Masahiko Kimura: An Unofficial Biography by Toshinari Masuda (Hardcover)

Published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Masahiko Kimura's birth, this volume presents the "complete edition" of the work that won both the Oya Soichi Non-Fiction Award and the Shincho Document Prize. It compiles outstanding manuscripts and commentaries from the *Gong Kakutogi* magazine series—including the elusive "Debate on the Strongest Judoka," which generated significant buzz during its original run but was omitted from the bestseller *Why Didn't Masahiko Kimura Kill Rikidozan?*—alongside dialogues with various writers, martial artists, and artists, as well as newly written material, rare photos from the original series, and complete captions.

Language: Japanese

Printed in 2018

720 pages