Fans have learned to eagerly anticipate NHK’s “Grand Sumo Preview” show, the Friday before each basho. These shows always feature Hiro Morita, John Gunning and Murray Johnson discussing the state of sumo, features were Raja Pradan frequently gets tortured, and the always enjoyable rikishi interview. This show, it looks like Abi will be interviewed.
Tune in Friday for what is certain to be a great introduction to the July tournament. For more information – check the Grand Sumo page on NHK World: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/sumo/
It’s possible but by no means confirmed that when they said Raja was spending his segment with gyoji I yelled “IF WE AREN’T FLINGING HIM WHY THE HELL ARE WE HERE, THEN.” That was unfair; it was a really good segment, and the episode was capped by Murray’s look of utter distaste for his mini-Murray doll.
NHK Newsline in Depth today features Hiro Morita interviewing Demon Hakka (I’m guessing at the spelling). I don’t know the back story of Demon Kakka, but I can tell you he is a talented make-up artist and his English is really, really good!
This clip features Takayasu saying, in English, ‘Watch me win the next title’! Worth watching for that alone :-).
Any chance of a link?
Here is a link to NHK’s live English stream:
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/live/
News on the hour, followed by Newsline in depth.
I poked about the site looking for that specific clip. It’s either not there at all, or not there yet — sometimes they wait before adding a video to the web site. You might have more luck than I.
Via Herouth on twitter, this worked for me: https://t.co/5mCNHYLktF
Yes, that’s the one. Glad you found it!
That was awesome! They should have Demon Kakka as a commentator on the English live sumocast, and on the preview show. His somo analysis is always quite deft.