Podcast
Grand Sumo Breakdown
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 grandsumobreakdown@gmail.com.
- Wrestling chart
- #59
- Episodes
- 104
- Releases
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 1 hr 22 min
- On air since
- 2024
- Latest episode
- 2 days ago
Episodes
104 episodes, newest first
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1 hr 46 min
Kyushu 2026 Preview
Show notes
The last basho of 2026 has arrived.
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48 min
Kyushu 2026 Banzuke Review
Show notes
How'd this one go? Uh, well... bad.
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If you'd like to try your hand at guessing the banzuke alongside Ryan (a.k.a. Goshobiyama), go to:
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1 hr 3 min
2026 Popularity Poll Results
Show notes
Jake walks us through the results from our 8th annual popularity poll. Lots of graphics in this one, so we recommend watching on YouTube rather than listening to the audio-only version if you can.
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.
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46 min
Kyushu 2026 Banzuke Prediction
Show notes
Our coverage of the last basho of 2026 begins with a banzuke prediction that alternates from easy to baffling.
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 to try your hand at guessing the banzuke alongside Ryan (a.k.a. Goshobiyama), go to:
https://www.dichne.com/Guess.html
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If you'd like some other merch, check out our RedBubble Shop.
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1 hr 52 min
Aki 2026 Recap
Show notes
Join us to discuss a week 2 that was very different from week 1. Also make sure to take our annual popularity poll! Results will be analyzed and presented as an upcoming bonus episode.
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1 hr 27 min
Aki 2026 Midway
Show notes
*SPOILERS THRU DAY 8*
Familiar names at the top of the leaderboard, yet still feels a little weird somehow?
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1 hr 47 min
Aki 2026 Preview
Show notes
Will Kirishima earn the rope? Will Aonishiki keep up the momentum? Will Atamifuji get promoted? Will either yokozuna show up at all?
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1 hr
Aki 2026 Banzuke Review
Show notes
Not our best performance... But not really the banzuke committee's either?
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 to try your hand at guessing the banzuke alongside Ryan (a.k.a. Goshobiyama), go to:
https://www.dichne.com/Guess.htm
Find GSB Tshirts now on Cheeky Sumo!
If you'd like some other merch, check out our RedBubble Shop.
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1 hr 5 min
Aki 2026 Banzuke Prediction
Show notes
Ryan prepares us for the doozie to come.
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 to try your hand at guessing the banzuke alongside Ryan (a.k.a. Goshobiyama), go to:
https://www.dichne.com/Guess.html
Find GSB Tshirts now on Cheeky Sumo!
If you'd like some other merch, check out our RedBubble Shop.
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1 hr 48 min
Nagoya 2026 Recap
Show notes
A real banger of a basho. A sensation. A winner. A hit. A dinger. We had a blast.
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1 hr 28 min
Nagoya 2026 Midway
Show notes
***SPOILERS THRU DAY 8***
Halfway through and things are going... ok? Are we optimistic yet?
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1 hr 55 min
Nagoya 2026 Preview
Show notes
Which wrestlers are healthy? Which ones are still hurt? Nobody knows!
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53 min
Nagoya 2026 Banzuke Review
Show notes
This is the first go-around since the JSA put a new guy in charge of the committee that makes the banzuke. So how did Ryan do? Pretty good! Actually... everyone did pretty good?
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 to try your hand at guessing the banzuke alongside Ryan (a.k.a. Goshobiyama), go to:
https://www.dichne.com/Guess.html
Find GSB Tshirts now on Cheeky Sumo!
If you'd like some other merch, check out our RedBubble Shop.
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54 min
Nagoya 2026 Banzuke Prediction
Show notes
Ryan feels good about this one, but the spectre of the new banzuke committee looms...
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 to try your hand at guessing the banzuke alongside Ryan (a.k.a. Goshobiyama), go to:
https://www.dichne.com/Guess.html
Find GSB Tshirts now on Cheeky Sumo!
If you'd like some other merch, check out our RedBubble Shop.
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2 hr
Natsu 2026 Recap
Show notes
Madness reigns. The dark clouds of chaos gather over the san-yaku ranks.
Ryan follows through on a funny punishment though, so that's nice.
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1 hr 35 min
Natsu 2026 Midway
Show notes
*SPOILERS THROUGH DAY 8*
What a weird basho. Was the era of stability really that short? Are we back to the Times of Chaos?
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2 hr 6 min
Natsu 2026 Preview
Show notes
The GSB boys try to revive some of the hype that the March basho killed.
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50 min
Natsu 2026 Banzuke Review
Show notes
Does this banzuke... actually make sense?
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 to try your hand at guessing the banzuke alongside Ryan (a.k.a. Goshobiyama), go to:
https://www.dichne.com/Guess.html
Find GSB Tshirts now on Cheeky Sumo!
If you'd like some other merch, check out our RedBubble Shop.
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1 hr 4 min
Natsu 2026 Banzuke Prediction
Show notes
A fun shake up in our Ozeki ranks.
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 to try your hand at guessing the banzuke alongside Ryan (a.k.a. Goshobiyama), go to:
https://www.dichne.com/Guess.html
Find GSB Tshirts now on Cheeky Sumo!
If you'd like some other merch, check out our RedBubble Shop.
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49 min
April 2026 News Update
Show notes
For real this time, we promise.
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