2019 BBM Japanese Sumo Wrestling Cards Arrive - 18 January 2019!

Box Art

Here we go!  BBM's first sumo wrestling set of the 2019 arrives in stores on a little over a month on 18 January 2019.  This year's set follows the standard BBM formula for sumo wrestling sets: 90 base cards and 10 autographs.  At some point BBM is going to need to mix this set up with something different like parallels or card-quantity changes.  While good in some aspects, the predictability and lack of innovation with these sets could start to drive people away.  BBM's website has all the details for this 2019 which is translated here:

70 Makuuchi and Juryo Cards
2 First Yusho Winners
4 Promising Newcomers
14 Offshot which are called "Backstage Pass"
~10 autographs likely numbered to ~90 or less

Here are pictures of the new Makuuchi and Juryo cards:

Here is a picture of the First Yusho Winner subset:

Another one of the promising newcomer subset:

Two cards of the fourteen "Backstage Pass" subset.  Note: we haven't seen rounded corners in a while, if at all, on BBM cards before.

And some of the autograph selection:

There you have it.  I'll be ordering a few boxes of these for sure.