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My latest ebook was released last night, after five years in the making. It is quite simply, the story of Japan's ancient national sport of sumo through the eyes of the wrestlers themselves. This is the first-time that such a wrestler-focused book has been published, providing the clearest illustration yet of how sumo wrestlers, and their coaches, view the world. From the novices waiting hand and foot on superiors to the grand champions who theoretically have it all, everyone has a story to tell. Find out more by clicking the picture. 

Dispensing with the stale approach of standard sumo books, I bring the ancient discipline of sumo to life like never before – through the eyes of the very wrestlers who make it. Gone are the days when sumo textbooks are 20 years out of date. For the most recent, exciting and wrestler-focused take on a mysterious sport – including fresh analysis of the 2011 match-fixing scandal – look no further than here.