Professional Organizations
The most popular professional sports in Japan are baseball, football, and sumo wrestling. Note that most practitioners in the martial arts are not professional, but played by amateurs.
| Favorite professional sport | 2005 | 2008 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baseball (Nippon Professional Baseball) | 51.7% | 48.8% | 45.1% |
| Football (J. League) | 22.8% | 21.8% | 28.9% |
| Sumo | 17.1% | 19.3% | 15.1% |
| Golf (Japan Golf Tour) | 16.9% | 16.3% | 19.9% |
| Boxing | 7.8% | 8.9% | 7.7% |
| Motor racing | 6.2% | 7.9% | 7.7% |
| Puroresu | 4.2% | 4.8% | 3.1% |
| Others | 8.0% | 6.0% | 5.7% |
Read more about this topic: Sport In Japan
Famous quotes containing the word professional:
“Never be intimidated when you deal with men. Curse, don’t cry.”
—Anonymous, U.S. professional woman. As quoted in Aspirations and Mentoring in an Academic Environment, ch. 4, by Mary Niles Maack and Joanne Passet (1994)