Sumo Boy

by Hirotaka Nakagawa, Yoshifumi Hasegawa (Illustrator)

A strikingly original picture book sprinkled with the true Japanese customs of sumo wrestling introduces Sumo Boy, an expert sumo wrestler who fights for justice.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2006

About the author

His name is written as 中川ひろたか in Japanese and translated as 中川宏貴 in Traditional Chinese.

Reviews

[Philicia Wheatley · Rating 4 out of 5]

A young sumo wrestler hears a cry for help and jump to the rescue of a girl from a bully. While showing some of his wrestling moves, he defeats the bully and saves the victims. It is a great book for boys and girls as well who might or is interested in sumo wrestling as it ends with some of the moves used in that sport.

[Velta Gūtmane · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ļoti skaisti un ekspresīvi zīmējumi, bet nav stāsta.

Es esmu sumo zēns un cīnos par taisnību. Es izglābu meiteni no ļauna vīrieša. Stāsta beigas.

Dažādas sumo cīņu kustības grāmatas beigās.

[Dolly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cartoonish picture book about a sumo wrestling super hero. Very bold, colorful and blotchy illustrations highlight this book about the Japanese art of sumo wrestling.

The story will likely appeal most to young boys, although our girls thought it was okay. I picked the story out since I just went on a business trip to Japan, but it wasn't exactly what I thought it'd be.

[Cate Levinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Crazy, colorful illustrations. Boys will go bananas for it. Funny, adventure story. Glossary of sumo-related terms. Caution: involves some violence.

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A boy does sumo to help a girl. This book had a lot of authentic Japanese writing in it, which was cool.

[Lucia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is kind of a weird book. The illustrations are bright and fun and we all learned a little bit about sumo, which was interesting, but after reading it, we all just went "hmmm?!".

[Peacegal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bright, vibrant book introduces sumo.