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japanese sumo wrestling cards and menko japanese sumo wrestling cards and menko saturday may 14 2022 shohei ohtani japanese bbm 2013 1st version wing rookie cards shohei ohtani is having another great year and i thought it might be a good idea to dust this post off and update it slightly for accuracy ohtani s japanese rookie cards often get overlooked or ignored by many collectors because of the difficulty in understanding the japanese baseball card market bbm much like topps is the dominate company distributing baseball cards in japan and has been producing baseball cards since 1991 there are numerous other collectors out there that are much more knowledgeable than me on japanese baseball cards but i wanted to highlight ohtani s first true rookie cards from the 2013 japanese bbm 1st version set this is the first regular bbm set that features ohtani not counting the rookie edition set and features 11 different cards based on the iconic 183 pitching image bbm calls their releases 1st version and 2nd version which is comparable to topps series 1 and series 2 check out my youtube video at the very end 2013 bbm 1st version box this is the box that could land you the following cards red wing 183 base red wing 183 silver foil signature red wing 183 gold foil signature ed to 100 red wing 183 holo foil signature ed to 50 red wing 183 red foil signature ed to 25 red wing 183 blue foil signature ed to 1 green wing 183 rookie foil ed to 100 ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2013 bbm 1st version red wing 183 base ohtani s most popular and iconic rookie card ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2013 bbm 1st version red wing 183 silver foil signature affordable silver facsimile signature parallel that is unnumbered photo courtesy of yja ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2013 bbm 1st version red wing 183 gold foil signature ed 100 spendy gold facsimile signature parallel numbered to 100 difficult to find photo courtesy of yja ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2013 bbm 1st version red wing 183 holo foil signature ed 50 very difficult to find expensive hologram foil parallel numbered to only 50 photo courtesy of yja ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2013 bbm 1st version red wing 183 red foil signature ed 25 ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2013 bbm 1st version red wing 183 blue foil signature ed 1 no image available ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2013 bbm 1st version green wing 183 rookie foil ed 100 a few of these show up for auction on occasion very expensive and numbered to 100 photo courtesy of yja __________________________________________________________________________________ 2013 bbm 1st version green wing kp2 handed out during a family event at kamagaya stadium photo courtesy of ameba ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2013 bbm 1st version pink wing sl07 handed out at another stadium event photo courtesy of yja ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2013 bbm 1st version purple wing 183 s ports card magazine scm base issue 98 of sports card magazine had 5 original promotional cards including this one of ohtani ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2013 bbm 1st version purple wing 183 s ports card magazine scm silver foil randomly inserted in scm 98 were silver facsimile signature parallels photo courtesy of yja check out my youtube video posted by sumomenkoman at 4 00 am 7 comments labels 2013 baseball bbm ohtani thursday may 12 2022 h553 1955 ranga 9 sumo wrestling brick slammer set many years ago i discovered this 1955 renga 9 set probably at least 10 12 years ago at this point and they are so rare that i never knew there was an actual variation with this set the backs come in two different ink colors brown and blue finding any menko from this set is tough now there are variations i ll have to chase aside from the back variations this specific h553 set is gorgeous on the front gold ink makes the images pop off the cardboard and adds to their quality and rarity featuring almost all the top ranked wrestlers from 1955 it has and early card of wakanohana who was extremely popular and ultimate taking sumo to new popularity heights before handing the reigns over to one of the greatest yokozuna of all time taiho in the early 1960s not to mention he was the uncle of hanada boys who took sumo to all time record heights in the early 1990s as yokozuna wakanohana and takanohana h series menko are thick menko that were used as slammers used in the game much like their modern day pog counterparts this heavy slammer was used to flip over the game menko and these heavy menko were often cherished by children it can be hit or miss on the quality of these menko some like the h553 are still in great condition others however are often beat up as you would expect these h series menko didn t just feature sumo wrestlers but there are many famous movie and screen stars on several other sets i recently did a youtube video on finding two additional menko from this set yokozuna chiyonoyama and yokozuna tochinishiki thanks for stopping by posted by sumomenkoman at 2 00 pm 6 comments labels h series yokozuna monday april 25 2022 1983 1 japanese sumo wrestling playing card set i just did a video of this 1981 3 japanese sumo wrestling playing trump card set over on my youtube channel but wanted to highlight a few more details here the japanese word for playing cards is trump or トランプ i m sure there is a background on why it is called trump probably was borrowed from another language i really like these trump sets as they feature a lot of wrestlers that really only ever got cards in these sets a brief history these continued to be printed today but started in 1973 they usually came out one set per year except in 2012 when the big match fixing scandal hit sumo and in 2021 due to the covid 19 pandemic but at the height of sumo s popularity in the early 1990s they were cranking out 3 sets per year these sets were only available at the kokugikan and souvenir shops this particular 1983 1 set was printed in march 1983 and has some notable rikishi in the set the d ai yokozuna chiyonofuji as the king diamonds the great yokozuna kitanoumi as the king of hearts yokozuna takanosato ranked as an ozeki as queen of spades the young asashifuji ranked as a maegashira before he became yokozuna later on in the 1980s and of course takamiyama who seemed like would keep competing forever there was a 1983 2 set made in september of that year that included an extra queen of clubs that showed takanosato as a recently promoted yokozuna this was done to hold people over until the following year when a whole new set could be printed i haven t been able to research much about who manufactured these sets but the case does say alaska playing card company not sure if they made just the plastic storage cases or the whole sets a brief search on google doesn t yield anything thanks for tuning in and certainly appreciate all the support over the years posted by sumomenkoman at 2 00 pm 8 comments labels 1983 chiyonofuji takamiyama trump yokozuna older posts home subscribe to posts atom sumo menko card checklist 4th edition a series candy cards b series bookmark cards bb series black and white bromides bc series color bromides c series circle menko g series game cards h series brick menko k series karuta cards m series square menko p series prize cards pc series post cards r series portrait menko s series stadium cards z series magazine cards mini cards seals stickers trump playing cards bbm cards baseball magazine sha cards youtube sumomenkoman all about sumo menko and cards about this website short history of menko sumo menko basics menko production and menko layout set identification sumo world magazine archive 1970s sumo world magazines 1980s sumo world magazines 1990s sumo world magazines fun followers sumo blog archive 2022 4 may 2 shohei ohtani japanese bbm 2013 1st version win h553 1955 ranga 9 sumo wrestling brick slammer set april 1 february 1 2021 37 october 1 august 3 july 7 june 4 april 5 march 5 february 4 january 8 2020 53 december 8 november 5 october 3 september 6 august 3 july 4 june 5 may 2 april 3 march 5 february 4 january 5 2019 61 december 6 november 3 october 2 september 7 august 5 july 3 june 1 may 7 april 5 march 7 february 7 january 8 2018 87 december 9 november 5 october 8 september 7 august 5 july 8 june 4 may 9 april 7 march 6 february 6 january 13 2017 78 december 5 november 4 october 5 september 5 august 5 july 5 june 6 may 8 april 9 march 8 february 8 january 10 2016 42 december 5 november 3 october 3 september 4 august 6 july 3 june 1 april 3 march 4 february 3 january 7 2015 1 december 1 some good reading the chronicles of fuji it s a celebration sensation school trumps sports cards especially at the start of the school year there just aren t enough hours in the day so if you see a blog post publishe japanese baseball cards rip baek in chun former baseball player baek in chun passed away late last week at the age of 82 in cheonan south korea baek had a 20 year career in npb under the name nine pockets completed set 1982 topps baseball if you loved watching major league baseball and collecting cards of your favorite players you probably felt some relief as the calendar changed from 1 cardboard history i have the willpower of a turnip i thought i was strong willed i persevere through health problems and stuff in large part through willpower i have to use a lot of willpower every sin getting back into baseball cards in japan 1984 today i decided to haul down my 1984 calbee set from way up on the closet shelf in my kids toy room where it sits in a hockey card album it was sunny torren up cards i dared to dream it became a reality a few years ago i predicted that if i ever were to finish the t206 new york highlanders team set it d be done across several years when the mood struck the collective mind retro box break 1999 collector s edge triumph football this box was the last unopened package from the basketball storage hoard everything else was already opened when i got it all except for that hideo a penny sleeve for your thoughts extending my leave i said in my last published post that i would be taking a break until march or april at the latest seeing as how it s now july i was obviously a bit of labels 1800s 3 1901 1 1912 2 1918 1 1930 1 1931 1 1932 1 1933 2 1935 1 1936 2 1937 7 1938 4 1939 2 1940 3 1944 3 1946 4 1950s 5 1952 1 1953 3 1954 1 1955 2 1956 8 1957 6 1958 10 1959 6 1960 3 1960s 6 1961 2 1962 2 1963 3 1964 2 1965 1 1967 1 1968 1 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