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SOS - Shinjinrui on Sumo |
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Chris Gould
Chris sinks his teeth into how sumo can go about pulling in the younger
fans - currently so noticeable by their absence. The first of a
three-part series.
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Sumo World Championships |
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Mark Buckton
Mark Buckton reports from Sakai near Osaka, site of the latest Sumo World Championships.
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Rikishi of Old |
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Joe Kuroda
Joe Kuroda finishes off his look at former yokozuna Minanogawa.
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Sumo 101 / Eric Evaluates |
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Eric Blair
Eric expains sumo fan terminology - with the inevitable twist - for
those just getting into the sport and still subject to the know it alls.
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Age stands still for no man |
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Joe Kuroda
Former ozeki Kiyokuni will retire in November under the compulsory '65
and you are out' rule. JK takes a look at this quiet earth mover.
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Feel the Sumo |
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Eduardo de Paz
Read and feel the renowned Leonishiki's passion for all things sumo at his first live event.
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SFM Interview |
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Mark Buckton
Mark interviews Colin Carroll - again - Irish star of Sakai.
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Photo Bonanza |
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See the Aki Basho bonanza as well as the largest collection of pics you
are likely to see on the Sumo World Championships earlier in October.
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Aki Basho Summary |
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Lon Howard
Lon wraps the September Aki Basho and throws in some henka sighting results for good measure.
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Lower Division Rikishi |
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Mikko Mattila
The lower divisions, their members and results get the once over thanks to Mikko's eye of things 'beneath the curtain'.
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Kimarite Focus |
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Mikko Mattila
Mikko's latest clarification of several of the sport's plethora of kimarite.
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Amateur Angles |
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Howard Gilbert
Howard Gilbert - manager of New Zealand's amateur sumo team takes a look at the approaching Russians.
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Kokugi Konnections |
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Todd Lambert
Click on Todd's bimonthly focus on three of the best sumo sites online.
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Fan Debate |
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Facilitator - Lon Howard
Jesse Lake and Rich Pardoe hammer out their differences on a current furor - promotion criteria.
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SFM Cartoons |
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Benny Loh & Stephen Thompson
In this issue's cartoon bonanza, sit back and enjoy Benny Loh's
offerings and put a caption to Stephen Thompson's picture to win
yourselves a banzuke.
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Sumo Odds ’n’ Ends |
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SFM's interactive elements including Henka Sightings, Elevator Rikishi and Eternal Banzuke!
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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 next basho’s banzuke.
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Wakamifuji was confirmed as the winner.
In a yusho-deciding bout, he had a spirited tussle against 19-year-old
Sasaki with plenty of action in a bout that lasted over a minute. At
the end, Wakamifuji performed tsukiotoshi on the advancing Sasaki, and
took a fine 7-0 yusho at his career-high rank. He commented that he was
able to do good keiko with his heya-mates, Wakanoho and Wakatenro as
well as some rikishi at Oguruma-beya.
Sakaizawa had another strong basho with a 6-1 kachi-koshi after two
consecutive 7-0s since his debut. At 23, he makes his highly
anticipated makushita debut in Kyushu. Matsutani, who defeated
Sakaizawa with a devastating uwatenage in the Nagoya basho jonidan
play-off, had a decent 5-2 this time and will also make his makushita
debut in Kyushu. The promising Mongolian Hoshihikari (22) was reported
to be
Hoshihikari
in excellent shape in pre-basho keiko, beating his heya-mate, juryo
Kanbayashi, many times in a row. He had dropped to sandanme due to
injury, but came back strongly and only lost to Ikehara. Speaking of
which - Ikehara may not have the most blessed body for sumo but he
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has a great start to his career. This was his third basho and third 6-1
record. It is interesting that the only loss he suffered was against
the jonidan yusho winner Tokitairyu.
Chiganoura-beya has a good keiko situation with many hungry young rikishi. Yet, in the Aki basho
Masutoo
Masutoo failed to show the ability as he obviously demonstrates at
keiko and fell to a 2-5 make-koshi, and Masuhikari came to a sudden
stop with 2-5 at Sd22. Only Takunishiki managed to do strong sumo with
a 5-2 at Sd32.
Tongan Minaminoshima returns to
Minaminoshima
makushita
with a 6-1 at Sd 25, and Georgian Gagamaru makes his debut in
makushita, having rung up 5-2 at Sd16. Naruto talent Sasaki should also
make it to makushita with his
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Gagamaru
6-1 at Sd46.
Tokitairyu (23) and Georgian Tochinoshin (19) both reached 7-0 and
clashed for the yusho in a play-off. They are of equal size (190cm –
6’3”, 130kg – 287 lbs.) and they both joined ozumo at the Natsu basho
this year. Tokitairyu defeated his younger foe with a morozashi-based
yoritaoshi in the play-off, and will find himself in high sandanme in
Kyushu. He started with a 5-2 in Natsu, followed it with 6-1 in Nagoya
and excelled with the 7-0 yusho + play-off win, so his trend certainly
looks promising. Tochinoshin adds more proof of the quality of the
young Georgian recruits. The big and strong college rikishi Kitazono
stretched his streak of 6-1 to three since his debut, but he didn’t
face Tokitairyu or Tochinoshin.
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