[PDF.11sy] Gaijin Yokozuna: A Biography of Chad Rowan (A Latitude 20 Book)

Gaijin Yokozuna: A Biography of Chad Rowan (A Latitude 20 Book)

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 | #2666153 in Books |  University of Hawaii Press |  2006-05-31 |  2006-05-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.66 x5.98l,1.13 | File type: PDF | 320 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Awesome Bio!|By Maximo Zaldivar|I was looking for some time for a Book about Akebono, the 1st non-Japanese Yokuzuna. The book takes you thru his journey from Hawaii to Japan, from his beginnings to his Glory in Sumo, even it covers his after Sumo life for a bit and his not so glorious venture into K-1. I really liked how the book also tells about Konishiki, another Hawaiian Gia| |"Panek got as close to Akebono as anyone from the outside could without actually joining his stable, family, or entourage.  He also interviewed many people around Akebono, both in his native Hawai'i and in Japan, while deeply researching sumo as a way of

At the age of eighteen, Chad Rowan left his home in rural Hawai'i for Tokyo with visions of becoming a star athlete in Japan's national sport, sumo. But upon his arrival he was shocked less by the city crowds and the winter cold than by having to scrub toilets and answer to fifteen-year-olds who had preceded him at the sumo beya. Rowan spoke no Japanese. Of Japanese culture, he knew only what little his father, a former tour bus driver in Hawai'i, had been able...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Gaijin Yokozuna: A Biography of Chad Rowan (A Latitude 20 Book)   |  Mark Panek. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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