The excitement is building! Prepare yourself for hundreds of epic clashes! The May 2025 Sumo tournament starts in just a couple days!

The tournament starts Sunday May 11th in Japan, with the top bouts starting around 2am (Monday SUNDAY!) US time. You can usually find a live stream on twitch like midnightsumo or karla_sumoist with backups coordinated via discord. Otherwise, youtube videos are usually posted the next morning.

If you’re not familiar with sumo wrestling, here is some useful info:

• introductory video
• another video about equipment and winning techniques
• the wikipedia article has a lot of great information
• more in-depth information at the tachiai fan site