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SOS - Shinjinrui on Sumo |
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Chris Gould
Wrapping up his look at increasing the popularity of sumo, Chris Gould caps a series the NSK would do well to refer to.
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Sumo Souvenirs |
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Mark Buckton
Souvenirs are a part of every sport and sumo is no different - or is
it? A look at collectibles and the downright trashy, the bona fide
versus the unproven.
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Rikishi of Old |
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Joe Kuroda
Joe Kuroda's latest look at times past focuses on former makunouchi man Dewagatake.
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Eric Evaluates |
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Eric Blair
Eric takes a no-nonsense look at the claims of fixed bouts in the Japanese media.
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Rikishi Diary |
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Mark Kent
Mark Kent - English pro-wrestler and amateur heavyweight sumotori -
takes us through the first month or so of his training and preparation
for the various European events lined up in in 2007.
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Heya Peek |
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Chris Gould
SFM's Chris Gould was in Japan for the Hatsu Basho and popped along to
the new Shikoroyama Beya to give SFM an online exclusive peek into
sumo's newest heya.
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SFM Interview |
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Mark Buckton
Mark interviews Mark - Buckton on Kent that is as Mark Kent, the UK's
only active heavyweight amateur answers a few questions on his own
recent entry into the sport.
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Photo Bonanzas |
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Sumo Forum stepped in to take the weight off the shoulders of SFM as
far as Hatsu went so we could sit back, relax, enjoy the sumo and take
a few more select pics you won't see anywhere else.
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Hatsu Basho Summary |
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Lon Howard
Lon wraps the Hatsu Basho and chucks in a few bits on the rush of henka
that threatens to sully the good name of at least one foreign ozeki.
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Sumo Menko |
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Ryan Laughton
Sumo cards of old brought to life by expert collector Ryan Laughton. None of your BBM here.
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Haru Ones To Watch |
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Carolyn Todd
Carolyn ponders and puts fingers to keys on the ones to watch come March and the Haru Basho.
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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
Howard looks at the 'sumo factory' of lore - Nichidai.
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Kokugi Konnections |
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Todd Lambert
Click on Todd's bimonthly focus on three of the best the WWW has to offer.
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Fan Debate |
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Facilitator - Carolyn Todd
Moti Dichne comes back for more and takes on Bradley Sutton on the subject of 'Modernize the heya - yea or nay?'
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SFM Cartoons |
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Benny Loh & Stephen Thompson
In this issue's cartoon bonanza, sit back and sample Benny's 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? Ryan Laughton - sumo fan and menko expert reveals all.
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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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BREAKING NEWS...
Mark Buckton 
Mark Buckton discusses the potentially fatal problems facing the
2007 Sumo World Championships in Switzerland with the President of the
Swiss Sumo Society
Read more...
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Carolyn Todd
Meet our Assistant Editor.
Read more...
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Ryan Laughton
Five thousand yen is all it took to get me started on collecting
sumo menko. This is the amount a kind old lady at a little
old-fashioned toy shop in Kyushu charged for an unopened box of 1958
Dash 7-8 sumo menko...
Read more...
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Mark Buckton
The Oxford English Dictionary lists a souvenir as; a memento of an
occasion, place etc. While this may or may not be a description that
stands in-sync with the majority of opinions on the subject, the fact
is that souvenirs are part and parcel of any sport / entertainment in
the modern era....
Read more...
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Joe Kuroda
Among a group of giant rikishi over 200 cm tall, there is the name
of one Showa Era (1926-1989) rikishi commemorated. His name is
Dewagatake Bunjiro; a man who stood 206 cm tall and weighed 200 kg at
one time. In Japan at the time there was no one as tall and as heavy as
Dewagatake and his size eventually determined his fate. Fortunately for
Ozumo...
Read more...
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Mark Buckton
Mark Kent's first mawashi adventure was less than a year ago but
within months of being introduced to the sport he was representing the
United Kingdom at the Sumo World Championships in Sakai City, near
Osaka. During the tournament he caught the SFM Editor-in-Chief's eye -
sadly for all the wrong reasons - as he left Japan without a single
shiroboshi to his name....
Read more...
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SUMO ARTIST Lynn Matsuoka
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Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director – Japan
Mark Buckton
Editor
Lon Howard
Assistant Editor
Carolyn Todd
Staff Writers
Eric Blair
Howard Gilbert
Chris Gould
Joe Kuroda
Todd Lambert
Mikko Mattila
Contributing Writers
Jeff Kennel
Ryan Laughton
Steven Pascal-Joiner
Contributing Photographers
Jeff Kennel
William Titus
Website System Admin & Hosting
Alisdair Davey
Magazine & Website Layout Designer
Olivia Nagioff
Cartoonists
Benny Loh
Stephen Thompson
Staff Translators
Denis Chaton – French
Juan Pablo Vieytes – Spanish
Alexander Hermann – German
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