Sumo Fan Magazine

Amateur Sumo – the sport as it should be Mark Buckton Sakai World Sumo Champs – not all about winning Las Vegas Koen Joe Kuroda Our man reports from the fight capital of the world Rikishi of Old Joe Kuroda A look at a rikishi of yesterday with Kotozakura – our man for October Heya Peek John Gunning John’s early morning dash to Azumazeki-beya & report on TKOTU SFM Interview Katrina Watts sits down with SFM’s Mark Buckton to discuss amateur sumo Photo Bonanza SFM’s best yet – Aki Basho/ Las Vegas / Amateur World Champs / Azumazeki-beya visit – seen nowhere else Aki Basho Review Lon Howard Lon gives us his Aki Basho summary, along with the henka sightings results, and his take on the tournament while ‘gem’ of the basho takes a break Lower Division Rikishi Mikko Mattila Mikko Mattila returns to cover lower division ups and downs Kyushu Basho Forecast Pierre Wohlleben & Mark Buckton Pierre predicts the Kyushu Basho banzuke while Mark previews the ones to watch next time out Sumo 101 Barbara Ann Klein Discovers and explains amasumo & ozumo variations Kimarite Focus Mikko Mattila Mikko once again walks us through his chosen kimarite Minusha John McTague John’s unique bimonthly view of news from outside the dohyo Online Gaming Zenjimoto of ‘game fame’ covers some of the very best sumo games around – his own! Kokugi Connections Todd Lambert Todd’s focus on 3 of the most interesting online sumo sites today Fan Debate Is the limit on foreign rikishi fair? See what our debaters had to say SFM Cartoons Benny Loh In the first of our cartoon bonanzas, sit back and chuckle at Benny Loh’s offerings Let’s Hear From You What was it that made you a sumo fan? Gernobono tells all Readers’ Letters See what SFM readers had to say since our last issue Sumo Quiz The Quizmaster Answer the Qs and win yourself next basho’s banzuke.	wherever they were, or whatever background they had. This has been proven by the number of quality rikishi who came out of Sadogatake-beya since he took over – ozeki Kotokaze, sekiwake Kotofuji, Kotonishiki, Kotogamine, Kotomitsuki, Kotooshu, Kotoshogiku. Perhaps the most prominent is now-37 year-old Kotonowaka, Kotozakura’s son-in-law and the man who will be carrying the torch after his retirement. With eight bashos (including two he withdrew) as yokozuna, his record as a yokozuna was not remarkable , but his long years of contribution to the Kyokai and his dedication to bring in the next generation of talented sumo rikishi may well be his greatest legacy in the annals of sumo. Home	Sadogatake Yoshikane From: Kurayoshi-shi, Tottori Prefecture Born: November 26, 1940 Real Name: Norio Kamatani Shikona: Kamatani → Kotozakura Heya: Sadogatake Dohyo debut: 1959 Hatsu Basho Juryo debut: 1962 July Basho Makuuchi debut: 1963 March Basho Last Basho: 1974 May Basho (the last listed on banzuke 1974 July Basho) Highest Rank: Yokozuna (53rd) Makuuchi tenure: 66 Bashos Makuuchi record: 553 wins 345 losses 77 kyujo Winning percentage: 61.6% Yusho: 5 Sansho: Shukun-sho (4), Kanto-sho (2) Kinboshi: 2 (Kashiwado, Sadanoyama) Height: 182 cm, Weight: 150 kg Favorite techniques: Migi-yotsu, yori, oshi Toshiyori name: Shiratama → Sadogatake Sadogatake-beya URL : http://www.sadogatake.com/page013.html Sadogatake-beya address: 39 Kushizaki Minamicho, Matsudo_shi, Chiba-ken, Japan 270-2215 Sekitori Developed by the current Sadogatake Oyakata Kotokaze (Oguruma oyakata) Kotofuji Kotogaume (Onaruto oyakata) Kototsubasa (Yamawake Oyakata) Kotoinazuma (Kumegawa Oyakata) Kotohakusan (retired) Kotobeppu Kotonishiki (Takenawa Oyakata) Kotoarashi (retired) Kotoiwakuni (retired) Kotoryu (Kotoryu Oyakata) Kotonowaka (active) Kotomitsuki (active) Kotokanyu (active) Kotonomine (active) Kotooshu (active) Kotoshogiku (active) Kotokasuga (active)