Grand Sumo Official App app for iPhone and iPad

4.2 ( 9072 ratings )

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Developer: DWANGO MOBILE Co., Ltd.

Free

Current version: 1.8.0, last update: 3 years ago
First release : 14 Mar 2014
App size: 57.62 Mb

The English version of the Nihon Sumo Kyokais official sumo app, "Grand Sumo" is finally here!
Browse Honbasho (bouts period) data and watch new bout video a day for free from Honbasho to next Banzuke (ranking of sumo wrestlers) announcement.
You can register up to one favorite Rikishi for free with the Gohiiki function and get his Torikumi results via notifications. You can also use widget that can easily check Todays Torikumi to quickly browse his opponents and results at a glance.
Become Tanimachi (paid member) to get all these convenient features!
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Tanimachi is a Sumo word meaning Sponsor or Patron.
Feature 1: Browse Torikumi and special featured videos as much as you want, no limits!
Watch all Makuuchi, Juryo(Include Makushita last 5) Torikumi videos (approx. 600/basho) in near real-time, you can watch all of Makuuchi videos since May 2010 Honbasho.
Watch featured videos such as famous Torikumi released between previous Honbasho and next one.
Of course there is no limitation of view count.
Feature 2: Use the Gohiiki feature to check Torikumi results!
Register your favorite Rikishi to get Torikumi results with push notifications, and use the widget that shows you todays Torikumi of your Gohiiki at a glance.
With the free version, you can only register up to one Rikishi, but becoming Tanimachi lets you register up to 20. You can also register up to 10 Heya and Rikishi places of origin to access Hoshitori quickly.
Feature 3: Vote for Kanto-Seishin Rikishi from anywhere!
Voting for Kanto-Seishin Rikishi is limited to spectators of Honbasho, but after becoming Tanimachi, you can vote it wherever you are.
Feature 4: Remove ads!
The advertisements shown on the bottom of the screen will no longer appear. This bonus is available only for Tanimachi!
About Tanimachi Auto-Renewable Subscription
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We use Apples auto-renewable subscription to process monthly payments. For details, please check the following.
Price and period:
$4.99/month
*This price is for United States customers. Pricing in other countries might be converted to local currency depending on your country of residence.
*Automatic monthly renewal based on the date of initial subscription
Payment:
Payment will be charged through your Apple ID at the time of purchase.
Automatic renewal:
Your subscription will automatically renew if you dont unsubscribe it more than 24 hours before your renewal date.
Automatic payment for the next month is processed within 24 hours of the last date of your current cycle.
*Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the users Account Settings after purchase.
Unsubscribing (disabling automatic renewal):
Follow the Apple’s support page to unsubscribe your subscription.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039
Subscription fee returns:
We do not offer returns on subscription fees for the month you unsubscribe as a Tanimachi member.
To cancel payment for the following month, follow the instructions above for disabling automatic payments. You should process the cancellation at least 24 hours before your current payment cycle is set to renew.

Terms of Use:
Participating as a Tanimachi member indicates your agreement with the terms of use below:
https://sumo-dwango-jp-ios.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/206728033

Privacy Policy:
https://sumo-dwango-jp-ios.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/206379946

Pros and cons of Grand Sumo Official App app for iPhone and iPad

Grand Sumo Official App app good for

I love this app. Its great for the international sumo fan however it has one MAJOR PROBLEM and that is that you know who wins a match before watching and that kind of spoils the excitement. The red highlights of winners should stop and the thumbnail stills of the match need to be changed from the end (where you can see who wins, to the faceoff or begining). Come-on no one wants to know who wins before watching! Id really love to throw away the silly mask Ive made for my screen and stop hitting the play button before the still immage appears. Slightly longer clips would be most appreciated. Fans want the ambiance.

I like this app a lot. It is very useful. A couple of things could make it more useful. I would like to have the ability to switch / toggle between English and Japanese. I can usually read the Kanji for the names of the wrestlers and only having them in English doesn’t help me learn to recognize their name when written in Kanji. Also a big problem with the video is that when I look at the video before playing it, it is obvious who won the bout before even watching. This is really disappointing. I want to become a tanimichi member but it is really not useful when it is so obvious who won without watching the bout. Otherwise this app has helped me learn a lot about sumo. I just think it could be even better.

Some bad moments

Over complex UI and looks as if it was written by a committee.

Great for checking results etc, but ¥600 for the video option is way too much. Id consider it if it was a one off payment but not every month.

Love this app! Makes viewing the matches very easy and can always re watch the matches if you become a patron . I gave 4 stars because I would like to find a way to support my favourite rikishi! Go aoiyama ! For 5 dollars a month it is worth it !

I love this app as it makes it easy to stay updated on all the Basho results. But it really earns its keep after you subscribe. Being able to watch every Makuuchi Division match, from the current Basho and past Bashos, makes this app a necessity for any true Sumo fan.

I am a huge sumo fan from America and think this app is great. I think the problem is in joining as a paid member (tanimachi). I think if you want me to pay you need to offer at least the chance to watch Juyo matches as well as Makkuchi. Also I hope you guys can increase your library of old matches from maybe as far back as early 90s? I know footage of that exists. Thank you

Contains all the info you need to keep up with the tournaments. Highly recommend subscribing to the monthly premium subscription if you, like me, dont have any other way to watch the matches. I am thrilled that Nihon Sumo has made this available. Knocking off one star because the interface can be a little clunky sometimes, and there are occasional service outages. I also wish there was a joint venture with an English language media outlet to include news articles in this app, in the same way that MLBs At Bat does. That would make the app more useful in between tournaments.

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