2023 Akita International Sumo Basho

2023 Akita International Sumo Basho
Details
Date	June 24th
Location	Akita Budokan
No. Men	15
No. Women	4
Men's Championship
Champion	Atomu Ishikawa
Runner-up	Mengkin Ragan
Fighting Spirit	Luke Kosko
No. of bouts	XX
Women's Championship
Champion	Theresia McGrath
Runner-up	Aiya Perrine
Fighting Spirit	XX
No. of bouts	XX
← 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		Victoria	Central	フーチ	Hooch	I don't swing and hope, I aim and fire
Owen Cunningham		Kilkenny	North	相撲猿	SumOweN	Céad míle fáilte!
Wikus Ferreira		Odate	North	フリッキー	Frikkie	When life gives you lemons, throw them in its face!
Stephen Fischer		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		Winnipeg	Central	飛熊山	Flying bear mountain	I've got the magic in me
Jack Herrod		?	Yamagata	カンガジャック	Kanga Jack	Pressure creates diamonds
Boo Henderson		?	Iwate	プリティボーイベーグル	PrettyBoyBagel	Seek Discomfort
Atomu Ishikawa		Gojome	North	トム	Tom	I'm gonna fight for my baby!
Luke Kosko		South Carolina	Nagano	スプーチ	Spooch	I'm the reason roosters wake up and scream
Kyle Lambert		?	Yamagata	カイル・ア・ルー	Kyle-a-Roo
Mengkin Ragan		Akita	Nagano	広東雄	Koutouyuu	"The wise only speak of what they know" - Gandalf
Rogelio Rodríguez		Mexico City	Central	月	Moon	?
Tom Smith		Swindon	?	抱っこモンスター	The Cuddle Monster
Jason Statt		Washington	?	スリムジミー	Slim Jimmy	?
Tyron Stewart		St Francis Bay	North	ミスターボーンズ	Mr. Bones	Dynamite comes in light packages
Wesley Sweet		?	Yuri	じゃがむ蟇蛙	The Crouching Toad	Stay out of my swamp
Crawford Wilson		?	Central	け	Ke	あべあべ！

Women's

Name	Country	Hometown	Placement	Shikona		Slogan
Aiya Perrine		?	South	ポイズンパパイヤ	Poison Papaya	Some fruit bite back
Arianne Solomon		Arima	North	大館のアリ	Ari of Odate	I can't sumo either
Christina Wakim		?	Yamagata	ウィークニーズ	WeakKnees	Watch out for Rice Krispies knees
Theresia McGrath		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

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  2023 Basho
  English
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  2023 Basho
  Japanese
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  2023 Basho
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  Wrestlers group photo
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  Scoreboard

See also

• Facebook Event Page
• Akita International Sumo Basho
• Charity Akita
• Charity Akita's event report

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