The NHK Charity Sumo Event happens in February each year and features interviews, wrestlers singing with celebrity singers, and sumo. It took us awhile to figure out how to watch it online, but now we wonder where this has been all our lives.

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Wrestlers and their social media accounts. A fierce fighter retires. And, can someone please explain all those Japanese titles to me? Especially that yokozuna title. A primer on the ranking system used in sumo wrestling and some tidbits about what's hot in the sumo world.

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Welcome to Sumo Kaboom! Who we are, why we are doing this, and what you need to know if you are new to sumo.

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