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Hinomaru Sumo

Hinomaru Sumo

#12,504Rank
  • Sports
  • Combat Sports
  • School
  • Shounen

Synopsis

In professional sumo, there are no weight classes. It's a savage sport where the strongest survive, and anyone willing to test their mettle can step into the ring. There is, however, a minimum size requirement to be a pro sumo wrestler, and young Hinomaru Ushio, incredibly talented and hardworking though he may be, does not meet that requirement. This small boy has big dreams of reaching the highest class of sumo, Hinoshita Kaisan. The only way he could possibly go pro is if he becomes the High School Yokozuna, a title given to the strongest wrestler in high school tournaments.

Ushio is under a lot of pressure, as well as a time limit. If he can't show off his skills in the high school tournaments, he may lose his chance to go pro permanently, and the odds are stacked against him. Instead of enrolling in Ishigami High, the best school for sumo in Japan, he enrolls in Odachi High and must build a sumo club from the ground up with the one devout member Shinya Ozeki. Odachi High is the true underdog of the sumo world, but Ushio has to push forward with all his strength if he is going to make it professionally.

(Source: MAL)

Characters

Yuuma Gojou Main
Shinya Ozeki Main
Hinomaru Ushio Main
Ryou Aizawa Supporting
Gennosuke Araki Supporting
Takaharu Asai Supporting
Younger Brother Atsugi Supporting
Jirou Atsugi Supporting
Shintarou Enoki Supporting
Funaki Supporting

Staff

Justin Cook Producer
Manami Kabashima Producer
Tetsuya Kinoshita Producer
Tomoyuki Oowada Producer
Makoto Ooyoshi Producer
Eiichiro Oda Producer
Tomoko Takahashi Producer
Samantha Herek Assistant producer
Kounosuke Uda Director, Episode director
Yasutaka Yamamoto Director, Script, Storyboard

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Manga Hinomaru Sumo Volumes