Murakoso Hironobu

Mainichi Shimbun sports journalist, born in 1976 in Chiba Prefecture. Graduate of Waseda University. Started working for the newspaper in 2004. After assignments covering the Chūbu (Nagoya) area, currently serves as chief sumō reporter for the newspaper’s Tokyo sports bureau. A seasoned reporter for soccer and professional baseball, he traveled to Brazil to cover the 2014 FIFA World Cup matches. Filed his first report on sumō at the July 2005 Grand Sumō Tournament.