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A sumo wrestler who is ranked too highly for his abilities and gets poor results. Yamaiku (やまいく) In sumo slang, getting sick or getting injured. Yaochō (八百長) 'Put-up job' or 'fixed game', referring to a bout with a predetermined outcome. Yobiage (呼び上げ) The formal call made by the yobidashi in the ring.
Every year, Japan sees top-ranked sumo wrestlers welcome the New Year with a traditional foot-stomping performance at a Tokyo Shrine.
Sumo (Japanese: 相撲, Hepburn: sumō, Japanese pronunciation:, lit. ' striking one another ') [1] is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a rikishi (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by throwing, shoving or pushing him down).
Shinto ritual continues to pervade every aspect of sumo. Before a tournament, two gyōji functioning as Shinto priests enact a ritual to consecrate the newly constructed dohyō. Each day of the tournament the dohyō-iri, or ring-entering ceremonies performed by the top divisions before the start of their wrestling day are derived from sumo ...
Sumo wrestlers have a life expectancy between 60 and 65, more than 20 years shorter than the average Japanese male, as the diet and sport take a toll on the wrestler's body. Many develop type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure , and they are prone to heart attacks due to the enormous amount of body mass and fat that they accumulate.
Tochinoshin favoured yotsu-sumo techniques, preferring to grapple with rather than push his opponents. His stablemaster urged him to concentrate on traditional forward moving sumo, in contrast to other European and Russian sumo wrestlers of the time who specialized in pulling techniques. [5]
A rikishi (力士), sumōtori (相撲取り) or, more colloquially, osumōsan (お相撲さん), is a sumo wrestler. Although used to define all wrestlers participating in sumo wrestling matches, the term is more commonly used to refer to professional wrestlers, employed by the Japan Sumo Association, who participate in professional sumo tournaments (called honbasho) in Japan, the only country ...
Amateur sumo wrestlers wear a cotton mawashi of any color without the looping accorded to the senior professional's training garb. Additionally, they may wear a tag on the front of their mawashi that identifies them individually or the nation they are competing for, depending on the competition.