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A Sumo Dude Playing A Japanese Arcade Game

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They don’t call sumo wrestler Tanikawayama “Drum Killa” for nothing.

Actually, that’s what sumo wrestler Masakatsu Ishiura calls him in this clip he uploaded to Twitter:

Folks who are good at real Japanese drumming can usually destroy arcade game Taiko no Tatsujin. Two of my kids studied Japanese drumming, but neither are nearly as good as Tanikawayama. They’re not as good at sumo, either.

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