E. Honda’s Real Name
I’ve known since the ‘90s that the “E” in E. Honda’s name stands for Edmond. What I didn’t know was that this was a westernization of his real name, Edomondo, which is itself a callback to the Edo period in Japanese history. E. Honda says that he chose this alias as a matter of convenience: “To bring sumo worldwide, I needed a name that could work anywhere.”
