Sitting down with the greatest sumo wrestler of all time

This week, Hakuho, widely regarded as the greatest sumo wrestler of all time, sits down to talk to us about his life and career. He tells us about coming to Japan, his journey from small Mongolian boy to yokozuna, and the Hakuho Cup and his efforts to spread sumo across the world. -- 0:00 Intro 0:25 Turn on subtitles 0:47 Meet Hakuho 1:21 Origins of sumo 4:14 Hakuho's intro to sumo 6:51 Joining a sumo stable 11:55 Life as a new sumo wrestler 14:28 Gaining weight so quickly 20:21 First time in the ring 22:32 Rivalry with Asashoryu 28:51 Becoming yokozuna 31:20 Private life as a sumo wrestler 33:20 Life at the top 37:01 Mindset of a sumo wrestler 41:18 Sumo bullet time 44:17 Retiring 45:36 Life after retiring 48:41 The Hakuho cup 53:01 Women in sumo 54:49 Promoting sumo abroad 56:50 Will sumo join the Olympics? 58:15 Does sumo need to change? 1:00:36 Being a master 1:01:20 Hakuho's book 1:01:59 The source of Hakuho's strength 1:04:05 You need to make your own luck 1:05:47 The wooden bird -- Follow Hakuho:   / yokozuna_hakuho     / hakuhou_official   https://x.com/hakuhosho69 Follow us: https://unpacking.jp/   / unpacking_japan     / unpackingjapan     / unpackingjapan      / @unpackingjapanshorts   https://www.x.com/unpacking_japan https://creators.spotify.com/pod/prof... Subscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/ Some photos licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.1 Japan license. 出雲大社注連縄 by Jnn 神社の注連縄飾り by Miya.m