Samurai Sportsman (2004– ) User Reviews

This show is most certainly *not* a joke

[L0kki · 3 May 2004]

Yes, it's campy, but that's half the fun. Yoshi is a serious martial artist and quite talented to boot. How do I know this? Easy, I train at the same karate school as him! (and yes, Yoshi is his real name) Knowing Yoshi as I do, I can tell you how seriously he takes the challenges each and every episode. He's been injured repeatedly during them, but in the true spirit of Budo, he gets up and keeps going and never stops having fun while he's doing it.

For anyone interested in martial arts, the American outdoors and campy fun, check out Samurai Sportsman. You'll have a good laugh, and see a true modern-day Samurai at work.

Uhhhmmm...

[avampireatemyhotdog · 12 March 2004]

I honestly can't decide whether or not this is a joke. Perhaps it's just me, but this would seem almost insulting to the Japanese/Asian culture. We've got the random Asian guy called "Yoshi" who relates all things back to his teachings to become a samurai. I have issues with his name itself... Yoshi is great if it is, in fact, his real name, but if it isn't... "Yoshi" is the most generic and over-used character name for anyone/anything relating to Japan. If this is a character name I deduct 10 points for lack of creativity.

Besides the general concept of an Eastern swordsman learning American sports, which is unique, the whole show kinda... lacks.