What Will Become of the Dynasty?
Brian Lewin
The Hanada Dynasty – past or present?

Rikishi of Old
Joe Kuroda
A look at a rikishi of yesteryear with Tenryu our man for August.

Heya Peek
John Gunning
John attends a chanko session at Chiganoura Beya.

Photo Bonanza
For a glimpse at some of the sights you won't see on TV.    

July Basho Review
Lon Howard & John Gunning
Lon gives us his Nagoya Basho summary and his take on upset of the tournament while John chips in with his ‘gem’ of the basho.

Lower Division Rikishi
Mikko Mattila takes a break and Eric Blair covers the lower divisions in his own ‘unique’ way.

Aki Basho Forecast
Pierre Wohlleben & Mark Buckton
Pierre predicts the Aki Basho banzuke while Mark previews the ones to watch next time out.

Sumo 101
Barbara Ann Klein
Gyoji goings on and several things you never knew about the ones officiating.

Kimarite Focus
Mikko Mattila
Mikko walks us through his 2 chosen kimarite.

Minusha
John McTague
John's unique view of news from outside the dohyo.

Boletín de Sumo en Español
Eduardo de Paz Gútiez
An article on sumo’s very first fan mag – Boletin de Sumo en Espanol

Online Gaming
Jezz Sterling
Hear from the founder of Bench Sumo of one of sumo's most popular games.

Kokugi Connections
Todd Lambert
Todd’s focus on 3 of the most interesting online sumo sites today.

Fan Debate
Henka – good, bad or ugly? See what our debaters think.

Let’s Hear From You
What was it that made you a sumo fan – the Petros Zachos story.

Ngozi on the Road
Ngozi T. Robinson
NTR visits an amasumo event in the north-east U.S. and tells us what it was like.

Sumo Quiz
The Quizmaster
Answer the Qs and win yourself next basho's banzuke.

The bottom half of juryo is teeming with variously more or less talented newcomers, however. Shin-juryo Yoshikaze had to bow out of the Nagoya basho with a knee injury (what else, one is tempted to say, given recent trends), but managed to get 10 wins anyway before it happened. He should get a nice promotion and, assuming he can compete at all, will probably have enough of a cushion to avoid demotion to juryo. Fellow debutant Kyokunankai eked out a kachi-koshi despite struggling during week two, as did Kambayashi in his second juryo basho. They are joined in September by the largest crop of juryo debutants in quite a while, with five rikishi wearing the oicho-mage and a kesho-mawashi for their first full basho − among them the promising college star Shiraishi, fast-rising youngster Masatsukasa (he turned pro at 18 years of age and has only needed 16 basho to become a sekitori), and Estonian behemoth Baruto who already has a number of fans. It should be very interesting to see how all of them fare under the bigger spotlights next month.

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