Mell Miranda
🥇 Women's Light-Heavyweight - 2025 United States National Championships
🥇 Women's Light-Heavyweight - 2025 United States National Championships
NICKNAMES
Mellanease aka BigBellyMelly (at the house lol)
birthday
April 28th, 1981
DEBUT
February 9th, 2025
Goals
Medal at the 2025 Sumo World Championships in Thailand.
MESSAGE TO SUPPORTERS
Love y’all!!
HOBBIES
Play The Sims, eat, and travel.
FAVORITE MEDIA
No faves... a lot of likes.
FAVORITE RIKISHI
ONOSATOOOOO... his sumo is very traditional, he fights without ego, and he's consistent.
RIVALRIES
No rivals yet... that I'm aware of lol.
TRAVEL GOALS
Japan, to attend a professional basho.
CLUB GOALS
More women in the club, a youth division, increased public exposure, more emphasis on technical training (parents love this).
FAVORITE COLOR
Anything neon... i like bright colors.
FAVORITE ANIMAL
None.
SUMO ADVICE
Leave your ego at the door and prepare to fall in love with a new sport.
before tournaments
Well, right now I feel anxious and excited. I'm doing some type of physical training at least 5 days a week (gym, keiko, conditioning, yoga, etc) and studying professional rikishi (ex: Onosato) and reviewing previous WSC competitions to gain insight on my potential opponents.
MEMORABLE BOUTS
My favorite bout was at a demo in Frisco against a young girl (8-10ish?). The feeling of seeing her SEE ME, the excitement she expressed before during and after, I'll never forget that.
SUMO STYLE
I'm still developing my style.
FUN FACTS
I'm a 3-time amateur flag football champion.
