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: 4 years ago
First release : 14 Mar 2014
App size: 57.62 Mb

New function""Photo gallery"" was released:You can look the pictures of the official sumo tournament and JUNGYO.

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 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, and browse historic Makuuchi Torikumi going back to the May 2010 Honbasho.
Ordinarily, you are limited to browsing special videos for like someones Hatsudohyo between Basho and famous Torikumi once a day, but now that limit is uncapped.

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 100. You can also register all Heya and Rikishi places of origin to access Hoshitori quickly.

Feature 3: Vote for Kanto-Seishin Rikishi from anywhere!
Normally, voting for Kanto-Seishin Rikishi is limited to Honbasho attendees, but by becoming a Tanimachi, you can vote from anywhere you like.

Feature 4: Remove ads!
Advertisements that appear when watching Torikumi movies, Banduke-hyo, Torikumi-hyo, Hoshitori-hyo, and Photo gallery will also be hidden.
This bonus is available only to Tanimachi!
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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 Apples 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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