Invariably arriving late to practice, he works out with weights when he can find the time and files the required monthly log of his workouts to the sport's national federation just before they are due.

WSJ: Two Brothers, One Goal

"Japanese bass fishing is a 'dark fishing' and cannot be called a sport, " Minuro Sato , the director of Japan's National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Association, recently told the Los Angeles Times.

FORBES: Long Reach Of The Largemouth