2018 Akita International Sumo Basho Details Date June 9 Location Akita Budokan No. Men 14 No. Women 7 Men's Championship Champion Dean Ruetzler Runner-up Peter Hall Fighting Spirit Mengkin Ragan No. of bouts 48 Women's Championship Champion Kate Smith Runner-up Amber Shamma Fighting Spirit Misa Yasuda No. of bouts 22 ← 2017 2019 →
The 14th Annual Akita International Sumo Basho (第十四回秋田県国際相撲場所) was a charity sumo tournament that was held on June 9th by Charity Akita. Every year JETs and friends gather from all across Tohoku (and some farther still) to decide who is worthy of the title of Akita's Yokozuna.
Details Date : Saturday, June 9th 2018Place : Akita Budokan , Akita City Price :
Rikishi (participants): ¥500. Arrive no later than 8:30. Upon arrival, volunteers will assist with putting on the mawashi , explain the rules governing the bouts, and give tips on how to fight.
Spectators ¥1,000, high school and junior high school students ¥500, children free
Volunteers ¥500 Wrestlers
Men's
Name
Country
Hometown
Akita
Shikona
Slogan
Adam Antão
New Zealand Wellington
?
ブラウン・ダイナマイト
Brown Dynamite
Take it easy on me plz
Aleksey Bolyshkanov
United States of America Sacramento
Central
スラヴ野郎
Dat Slav
I'm here to kick ass and drink vodka... and I'm all out of vodka.
Clay Sedgwick
United States of America Hawaii
South
スマック怖
Fearious Smack
Beer before liqour, never been quicker. Liqour before beer, I've become your greatest fear!
Dean Ruetzler
United States of America Vermont
Iwate
狂犬の花
Maddog Flower
花より団子
Jeremy Ma
Australia Sydney
Central
ジェレ熊
Bearemy
I'm Bearly trying
Lucas Woodall
United States of America North Carolina
Iwate
続く
To Be Continued
OH MY GOD!!
Chris Dean
United States of America Mississippi
Central
A-A-Ron
You done messed up
Mengkin Ragan
Japan Akita
Central
広東雄
Koutouyuu
Just taking it easy
Hoang Long Minh
Vietnam Thanh Hoa
North
黒豹
Black Panther
(see email)
Owen Cunningham
Republic of Ireland Kilkenny
North
相撲猿
SumOweN
... and there is no welcome mat.
Peter Hall
Australia Melbourne
Central
ラガの海
Sea of Raga
A raga is a living being. Bhangra is balle balle.
Rogelio Luna
Mexico Mexico City
Central
霜月
Luna
石の上にも三年
Sindre Aadnanes
Norway Oslo
Central
ノルウェーのバイキング
The Norwegian Viking
Honour the Old Gods.
Steve Symiakakis
United States of America Massachusetts
Central
マサ太郎
Masataro
These shoulders will not fall to the ground. It's because they bear aloft everyone's dreams.
Women's
Name
Country
Hometown
Akita
Shikona
Slogan
Amber Shamma
United States of America Texas
Central
暗熊
amBEAR
If it ain't Texan, I ain't flexin'.
Jillian Ocampo
United States of America Texas
South
爆竹
Firecracker
All it takes is a spark
Kate Smith
Canada Vancouver
South
ケートち
Lil K8
You win some you lose em all
Leslie Smith
United States of America Maryland
South
レッッッズルズ
LEZZZZZLES
There's a first (and last) time for everything
Manjyot Virdie
Canada Toronto
South
ブルー・スチール
Blue Steel
Really really really ridiculously...ridiculous
Misa Yasuda
United States of America California
South
見た勝った
Mi Sa(w and conquered)
Hue Hue
Sarah Egashira
Japan Tochigi
?
日の出丸
Sunrise Circle
My Japanese spirit is second to none!
Tournament format The Men's tournament consisted of 14 men who were divided into 2 groups. Each group wrestled in a round-robin format, with each wrestler having 6 matches. The top 2 from each group moved on to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, to avoid the wrestlers having excessive matches, the 4 wrestlers were randomly paired up for a single elimination. The 2 winners advanced to the finals for a winner-take-all bout.
The Women's tournament consisted of 7 women. Similar to the men's tournament, the wrestlers competed in a round-robin format (6 matches each), and the top 2 advanced straight to the final.
Officials The officiating for the 2018 tournament, as well as special prize decisions was overseen by current Akita JETs:
Derek Bonilla
John Lennon
Andrew Mowle
Maeleen Arce
Aaron Kern Publicity NHK News NHK Akita News Web article NHK NEWS WEB外国人が交流深める相撲大会
日本の伝統文化を学びながら交流を深めようと、留学生や英語を教えている外国人が集まって相撲大会を開き、迫力のある熱戦が繰り広げられました。
この相撲大会は県内の大学の留学生や、学校で英語を教えている外国人たちが、日本の伝統、相撲で交流を深めようと開かれました。
Bouts Men's opening rounds
Men's Groups
Group 1
Wins
Losses
Group 2
Wins
Losses
Dean Ruetzler
6
0
Hoang Long Minh
5
1
Jeremy Ma
4
2
Mengkin Ragan
5
1
Peter Hall
4
2
Sindre Aadnanes
5
1
Aleksey Bolyshkanov
3
3
Owen Cunningham
3
3
Adam Antão
2
4
Chris Dean
1
5
Clay Sedgwick
1
5
Lucas Woodall
1
5
Rogelio Luna
1
5
Steve Symiakakis
1
5
Green: Advance to semi-finals
Yellow: Playoff
Round 1
East
Video
West
○
Steve Symiakakis
watch
Chris Dean
Clay Sedgwick
watch
Jeremy Ma
○
Peter Hall
watch
Adam Antão
○
Lucas Woodall
watch
Hoang Long Minh
○
Aleksey Bolyshkanov
watch
Rogelio Luna
○
○
Sindre Aadnanes
watch
Mengkin Ragan
Round 2
East
Video
West
○
Jeremy Ma
watch *
Clay Sedgwick
○
Mengkin Ragan
watch
Steve Symiakakis
Adam Antão
watch *
Aleksey Bolyshkanov
○
○
Hoang Long Minh
watch
Sindre Aadnanes
○
Owen Cunningham
watch
Chris Dean
Rogelio Luna
watch
Dean Ruetzler
○
Round 3
East
Video
West
Lucas Woodall
watch
Chris Dean
○
Adam Antão
watch
Jeremy Ma
○
Hoang Long Minh
watch
Mengkin Ragan
○
○
Peter Hall
watch
Rogelio Luna
Owen Cunningham
watch
Sindre Aadnanes
○
Clay Sedgwick
watch
Dean Ruetzler
○
Round 4
East
Video
West
○
Rogelio Luna
watch
Clay Sedgwick
○
Mengkin Ragan
watch
Lucas Woodall
Jeremy Ma
watch
Peter Hall
○
Chris Dean
watch
Sindre Aadnanes
○
○
Owen Cunningham
watch
Steve Symiakakis
Aleksey Bolyshkanov
watch
Dean Ruetzler
○
Round 5
East
Video
West
○
Lucas Woodall
watch
Steve Symiakakis
○
Jeremy Ma
watch
Rogelio Luna
*
○
Mengkin Ragan
watch
Chris Dean
○
Peter Hall
watch
Aleksey Bolyshkanov
Owen Cunningham
watch
Hoang Long Minh
○
Adam Antão
watch
Dean Ruetzler
○
Round 6
East
Video
West
Rogelio Luna
watch
Adam Antão
○
Chris Dean
watch
Hoang Long Minh
○
Steve Symiakakis
watch
Sindre Aadnanes
○
Aleksey Bolyshkanov
watch
Clay Sedgwick
○
○
Owen Cunningham
watch
Lucas Woodall
Peter Hall
watch
Dean Ruetzler
○
Round 7
East
Video
West
Steve Symiakakis
watch
Hoang Long Minh
○
Clay Sedgwick
watch
Peter Hall
○
○
Aleksey Bolyshkanov
watch
Adam Antão
○
Sindre Aadnanes
watch
Lucas Woodall
Owen Cunningham
watch
Mengkin Ragan
○
Jeremy Ma
watch
Dean Ruetzler
○
* Round 2 scheduling errors: Adam was supposed to fight Aleksey; Jeremy was supposed to fight Clay.
* In Round 5 Rogelio was disqualified for choking. Men's play-off Group 1
Two men were tied for second place. Peter Hall went through without a playoff. Group 2
Three men were tied for first place, one needed to be eliminated. The first wrestler to lose 2 fights in a row was eliminated.
A scheduling error caused Sindre Aadnanes and Mengkin Ragan to fight an unnecessary bout.
Group 2
East
Video
West
○
Sindre Aadnanes
watch
Hoang Long Minh
○
Mengkin Ragan
watch
Hoang Long Minh
○
Sindre Aadnanes
watch
Mengkin Ragan
Women's opening rounds
Women's Group
Group
Wins
Losses
Kate Smith
6
0
Amber Shamma
5
1
Misa Yasuda
4
2
Leslie Smith
3
3
Manjyot Virdie
2
4
Sarah Egashira
1
5
Jillian Ocampo
0
6
Round 1
East
Video
West
○
Sarah Egashira
watch
Jillian Ocampo
Manjyot Virdie
watch
Kate Smith
○
○
Misa Yasuda
watch
Leslie Smith
Round 2
East
Video
West
○
Amber Shamma
watch
Manjyot Virdie
○
Kate Smith
watch
Sarah Egashira
Jillian Ocampo
watch
Misa Yasuda
○
Round 3
East
Video
West
○
Leslie Smith
watch
Sarah Egashira
Amber Shamma
watch
Kate Smith
○
○
Misa Yasuda
watch
Manjyot Virdie
Round 4
East
Video
West
○
Amber Shamma
watch
Misa Yasuda
Sarah Egashira
watch
Manjyot Virdie
○
○
Leslie Smith
watch
Jillian Ocampo
Round 5
East
Video
West
Jillian Ocampo
watch
Manjyot Virdie
○
Misa Yasuda
watch
Kate Smith
○
Leslie Smith
watch
Amber Shamma
○
Round 6
East
Video
West
Manjyot Virdie
watch
Leslie Smith
○
○
Kate Smith
watch
Jillian Ocampo
Sarah Egashira
watch
Amber Shamma
○
Round 7
East
Video
West
Jillian Ocampo
watch
Amber Shamma
○
○
Kate Smith
watch
Leslie Smith
Sarah Egashira
watch
Misa Yasuda
○
Men's semi finals
East
Video
West
Sindre Aadnanes
watch
Peter Hall
○
Mengkin Ragan
watch
Dean Ruetzler
○
Finals Women's final
East
Video
West
○
Kate Smith
watch
Amber Shamma
Men's final
East
Video
West
Peter Hall
watch
Dean Ruetzler
○
Awards Men's Champion: Dean Ruetzler
Women's Champion: Kate Smith
Statistics Individual Records Country Records Bouts between compatriots are not included.
Forfeits are not included. Gallery See also 
Scoreboard
Scoreboard
Wrestlers group photo
Wrestlers & Judges
