While manga and the anime based on them continue to reign the world and cross borders expanding their fan base to near infinity, there are writers who have been experimenting with different genres of manga and outperforming themselves. Some of the recent manga and the anime that has been released, are proof that the exceptionally massive craze for them shall not fade away any time soon.
Hinomaru Sumo is one such loved and popular Japanese sumo manga series that has been written by Kawada who is also its illustrator. The show revolves around the life of Hinomaru Ushio. On the first day of high school, he approaches the sumo club of the school to join it. He is a short guy and to prove his strength he defeats the leader of the group in a match with just one hit. Fans of the show have been waiting for its season 2. Will there be a season 2? Let’s find out.
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Show details:
| TV Series: | Hinomaru Sumo |
| Genre: | Sports
Sumo wrestling |
| Created by: | Kōnosuke Uda
Yasutaka Yamamoto |
| Based on: | Kawada |
| Running time: | October 5, 2018 – March 29, 2019 |
| Producers: | NAS |
| Licensed by: | Crunchyroll
Funimation Muse Communication |
| Original language: | Japanese |
More about the show:
Hinomaru Sumo is a Japanese show based on the Manga of the same name. It belongs to the genre of sports and sumo wrestling. The Manga on which the show has been based was written by Kawada and was published by Shueisha.
Its imprints have been provided by Jump Comics and the magazine in which it featured was named ‘Weekly Shōnen Jump’. Its demographic is Shōnen. The Manga had a successful run from May 26, 2014, to July 22, 2019. It has 28 volumes.
The anime television series that has been mentioned was helmed by Kōnosuke Uda and c. It was produced by NAS and the studio involved in the making of the show was Gonzo.
The show was licensed by Crunchyroll, Funimation, and Muse Communication. The original networks on which the show aired were Tokyo MX, BS11, SUN, TVA, and TYQ. The show had a successful run from October 5, 2018, to March 29, 2019. Its first season had 24 episodes.
Plot:
Hinomaru Sumo is one of the most popular Japanese sumo manga series that has been written by Kawada. Kawada is also the illustrator of the Manga. The show is based on the life of a sumo wrestler named Hinomaru Ushio.
He joins Odachi High which is a High school and on his first day, he approaches the sumo club of the school to join it. He is short in stature and has to face a lot of questions about his potential and abilities. The captain of the group refuses to let him in and to make his way inside, he challenges him for a match.
Hinomaru Ushioto manages to defeat him with just a single hit. Soon, the news of him being one of the strongest fighters in the school spreads like wildfire and Ushioto gets to face several matches against some of the best players of his school.
Characters:
- The protagonist character of Hinomaru Ushio has been voiced by Takuya Eguchi and Atsushi Abe in Japanese and Ricco Fajardo in English.
- The character of Shinya Ozeki has been voiced by Taishi Murata and Fukushi Ochiai in Japanese and Tyson Rinehart in English.
- The character of Yuma Gojo has been voiced by Shunsuke Takeuchi and Kentarō Kumagai in Japanese and Brandon Potter in English.
- The character of Chihiro Kunisaki has been voiced by Takuya Sato in Japanese and Marcus Stimac in English.
- The character of Kei Mitsuhashi has been voiced by Ayumu Murase in Japanese and Stephen Fu in English.
- The character of Reina Gojo has been voiced by Mikako Komatsu in Japanese and Jad Saxton in English.
- The character of Chizuko Hori has been voiced by Rui Tanabe in Japanese and Felecia Angelle in English.
- The character of Mizuki Sada has been voiced by Kaito Ishikawa in Japanese and Alejandro Saab in English.
- The character of Tsuyoshi Kanamori has been voiced by Subaru Kimura in Japanese and David Wald in English.
- The character of Yūki Sanada has been voiced by Yoshito in Japanese and Anthony Bowling in English.
- The character of Gennosuke Araki has been voiced by Daisuke Namikawa in Japanese and Jarrod Greene in English.
- The character of Keiichi Mamiya has been voiced by Hiroki Matsukawa in Japanese and Ray Hurd in English.
- The character of Sōsuke Kuze has been voiced by Shunsuke Takeuchi in Japanese and Ian Sinclair in English.
- The character of Shun Kariya has been voiced by Takuto Yoshinaga in Japanese and Justin Briner in English.
- The character of Masato Hyōdō has been voiced by Daisuke Ono in Japanese and Bryan Massey in English.
- The character of Jin Yomoda has been voiced by Noriaki Sugiyama in Japanese and Howard Wang in English.
- The character of Daniel Stefanov has been voiced by Justin Tomimori in Japanese and Dave Trosko in English.
- The character of Shido Tennoji has been voiced by Ryota Takeuchi in Japanese and Daman Mills in English.
- The character of Akihira Kano has been voiced by Toshiki Masuda in Japanese and Kyle Phillips in English.
- The character of Shintarou Enoki has been voiced by Atsushi Tamaru in Japanese and Dallas Reid in English.
Episodes:
The show has had one season and 24 episodes. Its episodes were named National Treasure Onimaru Kunitsuna, Wrestling vs Sumo, The Kusanagi Sword, Dachi High’s Fifth Member, The Refreshing Sumo Wrestler, Charge!! Shibakiyama Stable, The Honest Clown, What’s Done Is Done, Demon and Moon, Unyielding Feelings, Barbecue, Attack!! Nagoya Castle, etc.
Will there be a season 2?
Ever since the first season of the show went off the air, fans of the show have been waiting for its second season. It is being suggested that the makers of the show might release the second season of the show in the initial months of 2022.