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Sumo Souvenirs |
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Mark Buckton
Second of a two parter on sumo souvenirs - some hints on avoiding the fluff.
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Konishiki |
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Chris Gould
Takamiyama's 60s / 70s successes notwithstanding Konishiki was sumo's
first full-on mover and shaker from lands afar leaving Chris G to take
an in-depth look at the ripples the big guy left behind when exiting
the sumo pool.
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Rikishi of Old |
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Joe Kuroda
Joe Kuroda's looks back at the life and times of former yokozuna Shiranui.
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Eric Evaluates |
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Eric Blair
Eric IDs the true winners of the henkafest that was the Haru Basho senshuraku.
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Rikishi Diary |
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Mark Kent
Mark Kent - English pro-wrestler and amateur heavyweight sumotori -
takes his training a step further on his road to European and World
sumo glory.
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Heya Peek |
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Mark Buckton
Oitekaze Beya just to the north of Tokyo and not far from the abode of SFM's Ed-i-C falls under the microscope.
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SFM Interview |
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Carolyn Todd
Carolyn interviews Riho Rannikmaa during his recent trip to Osaka -
head of all things sumo in Estonia, friend and mentor of Baruto, this
is a man with something to announce.
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Sumo à la LA |
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Alisdair Davey
SFM's man in the shadows reports on his recent jaunt in LA, as guest of
the Californian Sumo Association and SFM reporter at large.
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Photo Bonanzas |
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Hot on the heels of the recent Ise bonanza - Haru up close and very very personal - some of our best pics to date.
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Haru Basho Summary |
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Lon Howard
Lon wraps the Haru Basho and chucks in a few bits on the henka issues the top dogs are suffering from at present.
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Sumo Menko |
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Ryan Laughton
Sumo cards of old brought to life once again by expert collector Ryan
Laughton. None of your BBM offerings here - Pt II of III.
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Natsu Ones To Watch |
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Carolyn Todd
Carolyn ponders the ones to watch come May and Natsu when sumo comes home to Tokyo.
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Kimarite Focus |
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Mikko Mattila
Mikko's latest look at sumo's kimarite offers unequalled analysis and in depth explanations.
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Amateur Angles |
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Howard Gilbert
On your marks, get set, go - Howard Gilbert walks us through the months ahead on the amateur calendar.
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Kokugi Konnections |
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Todd Lambert
Click on Todd's latest selection of the best sumo sites the WWW has to offer.
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Fan Debate |
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Facilitator - Carolyn Todd
Should it or shouldn't it? Honbasho go on the overseas road that is.
See what SFM's Chris Gould and James Hawkins have to say.
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SFM Cartoons |
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Benny Loh & Stephen Thompson
In this issue's cartoon bonanza, sit back and sample ST's latest artistic offerings.
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Sumo Odds & Ends |
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SFM's interactive elements - as always includes Henka Sightings, Elevator Rikishi and Eternal Banzuke!
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Let's Hear From You |
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What was it that made you a sumo fan - A. S. - the face in the crowd
reveals almost all - to see everything you'll have to close your eyes.
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Readers' Letters |
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See what our readers had to say since we last hit your screens.
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Sumo Quiz |
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The Quizmaster
Answer the Qs and win yourself a genuine banzuke.
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Homasho
11-4 and another sansho! It might just be enough to get his first
komusubi slot, or not – it depends how it all shakes out. Regardless,
he’ll be up there with the big boys and will definitely get to fulfill
his aim of facing the yokozuna. He’s been in makuuchi for a year now
and finally seems to be finding his feet.
Homasho
He went in at M11, fell to 14, back up to 11 for two basho, hurtled to
4, dipped to 5 – and now, who knows? And how times change! He was
promoted with Baruto who shot up
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banzuke and then crashed back to earth while Homasho quietly and
respectfully accumulated results and sansho. He’s never faced more than
two ozeki in a basho so it’ll be interesting to see how he deals with
the full set (assuming we have a full set!) plus Asashoryu.
Tochiozan
After a brief 3-basho canter through juryo, 20-year-old Tochiozan
achieved 11-4 at M14 in his first makuuchi basho and will get a pretty
healthy promotion for Natsu. Will this turn out to be one of those
first-basho flukes or will he continue to charge up the banzuke?
Tochiozan
He lost to Shimotori and Tokitsuumi in the first few days
but then he got into a groove that wasn’t stopped until Roho on Day 13,
and then Kotomitsuki. He ate up the lower rankers but will he be able
to cope with a constant stream of more experienced sekitori?
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Hoshihikari
Since his injury, Hoshihikari has come back stronger and heavier, and
with more substance, demonstrated by his consistently impressive
results in the last few basho, and he won the makushita yusho against
Matsutani with a clean slate, although there was a dodgy mono-ii
moment.
Hoshihikari
The yusho was such a great achievement and the crowd applauded when the
bout was first introduced, but when Hoshihikari left down the
hanamichi, not one person made a sound, no applause, no nothing.
Looking to Natsu, he should be very much at the top of makushita, and
if his form continues, we should see him with an o-icho-mage!
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