The Nakamura Beya stands out among the 55 stables in Japan's indigenous professional sumo world for its personal computers for sumo wrestlers to take correspondence courses on the Internet.
Five PCs are kept at a corner of a large 45-mat room on the second floor of the stable in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward that serves as the quarters for the 13 junior wrestlers, ranging from jonokuchi (lowest division) to makushita (fourth lowest division) on the ranking list.
Stable master Nakamura, 57, is particular about putting his followers in strict training and recruiting only middle-school graduates.