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Review of the Decade |
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Chris Gould
The most radical decade in sumo's history has just ended. SFM is the first publication to pay tribute.
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Kyushu Basho Review |
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Chris Gould
An invincible yokozuna, an angry yokozuna, and some toiling ozeki. Read all about it here.
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Ones To Watch |
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Alexander Herrmann
Alex makes his expert predictions about who will rise and fall in 2010.
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Amateur Angles |
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Howard Gilbert
Howard provides the SFM official verdict on the cancelled World Championships in Estonia, and unearths some interesting contradictions.
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Rikishi of Old |
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Joe Kuroda
While Tomozuna-beya sings the praises of Kaio today, it will always be fondly remembered for the 22nd yokozuna Tachiyama, who almost won 100 bouts in a row.
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Naki-zumo
Part II |
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Michiko Kodama
Michiko continues looking at the various forms of sumo by visiting another 'Crying Sumo' festival.
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How I became a sumo fan |
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Jean-Philippe Cabral
A French amateur sumo wrestler reveals what it's like to actually compete in an amateur tournament.
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Menko Corner |
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Ryan Laughton
Ryan continues his analysis of the various types of menko available for collection.
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Kokugi Konnections |
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Chris Gould
KK marks the end of 2009 by asking: Which makuuchi contest was Match of the Decade?
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Morph Corner |
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Olivia Nagioff
Who will be subjected to morph treatment this time?
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Photo Bonanza |
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Chris Gould
The story of 2009 in a few choice photos.
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SFM Cartoons |
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Benny Loh
Benny gives us his take on the action in Kyushu.
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Chris Gould
In what will surely become the most-hotly debated Kokugi Konnections ever,
Chris Gould attempts, for the first time in history, to compile a list of contenders
for Makuuchi Match of the Decade. Choose your favourite and send us an e-mail at:
editor@sumofanmag.com
Read more...
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Jean-Philippe Cabral
Find out how a French fan of Konishiki became hooked on sumo and
found himself competing in amateur sumo in Estonia.
Read more...
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Olivia Nagioff
- Why can't the rijicho find
his speech?
- Where can you expect to
find Yamamotoyama
over Christmas?
- Does Takasago Oyakata have
his mind on the job?
See more...
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Chris Gould
Ten years ago, the 90s seemed the most radical sumo decade Japan would ever witness.
As a 1500-year-old sport ushered in the New Year of 1990, it did so in the knowledge that
no non-Japanese had ever made its highest rank or won more than a single top-division
championship Read more...
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Joe Kuroda
Kaio's main rival as Tomozuna's all-time number one rikishi is the 22nd
Yokozuna Tachiyama Mineemon who led Ozumo singlehandedly after the so-called
Golden Age of Hitachiyama- Umegatani. From the 1910 June Basho until the 1916
May Basho, Tachiyama was virtually unbeatable... Read more...
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