-
hands depending on rank and
prize money,
there had been
numerous reports of
yaochō (八百長) (corruption, bout-fixing) in
professional sumo for
years before it...
-
scandals in
China resulted in
gamblers choosing to bet on
overseas matches.
Yaochō (八百長) is a ****anese word
meaning a
cheating activity which is committed...
-
Directed by Alex Gibney, this
segment explores the ****anese
concept of
yaochō (match fixing) in sumo wrestling. It's Not
Always a
Wonderful Life: Narrated...
-
repeatedly denied any
wrestlers were
involved in match-fixing,
known as
yaocho, and even took
publishers to
court over such allegations. However, in 2011...
- results.
Yamaiku (やまいく) In sumo slang,
getting sick or
getting injured.
Yaochō (八百長) 'Put-up job' or 'fixed game',
referring to a bout with a predetermined...
- the ****an Sumo ****ociation, as a
result of the 2011 match-fixing
scandal (
yaocho). He was born and
raised in what is now
Saitama City. He
started sumo in...
-
Tachiyama claimed many
years later that Nishinoumi's win over him had been
yaocho (fixed), but
there is
little evidence for this. He
favoured the yokozuna...
- 53
Shigeo Fujii Niji (虹, lit. Rainbow) 54 Yūkichi
Shinbashi Jihei Chiba Yaochō (八百長, lit.
Rigged Game)
Toriko Shū-ki (虜愁記, lit. Sad Tale of a Prisoner)...
- In July 2011 he gave an
interview in
which he
claimed to be
involved in
yaocho or match-fixing at
least ten
times in his career, but
insisted he was "framed"...
- and said he had been
involved in
yaocho after all. He
explained that the
reason that he
denied his
original yaocho claims was
because the ****an Sumo...
