Serious Sumo Crisis
26th October 2007
Sumo is well-known sports for the whole world for the sports originated Japan, it is big men’s game. It has long history in Japan, and there are a lot of fans not only inside but also outside of this country.
Now, it, Sumo, is facing a serious problem from two scandals, one is about Yokozuna and another is about young Sumo wrestler.
There is a Sumo wrestler here from Mongol. He speaks Japanese very well like people born in Japan, and the strongest one so far. He used to be very strict for his daily excercises in order to be the top of the wrestler, then, finally he achieved to be “Yokozuna” that is position only eligible man could get. No one object it because everyone admits his power.
No one was being his rival for several years, however, suddenly, Japanese Sumo Association made him exibit to participate in Sumo tour due to he had absent himself from the summer Sumo tour. The reason why he absent was his sickness…but, he did played soccer in his mother country. Knowing it, many people got angry about that and
thought he had told a lie to go to Mongol. Many people reproached him and deplore the decline of moral in Sumo wrestlers.
I watched many TV shows about this problem several months ago, he is in his country due to his despression caused this criticism, not decided when he would come back to Japan and participate Sumo games.
Another, about Japanese young Sumo wrestler, is related murder.
Although it has not completely proved that it is yet, people think so. A 17-years-old young Sumo wrestler died of many injuries on his whole body at his stable in this July. Police concluded that was die from sickness at first, however, they admitted that was thier fault and the truth was death from shock of hits and kicks by his fellows.
How do you think about those problems?
Sumo is one of our best traditional things from Japan. I would like you not to disappeared on it from those problems caused recently, but you to know deep information that never reported abroad.
I think he, Yokozuna from Mongol, cannot be blamed so much because it was on him whether he would perticipate or not (of course, it was not good that he told a lie.) Rather than it, murder is more grave news for us.
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