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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

this was my fave bout for aki basho 2026 thanks for posting, @sumosoul.bsky.social

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

aki basho 2026, day eight -- #sumo #相撲 🌕🥮

ink doodles of aki basho’s day eight bouts, when everyone is going for kachi-koshi. referenced from NHK world-japan’s YT coverage

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

fall faves in the sumo shop. 10 cozy treats made just for u - #sumo #相撲 #prints #stickers 🌕🦇☕🍡 - link in bio

the sumo shop changes alongside the autumn leaves. 10 new works including ura, hosh, and ATAMIFUJI are now available for your cozy home

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

aki basho 2026, day one -- #sumo #相撲 🎑🐰

ink doodles of aki basho's day one bouts, with rabbits in mind due to otsukimi (and a frog for ōnosato). referenced from NHK world-japan's YT coverage

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

all the love for the puppetry style in ocarina's remake, i'll submit to the convo, TW puppetry at its best, thunderbolt fantasy - #zelda 🎩🪄

season 1 poster for "thunderbolt fantasy." written by gen urobuchi. tracks sung / character voiced by TM revolution.

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

actor yamaguchi makiya in NHK’s 2026 taiga drama, brothers in arms - #portrait #sketch 🎎🎐

portrait of japanese actor, yamaguchi makiya, playing shibata katsuie in NHK's 2026 historical drama. framed with the shibata kamon. pencil sketch + digital coloring

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

08/29: hamada (gaki no tsukai) takes WMH + fujinokawa to costco on his dime. i think buff matsumoto would still seem tiny next to them - #sumo #相撲

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

nagoya basho: day 15 sketchbook - #sumo #相撲 🧂🏆

day 15, onokatsu glares at shodai from the sidelines. shodai continues to think about food, egg sando this time.

aonishiki wins nagoya basho after using his super-injured left leg to trip kirishima. here is a portrait sketch of the champ - huzzah!

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

nagoya basho: day 14 sketchbook - #sumo #相撲 🧂🏆

day 14, unfortunate but likely news of hoshoryu's withdrawal. sketch portrait, plus the mongolian olympic flag symbol in sashiko stitching, as hosh is in repair mode

figure study of daieisho v kotoshoho on day 14. kotoshoho performs an extreme back bend, but cannot withstand daieisho's signature move

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

nagoya basho: day 13 sketchbook - #sumo #相撲 🧂🏆

a shinpan on day 13 wears a beautiful ombre outfit, embroidered with green and blue kingfishers

salt throws by fujiryoga, daieisho, and kotozakura. churanoumi is filmed licking his fingers post-throw

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

nagoya basho: day 12 sketchbook - #sumo #相撲 🗻🌱

figure study of takanosho vs hakunofuji on day 12. takanosho's hands are the litmus test for every basho. this work features his portrait from the haru basho 2025 sketchbook, and a serving of tamago sushi

figure study of kirishima's leg work on onosato, day 12. top panel, kirishima slides his left leg behind onosato's right knee. bottom panel, he pulls the yokozuna's arm back, causing big O to flip over and out

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

nagoya basho: day 11 sketchbook - #sumo #相撲 🗻🌱

figure study of shishi vs kotoeiho on day 11. in this basho's best bout, shishi gets lifted. then kotoeiho is lifted. shishi prevails, and gets his portrait drawn here alongside 2 of his beloved toys, the labubus

3 drawings of ATAMIFUJI, celebrating his day 11 win over onosato, and overall 3rd win over onosato (correction: not a kinboshi)

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

nagoya basho: day 10 sketchbook - #sumo #相撲 🗻🌱

day 10 sketch of the wrestlers gathered for dohyo-iri, but performed at ghibli park, underneath a giant totoro

day 10 figure study of asanoyama vs fujiseiun. asanoyama is slapped early on, but prevails as winner

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

nagoya basho: day 9 sketchbook - #sumo #相撲 😎🎂

figure study of roga v oshoma on day 9, which fell on marine day. mongolian river fishes finish out the piece

portrait sketch of chiyoshoma for day 9. he wears 300-shaped sunglasses representing his 300th makuuchi win, over kazuma. the fighters are drawn as cake toppers, as it was also chiyoshoma's 35th bday

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

nagoya basho: day 8 sketchbook - #sumo #相撲 😎🎂

sketches of ichiyamamoto doing his arm stretches pre-bout on day 8. also a pic of nagoya's famous ogura toast, because ichi loves toast

mitakeumi won his first match on day 8. this is a sketch of the moment he pumped his fist, and the crowd went wild (as wild as a japanese audience could get)

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

nagoya basho: day 7 sketchbook - #sumo #相撲 😎🎂

sketch of kotoeiho performing his beautiful shiko. using his amiibo will summon an in-game macaron and a sea bream. the artist is doing her best shiko

figure study on 2 views of kirishima throwing kotoshoho on day 7

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

nagoya basho sketchbook, day 6 - #sumo #相撲 🍊🍓🥝

sketch of shishi throwing salt and entering the ring on day 6. after the day's bout, he is 6-0

sketch of shodai bowing after his day 6 win, with takayasu sitting in the sideline and plotting shodai's defeat on their day 7 match-up. in contrast, shodai is thinking about fruit sando

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

nagoya basho sketchbook, day 5 - #sumo #相撲 🍊🍓🥝

sketch of NHK's day 5 thumbnail showing gonoyama holding on to hoshoryu for dear life

portrait sketches of churanoumi, hiradoumi, and gonoyama in their post-win, full-blown ginkgo hairdos on day 5

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

nagoya basho sketchbook, day 4 - #sumo #相撲 🍊🍓🥝

portrait sketches of ura's faces on day 4: breath in, breath out, relief, and tongue out

figure study of yoshinofuji performing an uwatenage throw on aonishiki, day 4

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

nagoya basho sketchbook, day 3 - #sumo #相撲 🏯🍉

figure study of abi v takerufuji on day 3

sketch of aichi native, fujiryoga. fans wave his support towel. 3 totoro stand behind him

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

nagoya basho sketchbook, day 2 - #sumo #相撲 🏯🍉

sketch of kazuma striking a pose when defeating asakoryu. he is also holding a chibi plush of majima from the yakuza game series.

sketch of fujinokowa receiving zabuton throws upon his day 2 defeat of onosato.

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

nagoya basho sketchbook, day 1 - #sumo #相撲 🏯🍉

sketch portraits of aonishiki, onosato, and hoshoryu

sketch portrait of wakatakakage, surrounded by his yusho trophy filled with fruits, and a small bouquet of "vitamin"-colored flowers

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

kibori kuma, modern girl version - #taiyaki #鯛焼き 🐻🐟

girl in bear pajamas, munching on a taiyaki

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Zero Gravitas @zerogravitas.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I have become more powerful than ever before now that I have the tegata of my 3 favorite rikishi along with matching prints by @irisleu.bsky.social. Also shout out to @tegatastore.bsky.social From left to right - Ura, Hoshoryu, Nishikigi #sumo

A row of three framed tegatas, signed rikishi handprints. From left to right - Ura (宇良) - in a pink frame, Hoshoryu (豊昇龍) - in a dark blue frame, and Nishikigi (錦木) - in a dark green frame.
Directly below is a framed row of prints by iris leu depicting each rikishi.

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

grand sumo in paris (france edition) - #sumo #相撲 ⛰️🐴

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

happy 4th wkend 🎆 here's a fun postcard from JP - #sumo

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

dear gonoyama, plz stay in your lane xoxo 🎳😉

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

fujiryoga, winner of the fave face division - #sumo #相撲 ☀️😎

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

summer mix at the sumo shop. check out 7 new works now in rotation - #sumo #相撲 #prints #stickers ☀️🍧🥭⛱️ - link in bio

the sumo shop has been updated! the summer mix is now

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

grand sumo in paris - #sumo #相撲 #paris 🥐🇫🇷🥖🧀

two rikishi looking through a pâtisserie's shop window, in search for their next treat.

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

i want to add "chicken with plums" alongside "persepolis" as essential reads

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

a page from my haru basho 2025 sketchbook. @minovskyarticle.bsky.social there was beetle action this may 2026 basho, too, more than usual

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Laura Del Col Brown (she/they) @lauradelcolbrown.com · 17/05/2026

I had a feeling that might happen! Gonoyama is getting stronger #SumoSpoilers

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Zero Gravitas @zerogravitas.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Gonoyusho is still a possibility #sumospoilers

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

sit down together. eat your snacks. stay a moment - #sumo #相撲 🍠🍡

2 rikishi sitting on benches outside of a lawson, each savoring a yaki imo.

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

dr. shen (save the best for last) - #thepitt #sketch 💛🖤

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

the 1999 "quake of the century" devastated jij, nantou. wuchang temple was near the epicenter, collapsed, and remains untouched as a memorial - #illustration #taiwan 🕊️🧧

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

a back road in yonghe district, new taipei city. 2nd of 3 warm-ups this week - #illustration #taiwan 🌙🚏

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

a warm-up drawing of jiufen old street, TW. the mountain town that inspired "spirited away." - #illustration #taiwan 🏮🔅

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

all the animals in jurassic park are female: pachy girl (alt) - #dinosaur #sketch #illustration 🌱⛏️

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

yokozuna (2026), graphite on paper - #sumo #相撲 #illustration ⚡⚡

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iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

all the animals in jurassic park are female: spino girl - #dinosaur #sketch #illustration 🐟🧹

pencil sketch of a girl wearing a spinosaurus skull, backed by a giant arowana

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