Volume 1 Introduction: Nomi Shukune is the "founder" of sumo and the winner of the oldest official tournament in Japan. The winner of the oldest official sumo tournament in Japan, Nomi Shukune, is the "founder" of sumo and the winner of the oldest official sumo tournament in Japan. The man who has the superb grip to turn a brittle and fragile lump of carbon into diamond, the hardest substance on earth, and the god of sumo, the oldest and strongest in Japan, stands in front of Baki.
