Grand Sumo Breakdown

Mar 03 2025 100 ep. 75 mins 237

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This is Grand Sumo Breakdown, a sports talk show about professional sumo. Keep an eye out for our main episodes where we preview and recap each tournament and bonus episodes on other topics specific to sumo. Feel free to contact us through social media or email us at [email protected].

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Haru 2025 Preview

Mar 03 2025 121 mins

Join GSB to discuss the first basho for the 74th Yokozuna, Hoshoryu! We also begin our quest to cover all the vocab on the path to earning a sumo black belt, this episodes vocab words are: Chugoshi Shiko Koshiwari Shinkyaku Suriashi If you enjoy our content, want a shout out on the show, or maybe you just want to talk sumo with some die hard fans, consider signing up for our Patr

Haru 2025 Banzuke Review

Feb 27 2025 52 mins

Ryan absolutely nails the prediction for the yokozuna rank. Really good stuff, high level knowledge. If you enjoy our content, want a shout out on the show, or maybe you just want to talk sumo with some die hard fans, consider signing up for our Patreon. If you'd like some GSB merch, check out our RedBubble Shop. If you’d like to try your hand at guessing the banzuke alongside R

Haru 2025 Banzuke Prediction

Feb 18 2025 52 mins

First update to the top rank in over 3 years?! How will this massive news affect the rest of the banzuke? Actually not too much, but it's still neat. If you enjoy our content, want a shout out on the show, or maybe you just want to talk sumo with some die hard fans, consider signing up for our Patreon. If you'd like some GSB merch, check out our RedBubble Shop. New theme music by F

February 2025 News Update

Feb 12 2025 79 mins

New Yokozuna! There's some other news too, I guess.

Hatsu 2025 Recap

Jan 29 2025 135 mins

Did anything consequential happen this basho? Anything? Anything at all? Certainly no huge news is coming out right about now, right? If you enjoy our content, want a shout out on the show, or maybe you just want to talk sumo with some die hard fans, consider signing up for our Patreon. If you'd like some GSB merch, check out our RedBubble Shop. New theme music by FreeMusicBox

Hatsu 2025 Midway

Jan 19 2025 77 mins

SPOILERS THRU DAY 8 Way too much to pack in today so let's get right to it, all the way from the elephant in the room down to who might actually still be in the running. New theme music by FreeMusicBox

Hatsu 2025 Preview

Jan 08 2025 100 mins

Hope everyone ate like a sumo wrestler over the holidays! Welcome back to a new year of sumo, let's get down to discussing the exciting potential at the top of the rankings and help Mak explore his inner hater. New theme music by FreeMusicBox

2025 Year-Long Predictions

Jan 06 2025 60 mins

A new sumo year is upon us, and with it, the changing of the guard. Join the boys as a new start to the show is introduced in glorious fashion and see how they prognosticate on 2025. How many Yokozuna will there be? How many Ozeki? Do you agree with what the guys think will happen?

Hatsu 2025 Banzuke Review

Jan 06 2025 56 mins

A belated look at the rankings going into the first pro sumo tournament of the new year.

December 2024 News Update

Dec 20 2024 41 mins

Ryan, Jake, and Mak do their best to keep up with sumo news over the holidays. Fortunately for them, there kinda isn't a ton to cover.