Contest

Congratulations Hakuho Retirement Contest Winner!

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Harumafuji’s Danpatsushiki (photo: Nicola)

The Tachiai Team would like to thank all of the entrants for the Hakuho Retirement Contest. You all had great memories of the GOAT. It was a very difficult decision but Congratulations to Shusekiyama as the winner! And we’d especially like to thank the folks at BuySumoTickets for sponsoring the contest and providing the tickets. Unfortunately, Andy did not win the Billion Dollar Powerball (as he didn’t even hit a single number on either ticket) so he couldn’t make everyone a winner and throw the giant “party to end all parties” at the Kokugikan, like he wanted. It would have been great. He’d have his shamisen, a bottle of whiskey, and a bottomless pot of chanko…but maybe some other time.

That was a lot of fun, and with Japan and the Sumo Kyokai more open from their Covid-induced slumber, we hope to be able to bring more events and contests to you all in the near future. So watch this space.

Reminder! Hakuho Danpatsushiki Ticket Giveaway

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You might be reeling from the results of the surprising senshuraku tomoe-sen, but if you missed the news that Tachiai has partnered with BuySumoTickets.com to give away a pair of tickets to Hakuho’s upcoming Danpatsushiki, then click on over here to go to the contest page!

We’ve since received word that the event is sold out, so this represents a great chance for a sumo fan without tickets to see the former Dai-Yokozuna’s intai-zumo event. The contest will conclude on December 1.

Details of the contest are on the initial post, along with contest rules & requirements. Leave a comment on the original post with your best Hakuho memory for a chance to win!

Tachiai Giveaway: Sumo Playing Cards

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Sumo Rikishi Playing Cards
Win this deck of Sumo playing cards!

One of the cool things about the sumo experience is the large array of merch on sale for attendees to snap up at their leisure. There are souvenirs ranging from cookies to towels to figurines to decks of playing cards, and more. And we’re happy to let our readers know that we’ve got an extra deck of those playing cards to give away!

How to enter: all we’re asking is that you share either of the below links to the latest Tachiai podcast on iTunes publicly, on Twitter or Facebook, and post the link to your shared post in the comments of this post. Then, we’ll randomly select a winner and send you the deck! Easy as that.

Share link to podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podcasts-tachiai-立合い/id1233828207?mt=2
Share link to podcast on Tachiai: https://tachiai.org/2018/08/12/tachiai-summer-podcast/

As new decks haven’t yet been produced, the deck includes recently retired fan favorites like Harumafuji and Osunaarashi, so it’ll be a great “last chance” collectible if you’re a fan of those fellas. Sadly, it was produced before the ascension to sekitori status of Enho, so you won’t have luck finding him as the Ace of Hearts (a title that is, of course, bestowed upon Ichinojo)! Meanwhile, Nagoya-yusho winner Mitakeumi takes up the rock and roll mantle of Ace of Spades.

We’ll pick a winner at the end of August, so you’ve got until then to enter! We’ll send the prize to the winner in early September.