| Brothers in Sumo – part two Brian Lewin |
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| Yokozuna Comparisons Joe Kuroda |
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| Rikishi of Old John Gunning |
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| Heya Peek Barbara Ann Klein |
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| SFM Interview John Gunning |
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| Sumo 101 Barbara Ann Klein |
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| Photo Bonanza See the Hatsu Basho |
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| Hatsu Basho Review Lon Howard |
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| Lower Division Rikishi Mikko Mattila |
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| Haru Basho Forecast Pierre Wohlleben & Mark Buckton |
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| Kimarite Focus Mikko Mattila |
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| Minusha John McTague |
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| Online Gaming Alexander Nitschke |
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| Kokugi Connections Todd Lambert |
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| Fan Debate Feb's debate sees |
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SFM Cartoons
Benny Loh & Stephen Thompson
In the third of our cartoon bonanzas, sit back and enjoy BL’s offerings and put a caption to ST’s pic to win yourselves a banzuke
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| Readers’ Letters See what some SFM |
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Sumo Quiz
The Quizmaster
Answer the Qs and win yourself next basho’s banzuke.
The Active Brothers
His brother’s residual popularity is due primarily to his bravura kantosho (fighting spirit award) performance in the 2004 Nagoya Basho. Ranked down at maegashira 14, he pulled out a spectacular 12-3 jun-yusho, just one win off winner Asashoryu’s 13-2. Although Toyozakura was never
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The Zakura Brothers
The Mukais of Hiroshima were perhaps the first brothers in modern sumo to join different heya, and they apparently did so for one of the simplest reasons of all: because Dad said to. As children, they had shared a room – heya – at home, so when they left to join sumo they were told to choose different ones. As a result, big brother Hidetoshi joined Kitanoumi-beya for the 1987 Haru Basho, and two years later, little brother Toshiaki joined Tatsutagawa-beya (later merged into Michinoku-beya).
Because they look so similar (and have similar shikona), their brotherhood is obvious to all, even though they are in different heya. They are also somewhat inordinately popular, given their relative lack of major achievements, though each has
Hakurozan and Roho share a joke (Photo by Meike Sinke)
