Sumo: A Thinking Fan's Guide to Japan's National Sport - Paperback

by David Benjamin (Author)

"The most entertaining and irreverent guide to sumo." -- James Fallows, The Atlantic

• The greatest sumo match ever
• The many strategies employed by wrestlers, such as "the Hooker," "the Bulldozer" and "the Matador"
• Sumo's most stunning move
• Why rikishi sometimes throw a match
• The backroom politics that influence who is promoted to the highest ranks
• The "foreign invasion" of sumo and what it means for the sport's future

Author Biography

David Benjamin lived in Japan for 7 years, where he was editor-in-chief of Tokyo Journal, contributing editor and columnist for The Japan Times Weekly, and wrote a weekly column for The Mainichi Daily News. He was also a regular sumo columnist in Shukan Bunshun and an occasional commentator on sumo and other sports on television, and remains the only foreigner ever to cover Japan's national sport on a regular basis in a major Japanese-language publication. He lives in New York and Paris