Welcome to March 2025 Grand Sumo Tournament

Welcome SUMO fans - Spring will soon be here, so that means we're getting ready for the start of a new Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka. The March Basho takes place from March 9th to 23rd, and in this video we have a look at who got promoted and who got demoted after the January basho and talk all things sumo including the channel contest and the upcoming basho in London England in October. The PATREON Page is here:   / sumojason   You can enter the March contest here: Entry Form - https://forms.gle/metTNXiKysS5Bgg67 Deadline to enter is Monday, March 10th at 10pm Japan Time. Fred's Awesome Charts: https://fredpink.com/ Need Sumo tickets? Try http://buysumotickets.com Jason’s SUMO t-shirts (also hoodies, pillows and other cool SUMO swag): https://www.jasons-sumo-shop.com/ Thanks also to Robert over at BigSumoFan.com, home to lots of SUMO goods including calendars, towels, trading cards & the official banzuke: https://bigsumofan.com/ This channel now offers YouTube Channel memberships at 3 levels of support. Click the JOIN button above to find out more. Or click this link to Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @sumojason   Tachiai.org - for all your English-language SUMO news: https://tachiai.org/ Archive of 100s of older SUMO matches from my previous channel: https://archive.org/details/jasons-al... Link to Jason's Tip Jar if you’d like to send a one-time contribution to the channel: https://paypal.me/sumojason If you’re not a PayPal member, then please hit the “Donate” button in the upper right on this page: https://jasoninjapan.blogspot.com/ NHK World's SUMO page with Daily Match Highlights, rules, explanations & Sumopedia: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv... The official SUMO homepage with the banzuke and daily match listings: http://www.sumo.or.jp/En A list of many SUMO words with English definitions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossar... Good article explaining various SUMO traditions, rules and phrases: https://www.jref.com/articles/sumo.32/ Send me an email if you have a question or feedback: [email protected] Dedicated SUMO Twitter is @Sumo_Jason or   / sumo_jason   BlueSky - @sumojason.bsky.social Thanks for watching! -Jason Channel Stats: As of March 3, 2025 Subscribers: 16,754 Channel Members: 115 Views: 3,492,023