Why don't any JRPGs have a rikishi class? It's such a huge part of Japanese culture...

Why don't any JRPGs have a rikishi class? It's such a huge part of Japanese culture. I'm imagining some tanky mix between a monk and a paladin.

Because nobody likes fat guys

I like sumo. It's just about the only part of weebshit I can stomach barring some classical instruments.

sumo

weebshit

some wwe games have rikishi

all Japanese culture is weebshit

nigga you are retarded

is onosato going to be yokozuna this basho

Nah

You call that Rikishi?

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This looks so dumb lmao
They look like giant babies in diapers

They would break your tiny little bitch ass body.

Sure
Still looks dumb

ick on eck

I'm pretty sure there are jrpg's with wrestling classes. In any case, the appeal of wrestling or sumo isn't really showcased well in most turnbased games. you have to animate seperate enemy animations for getting hit by wrestling moves, it's easier to do in an action or fighting game

It's partly because it's seen as a holy ritual/sport, but also to preserve some modesty. Ancient Greek athletes competed in the nude, for example, even the wrestlers

crazy chops on the dude in the background

Sorry, it still looks like a pampers ad and I don’t care about rituals
Rituals are fake and gay

all the best sumo wrestlers are foreign, it's not even close

How could Japan let this happen

I will not take this enho slander lying down

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This emanates gay energies

Sorry buddy, if you're getting a boner over fat dudes it's your problem

What's Enho up to these days?

are there really high ranking white boy sumos

There are two Ukranians if you count slavs as white.

He's back wrestling again and is (West) Makushita #10. He's consistently managed to go 6-1 and it's pretty impressive.
Enho is my mum's favourite Rikishi, so she always asks me to check his ranking before a tournament, and to watch his matches with her

smurfing on the shitters

pretty sure one of the higher ranking sumo's was a really hairy balkan guy

Good news then, the next Basho starts in 48ish hours
15 days of fat guys running into each other for 4-5 hours (if you also watch the middle brackets)

I can't say I care about sumo in real life but I always enjoy hand-to-hand fighting in any game that allows it, including grappling and throwing. I'd love a class that does what sumo does in a video game.

It starts tomorrow, ~20 hours from now.
For people who want to watch it, there's your usual Youtube/Twitch restreamers (some with English commentary), but the best way to watch it is to:

use a VPN set to Japan

watch on Abema until 3-4pm JST

abema.tv/now-on-air/sumo

watch on NHK Japan's website until the end of the day

plus.nhk.jp/watch/ch/g1

swap the language on the NHK viewer to the second audio option for English commentary from 4pm JST onwards

Anon Babble is a rikishiman board

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there's a few sumo's in various fighting games but none as fun as Hinako in kof

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I bought her specifically in KoF15. Was worth the $6, but sucks she came in right at the end of the game's life when the online was already dead.

fat nigga

fat nigga, japan

holy yikes

They're extremely muscular under the fat.

I just found out she was in the game because of Evo Japan. She looks fucking cool, crazy they took so long to add her in.

What about those Sumos that focus on speed and dodging, where they win by juking out the opponent who rings themselves out? You guys got any webms of that?

Not a JRPG, but Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, has it that you can have Sumo Wrestler units, and that's a relatively recent game.

I forget the guy's name, but he benches like 440 lbs daily. One of the smaller guys, think it starts with a T.

i like exclusively fat men. wtf