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NHK & the Ozumo
English Broadcast
Mark Buckton
A visit to NHK, years of watching the show and the opinions of our Ed-in-Chief
Hanging With the Rikishi
Barbara Ann Klein
Barbara Ann Klein recounts her experiences with the “boys” in a pictorial diary series
| Rikishi of Old Joe Kuroda |
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Sumo Exhibit at the
Edo-Tokyo Museum
Barbara Ann Klein
SFM’s Editor takes in the exhibit celebrating 80 years of the Japan Sumo Association at this famous Tokyo museum
| Heya Peek John Gunning |
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| SFM Interview Dave Wiggins sits down |
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Photo Bonanza
What a collection – All-Japan Sumo Tournament, Hakkaku-
beya visit and sumo exhibits at the Edo-Tokyo Museum
Kyushu Basho Review
Lon Howard
Lon gives us his Kyushu Basho summary, along with the henka sightings results, and his take on the year in brief
Lower Division Rikishi
Mikko Mattila
Mikko Mattila covers lower division ups and downs
| Hatsu Basho Forecast Pierre Wohlleben & Mark Buckton |
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Sumo 101
Eric Blair
Eric explains all you need to know and then some about the Kokugikan building – the mecca of sumo
| Kimarite Focus Mikko Mattila |
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Minusha
John McTague
John’s unique bimonthly view of news from outside the dohyo
Online Gaming
Eric Blair
For the lowdown on Guess the Kotomitsuki – baby of SFM’s John Gunning
Kokugi Connections
Todd Lambert
Todd’s bimonthly focus on 3 of the most interesting sumo sites today
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SFM Cartoons
Stephen Thompson
In the second of our cartoon bonanzas, sit back and enjoy ST’s offerings
Let’s Hear From You
What was it that made you a sumo fan? American Todd Defoe 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.
Sumo Sketch
This is a Japanese site chock full of photographs of sumo at its roots – in Ryogoku, Tokyo. Sumo stables, rikishi out and about in their neighborhoods, mawashi drying in the sun. But that’s just the front page. Click through the bilingual index at the bottom, and explore the artwork of Misya, the illustrator responsible for this homepage. There’s an interesting take on tegata, the autographed rikishi handprints. Themes divided by participants and the articles of sumo. More photos; events, exhibitions, honbasho. And a visit wouldn’t be complete without a visit to the archives and special events menu at the bottom of the top page. Treat yourself to the sights at www7.ocn.ne.jp/~tubasami/.
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Szumo.hu (“sumo-who”)
A bit of a statto, are you? Perhaps a history buff? Craving for names, numbers, charts and tables? Or maybe you just want to know who won the sandanme division last tournament and what his record was. Try Bandey’s Sumo Site, home to all the information you need to learn about and follow all (and I do mean all) of the men and action in Ozumo. Referees, rikishi, and riji: they’re all here. All nice and clean in easy-to-read tables, organized either alphabetically or by year. The rikishi lists grouped in nine different ways are most impressive. Moreover, there are links back to the main page on the sub-pages. There’s even a full banzuke – compressed and
Le Sumô à travers KIRISHIMA (“Sumo Through Kirishima”)
This is a fan page dedicated to the former ozeki, Kirishima, currently Michinoku-oyakata. The homepage is in French, and if necessary, can easily be viewed through an online translator such as Babelfish (babelfish.altavista.com). The site features a wide variety of subpages with photo vignettes of the early and later years of Kirishima’s career, important moments and milestones during those years, as well as current and former members of his sumo-beya. There’s an excerpt
