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SFM’s historian, JK, wraps his two-part article on the greatest of the tsuna wearers
What exactly is it and furthermore, what does it do? The ISF explain themselves and their purpose in existing
Man or myth? Sumo's first yokozuna comes under the spotlight
Tokitsukaze-beya and its famous find themselves the target of Barbara's peek into life inside the heya
Featuring interviews with amateur sumo's European Sumo Union General Secretary and the President of the newly founded Irish Sumo Federation
Would chanko exist without sumo? What is chanko anyway? Find out in Sumo 101
Basho through the eyes of the fans in the seats as SFM gives the mantle of photographer(s) for this basho to Barbara & Gerald Patten. And don't miss our all-Mongolian Bonanza supplied by our Editor, Barbara Ann Klein
Lon gives us his Haru Basho summary, along with the henka sightings results
Mikko Mattila covers the lower division goings on like nobody else around
Mark Buckton glances back to look forward in his ones to look out for come May
Our man Mikko takes us on a tour of his chosen kimarite
Our gaming thread takes a break for April so we can look at the Spanish language book on the sport not long since released
Todd’s bimonthly focus on 3 of the WWW's best sumo sites today
April's man VS monkey debate covers the issue of reducing the number of honbasho
Sit back and enjoy the offerings
made you a sumo fan? Thierry Perran lets us in on his reasons for loving this sport
See what our featured letter is for this issue
Sumo Quiz
The Quizmaster
Answer the Qs and win yourself next basho’s banzuke.
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Kanbayashi
Kanbayashi and Kageyama. Both Hakuba and Kirinowaka performed powerful tsuridashi wins reminiscent of their oyakata, ex-ozeki Kirishima.
Kageyama, Sawai, Wakanoho, Kadomoto and Shibuya comprise a selection of makushita youngsters with highly probable sekitori careers. Sawai’s impressive yusho a couple of basho ago strongly suggested he should be ready for sekitori already, but it appears not to be the case. Reportedly, he was having back pains during
the Hatsu Basho but he, himself, denied that was a factor in his losing record. He had another 3-4 in Haru at high makushita, losing badly to oshi-assaults and only managing wins over young Koryu, completely out of form Takanotsuru, and unconvincing Wakakirin. High makushita
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shouldn’t be an obstacle for him in the long term, but something is not going smoothly now. Kageyama hasn’t had such problems and had another great basho with a 5-2 record at Ms7. He maintains his forward-going principle and works well from the inside. He was once beaten at his own game when Hakuba immediately seized a morozashi and hoisted him up and out. At 4-2 he had to face Dewaotori to whom he lost in the Hatsu Basho and who has also been a really tough opponent for him in training. This time he was ready to take the next step and beat Dewaotori with oshidashi. Along with the Michinoku-duo, Kageyama will be in excellent position to go for a promotion to juryo in Natsu. Shibuya started out with 2 wins but then lost all remaining 5. Evidently he has a problem with slap- and pull- downs when his pushing attack doesn’t go according to plan. Kadomoto has a very similar style and while he was vulnerable to slap downs in Hatsu, he managed to avoid them this time and racked up 6 wins at Ms40. Russian Wakanoho left a lasting impression in the Hatsu Basho and didn’t cool down much in Haru either. As usual, some
strong uwatenage and a solid belt prowess were his weapons on his way to a 5-2 at Ms21.
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Wakanoho
Mongolian stablemates Ryuo and Hakuho aimed for double promotion and it wasn’t a far fetched goal as Ryuo got his 4th win at Ms3. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to warrant a promotion. The technical master of makushita, small Sugita, silently advanced to another winning record at Ms13 with another impressive array of techniques. Tamaasuka returned from a long sick leave and shook off the ring rust with a 5-2 at Ms10. Another former sekitori who plummeted due to injuries, Shiraishi, also returned to action with a 5-2 at Ms46.
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