2023 Akita International Sumo Basho

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2023 Akita International Sumo Basho
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Details
DateJune 24th
LocationAkita Budokan
No. Men15
No. Women4
Men's Championship
ChampionAtomu Ishikawa
Runner-upMengkin Ragan
Fighting SpiritXX
No. of boutsXX
Women's Championship
ChampionTheresia McGrath
Runner-upAiya Perrine
Fighting SpiritXX
No. of boutsXX
2019 2024

The 16th Annual Akita International Sumo Basho (第十六回秋田県国際相撲場所) was a charity sumo tournament that was held on June 24th 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.

This tournament was the first since 2019, following a hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wrestlers

Men's
Name Country Hometown Placement Shikona Slogan
Sam Archibald Australia Victoria Central フーチ Hooch I don't swing and hope, I aim and fire
Owen Cunningham Republic of Ireland Kilkenny North 相撲猿 SumOweN Céad míle fáilte!
Wikus Ferreira South Africa Odate North フリッキー Frikkie When life gives you lemons, throw them in its face!
Stephen Fischer United States of America Akita Central 永遠に@おヴィーガン3000 Forever Vegan 3000 I don't think you understand, I am not locked in here with you. You are locked in here with me!
Jacob Guimond Canada Winnipeg Central 飛熊山 Flying bear mountain I've got the magic in me
Jack Herrod Australia ? Yamagata カンガジャック Kanga Jack Pressure creates diamonds
Boo Henderson Malaysia ? Iwate プリティボーイベーグル  PrettyBoyBagel Seek Discomfort
Atomu Ishikawa Japan Gojome North トム Tom I'm gonna fight for my baby!
Luke Kosko United States of America South Carolina Nagano スプーチ Spooch I'm the reason roosters wake up and scream
Kyle Lambert Australia ? Yamagata カイル・ア・ルー Kyle-a-Roo
Mengkin Ragan United States of America Akita Nagano 広東雄 Koutouyuu "The wise only speak of what they know" - Gandalf
Rogelio Rodríguez Mexico Mexico City Central Moon ?
Tom Smith United Kingdom Swindon ? 抱っこモンスター The Cuddle Monster
Jason Statt United States of America Washington ? スリムジミー Slim Jimmy ?
Tyron Stewart South Africa St Francis Bay North ミスターボーンズ Mr. Bones Dynamite comes in light packages
Wesley Sweet United States of America ? Yuri じゃがむ蟇蛙 The Crouching Toad Stay out of my swamp
Crawford Wilson United States of America ? Central Ke あべあべ!
Women's
Name Country Hometown Placement Shikona Slogan
Aiya Perrine United States of America ? South ポイズンパパイヤ Poison Papaya Some fruit bite back
Arianne Solomon Trinidad and Tobago Arima North 大館のアリ Ari of Odate I can't sumo either
Christina Wakim Canada ? Yamagata ウィークニーズ WeakKnees Watch out for Rice Krispies knees
Theresia McGrath Australia Victoria Central ラッキーダック Lucky Duck Say your prayers, my bones are strong from kyushoku milk!

Groups

Group 1
Wrestler Wins Losses
Owen 2 0
Stephen 1 1
Tyron 0 2
Rogelio
Group 2
Wrestler Wins Losses
Mengkin 3 0
Jack 2 1
Jacob 1 2
Kyle 0 3
Group 3
Wrestler Wins Losses
Atomu 3 0
Wikus 1 2
Wesley 1 2
Crawford 1 2
Group 4
Wrestler Wins Losses
Luke 2 1
Boo 2 1
Tom 1 2
Sam 1 2
  • Green: Advance to next round
  • Orange: Advance to next round but a playoff necessary to decide rank
  • Yellow: Playoff

Men's opening round

Round 1
East Video West
Owen Cunningham watch Tyron Stewart  
Jack Herrod * watch Kyle Lambert  
  Tom Smith watch Sam Archibald
  Jack Herrod * watch Mengkin Ragan
  Crawford Wilson watch Atomu Ishikawa
Round 2
East Video West
  Jacob Guimond no video Jack Herrod
Atomu Ishikawa watch Wesley Sweet *  
Boo Henderson watch Sam Archibald  
Wikus Ferreira watch Wesley Sweet *  
Round 3
East Video West
  Kyle Lambert watch Mengkin Ragan *
  Wikus Ferreira watch Atomu Ishikawa
Tom Smith watch Boo Henderson  
  Jacob Guimond watch Mengkin Ragan *
Round 4
East Video West
Luke Kosko * watch Tom Smith  
Crawford Wilson watch Wikus Ferreira  
  Stephen Fischer watch Owen Cunningham
Luke Kosko * watch Sam Archibald  
Round 5
East Video West
Stephen Fischer watch Tyron Stewart  
  Luke Kosko watch Boo Henderson
Wesley Sweet watch Crawford Wilson  
  Kyle Lambert watch Jacob Guimond

* 2 fights in the same round.

Men's play-off

Group 3

  • Three men were tied for second place. Wikus and Crawford fought first. The winner fought Wesley, and the winner of that fight could prgoress.

Group 4

  • Two men were tied for first place. A fight between wrestlers was used to decide who topped the group.
Group 3
East Video West
Wikus Ferreira watch Crawford Wilson  
Wikus Ferreira watch Wesley Sweet  
Group 4
East Video West
  Boo Henderson watch Luke Kosko

Women's opening round

Wrestlers
Wrestler Wins Losses
Aiya Perrine 3 0
Theresia McGrath 2 1
Arianne Solomon 1 2
Christina Wakim 0 3


Round 1
East Video West
Aiya Perrine watch Arianne Solomon  
Theresia McGrath watch Christina Wakim  
Round 2
East Video West
  Theresia McGrath watch Aiya Perrine
Arianne Solomon forfeit Christina Wakim  
Round 3
East Video West
Theresia McGrath [ watch] Arianne Solomon  
Aiya Perrine forfeit Christina Wakim  
  • Christina got injured in the first round and had to sit out the rest of the tournament. A fusenshō (不戦勝) 'win by default because of the absence of the opponent' was awarded to Arianne and Aiya, indicated above with a white square.

Men's Second Round

Group 2A
Wrestler Wins Losses
Atomu 3 0
Jack 2 1
Owen 1 2
Boo 0 3
Group 2B
Wrestler Wins Losses
Mengkin 3 0
Luke 2 1
Wikus 1 2
Stephen 0 3
Round 1
East Video West
  Owen Cunningham watch Jack Herrod
  Stephen Fischer watch Mengkin Ragan
Atomu Ishikawa watch Boo Henderson  
  Wikus Ferreira watch Luke Kosko
Round 2
East Video West
  Stephen Fischer watch Wikus Ferreira
  Owen Cunningham watch Atomu Ishikawa
Jack Herrod watch Boo Henderson  
Mengkin Ragan watch Luke Kosko  
Round 3
East Video West
Owen Cunningham watch Boo Henderson  
  Stephen Fischer watch Luke Kosko
Mengkin Ragan watch Wikus Ferreira  
  Jack Herrod watch Atomu Ishikawa

Men's semi finals

Men's semi finals
East Video West
Atomu Ishikawa watch Luke Kosko  
  Jack Herrod watch Mengkin Ragan

Finals

Women's final

East Video West
Theresia McGrath watch Aiya Perrine  

Men's final

East Video West
Atomu Ishikawa watch Mengkin Ragan  

Gallery

See also

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