Author: emeraldspecter

An epic 150th Epiversary tournament, the 2nd Dohyo Download Open Tournament, happens LIVE on the show seeing the top three finishers receive prizes in an epic throw down of proportions that cannot be measured against anything except food… like a buffet (and a big one at that). Genbu, Kaitetsu, and Tamanosato host a bevy of […]

Genbu is embarking on a trip to the dohyo when he experiences a premonition — he sees the Kokugikan explode moments after the basho begins. Genbu insists that everyone get out of the building and 3 people (Shitayama, Tamanosato, and Kunousagi) including Genbu, are forced to leave. All watch as the Kokugikan actually explodes in […]

Genbu might just be the laziest, clumsiest podcaster in the RTY, but he secretly dreams of becoming a Yokozuna legend. When the villainous Sekiwake Kaitetsu threatens Genbu’s Zensho, the hapless podcaster is chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy and defend the Dohyo Download from attack. Training under Masters Tamanosato, Shitayama, Kumamidori, & Enkaga, Genbu embarks […]

Several podcasters fall prey to Dice Maiden, a disfigured mangler who preys on the players in their matches — which, in turn, ruins their chances in reality. After investigating the phenomenon, Genbu begins to suspect that a dark secret kept by his and his friends’ shimpans may be the key to unraveling the mystery, but can […]

A terrible loss in Paris’ dohyo competition and cryptic clues in some of Yokozuna Musashimaru’s most famous matches lead to the discovery of a samurai and sumo mystery. For 2,000 years a well love podcast, the Dohyo Download, closely guards information that — should it come to light — could rock the very foundations of […]

This popular podcast series from the mid-2020s tells the saga of a fearless, globe-trotting special podcasts force — called the Dohyo Download — which works to combat boredom, an organization with an evil Dice Maiden bent on world domination. On land, on dohyo, and in the air — whenever trouble breaks out around the world, […]

Highly qualified podcasters transported from Earth become pilots for robotic sumo rikishi to fight in an online sumo dice game called Road to Yokozuna. The rikishi of RTY must learn to work as a team to assemble the banzuke and use its power to conquer the Road to Yokozuna. In order to join the next […]

U.S. podcaster Genbu has come to the Road to Yokozuna to be accepted into the banzuke, a highly public and extremely fun sumo competition. While trying to gain access into the underground world of sumo fighters, he also has to avoid Asanosato who considers him to be AWOL. After enduring a difficult training and beginning […]

Epic tale in which an intrepid podcaster (Genbu) tries to beat a band of cohosts (Asanosato, Tamanosato, Fukutora, Kumamidori, and Kamahiko) to a unique religious relic which is central to their plans for world domination. Battling against a snake phobia and a vengeful ex-oyakata, Genbu is in constant peril, making hair’s-breadth escapes at every turn […]

Genbu, a small-time podcaster from working-class Portland, is arbitrarily chosen to take on the reigning Yokozuna, Kamahiko, when the rikishi’s scheduled opponent, Enkaga, is injured. While training with feisty former rikishi Asanosato, Genbu tentatively begins a relationship with Dua Lipa, the wallflower sister of his meat-packer pal Fukutora. In order to join the next season […]

A podcast (Genbu, Kamahiko, and Tamanosato) answers RTY’s request for protection after they fall on hard times. The RTY needs protection from cheaters, so the podcast gathers three others (Daisashoryu, Shitayama, and Yoshinochin) to help them teach the RTY how to defend themselves, and the RTY provide the soldiers with food. A giant battle occurs […]

A murder in the Dohyo Download and cryptic clues in some of Genbu’s most famous matches lead to the discovery of a sumo mystery. For 5 years a secret society (Asanosato, Tamanosato, Kaitetsu, Kamahiko, Shitayama, and Enkaga) closely guards information that — should it come to light — could rock the very foundations of Road […]