seemed like a good idea at the time!
David Ranzini
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Central
妙義 賢闘龍
Myōgi Sakatoryū
Fight smart or die stupid
Dean Ruetzler
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Morioka
ゴリラの里
Village of Gorillas
ishindenshin
Todd Shaw
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North
危人
Abunai Hito
Win, or murder your opponent tryin'
Tournament format The Men's tournament consisted of 12 men who were divided into 2 groups. After the initial 5 rounds the top 3 wrestlers from each group were assigned numbers from 1 through 6. These 6 men went through 3 rounds to decide the top 2 who then proceeded to the final.
The Women's tournament consisted of 4 women.
Officials The officiating for the 2014 tournament, as well as special prize decisions was overseen by past and present Akita JETs:
Head Referee/Head Judge - Pat Costello ('07-'11)
Ring-side Judge - Delmer Lopez ('08-'13)
Ring-side Judge - Mark Dawson ('08-'13)
Ring-side Judge - Andrew Lewis ('11-'14) Publicity This years event was well publicised with at least two newspapers and two TV stations covering the event.
Sakigake Sakikage Newspaper on Monday June 30, 2014 Akita Keizai Akita Keizai on Saturday June 28, 2014 「秋田県国際相撲大会」参加者の皆さん 男女「相撲レスラー」16人が白熱の取組－秋田県国際相撲大会（この写真の記事へ）（2014-06-28）
Bouts Men's opening rounds
Round 1
East
Video
West
Dean Ruetzler
watch
Owen Cunningham
○
Todd Shaw
watch
Kazune Hasegawa
○
○
John Lennon
watch
David Ranzini
Kenny Grant
watch
Todd Horner
○
Oliver Gilkes
watch
Kassidy Cook
○
Jim O'Grady
watch
Sebastian Hesse
○
Round 2
East
Video
West
Todd Shaw
watch
Owen Cunningham
○
○
Kenny Grant
watch
David Ranzini
Jim O'Grady
watch
Kassidy Cook
○
○
Dean Ruetzler
no video
Kazune Hasegawa
○
John Lennon
no video
Todd Horner
○
Oliver Gilkes
no video
Sebastian Hesse
Round 3
East
Video
West
Kenny Grant
watch
Sebastian Hesse
○
John Lennon
watch
Kassidy Cook
○
Jim O'Grady
no video
Kazune Hasegawa
○
○
Oliver Gilkes
no video
Owen Cunningham
○
Todd Shaw
no video
Todd Horner
○
Dean Ruetzler
no video
David Ranzini
Round 4
East
Video
West
○
John Lennon
**watch
Kazune Hasegawa
○
Oliver Gilkes
no video
David Ranzini
○
Kenny Grant
watch
Owen Cunningham
Dean Ruetzler
watch
Sebastian Hesse
○
Jim O'Grady
no video
Todd Horner
○
○
Todd Shaw
no video
Kassidy Cook
Round 5
East
Video
West
○
Kenny Grant
watch
Kazune Hasegawa
○
John Lennon
no video
Sebastian Hesse
○
Oliver Gilkes
watch
Todd Horner
○
Todd Shaw
no video
David Ranzini
Jim O'Grady
no video
Owen Cunningham
○
○
Dean Ruetzler
no video
Kassidy Cook
Women's opening rounds
East
Video
West
Stephanie Hupp
watch
Meagan Peat
○
○
Jan Rambaud
watch
Katie Coburn
○
Stephanie Hupp
watch
Jan Rambaud
Katie Coburn
watch
Meagan Peat
○
Stephanie Hupp
no video
Katie Coburn
○
○
Meagan Peat
watch
Jan Rambaud
Men's play-off Only 6 men could progress to the semi-finals. After the men's opening round Oliver and John were guaranteed to progress with scores of 4-1. However 6 men were tied at 3-2, so a play off was needed. 3 fights were held, and the winner of each fight could progress. Then from the 3 losers janken was used to decide the final position (no sumo involved!).
East
Video
West
Kenny Grant
watch
Dean Ruetzler
○
Owen Cunningham
watch
Todd Shaw
○
○
Kassidy Cook
watch
Sebastian Hesse
A three way janken between Kenny, Owen and Sebastian saw Kenny through to the semi-finals!
Men's semi finals
Round 1
East
Video
West
○
Kassidy Cook
no video
Kenny Grant
○
Dean Ruetzler
no video
Todd Shaw
○
Oliver Gilkes
no video
John Lennon
Round 2
East
Video
West
○
Kassidy Cook
no video
Dean Ruetzler
○
Oliver Gilkes
no video
Kenny Grant
Todd Shaw
no video
John Lennon
○
Round 3
East
Video
West
○
Dean Ruetzler
no video
Oliver Gilkes
Todd Shaw
no video
Kassidy Cook
○
○
John Lennon
no video
Kenny Grant
Women's play-off With 3 women tied at 1 win 2 losses a playoff was needed.
East
Video
West
○
Jan Rambaud
no video
Stephanie Hupp
Stephanie Hupp
no video
Katie Coburn
○
○
Jan Rambaud
no video
Katie Coburn
Men's final round
East
Video
West
○
John Lennon
no video
Oliver Gilkes
John Lennon
no video
Kassidy Cook
○
Oliver Gilkes
no video
Kassidy Cook
○
Men's play-off (for second place)
East
Video
West
○
John Lennon
no video
Oliver Gilkes
Awards Men's Champion: Kassidy Cook
Women's Champion: Meagan Peat
Statistics Individual Records Country Records
Country
Wrestlers
Wins
Losses
PCT %
Wins
Losses
PCT %
2
5
3
0.625
9
14
10
0.583
17
10
0.630
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8
8
0.500
8
10
0.444
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2
3
0.400
2
2
6
0.250
2
7
0.222
Standard bouts
with playoff bouts
Bouts between compatriots are not included.
Janken is not included.Gallery See also 
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Canada
United States
Ireland
2014 Basho
Women's scoreboard
Men's scoreboard
