Japan national sport, Sumo, is enjoyed as a pastime of the Japanese from the old. What is the situation overseas Sumo wrestlers are increasing quite recently,?

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World to Sumo in various P-day 1
Japan Sumo is seen everywhere in the world ago? P-day 1
More wrestlers (second P)
Foreign wrestlers, how? P-day 2
Asashoryu and hakuho career history (second P)

Sumo is different to the world

Is Sumo may think that only Japan, each Sumo has countries around the world.

Mongolia
Mongolia became the birthplace of many wrestlers, Japan, bukh own Mongolian Sumo in the competition. That beat opponents like Japan Sumo, and that he part of the foot behind the other WINS, but the ring. That is, apart from beating the opponent, such as an extrude win out against it without purpose.

Switzerland
Europe Switzerland Switzerland シュヴィンゲン “sumo wrestling. This is done in the ring of sanded wood kudzu, also put out the opponent out of the ring, they both shoulders of the opponent to the ground and must win to win.

Turkey
National named ヤールギュレシュ and Turkey, also known as Turkey Sumo competition, this is similar to Sumo. ヤールギュレシュ features the fight 1: 1 that when players paint olive oil throughout the body.

Spread olive oil is difficult to grasp the opponent’s body, even more difficult to game. Rule, lifting the opponent or walk a few paces, or turn on the back of the opponent wins. However point system, introduced since 2004, somewhat complicate.

Japan Sumo is seen everywhere in the world ago?

So the Japan Sumo overseas seen to what extent and how popular?

Doing Sumo Japan is NHK, NHK is seen in the countries of Asia, such as Korea and Taiwan are often so people in those countries can readily see Sumo relay.

Not much about doing a digest sports specialty channel in Europe and other regions, America, and to relay all efforts to NHK. Think about it, true and Sumo’s popularity is not very high in the West. Seems to know Sumo that know words long but detailed list or Sumo name, quite low.

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More foreign power worker

Wrestlers are increasingly very Japan current Sumo community. Look at list of new year Sumo tournament 2009, of Sumo has arrived to occupy one-third of foreigners, and the whole 42 14 people. Both asashoryu and hakuho’s two yokozuna have morning, is a Mongolian-born wrestlers.

There are several causes of this situation, real Japanese youth that is 目指さなく is one of the wrestlers. Most youth aims to even a junior high and high school Sumo Division decreased now that now aimed at professional sports of baseball and football.

Foreign wrestlers, how?

Even a foreigner to become a wrestler, the Japanese should even passed the inspection of new disciples to imprisoned sumo wrestling room. Win starting from the beginning continued to practice while living together in a stable, at the bottom of the list finally became a Sumo “wrestlers”. And blessed with talent while some wrestlers will become a yokozuna.

Because they cannot receive the new discipleship-testing foreign direct and do not live in the Japan, while in Britain while the Scout or Japan if either a new apprentice inspection or into sumo wrestling room is almost.

Morning, asashoryu and hakuho’s career history

2 Current yokozuna, asashoryu and hakuho and morning how became a wrestler or look. Had demonstrated considerable strength, asashoryu, and Mongolian Sumo （ bukh ） already in Mongolia from boyhood morning, winner of the boys.

Has enrolled in sumo meitoku Gijuku High School Japan in 1997 became a 16-year-old. Showed himself there for being scouted Takasago boss (at that time, Wakamatsu boss) in 1999, joined a sumo stable. And then the active ranks first, and other various episodes is as everyone already know.

Hakuho on the other hand, also entered the world of Sumo in different circumstances. From Mongolia, hakuho is not involved much with Sumo in Mongolia. But in 2000, became a 15-year-old disgracefully the (s), in settsu warehouse, and the name is known from the businessman’s Sumo Osaka companies started Sumo.

Is hakuho locate heya would accept him for a while, from it, easily found build might be small at the time. So finally gave was the miyagino stable.

First ring from hakuho in miyagino stable, leaving as a beginning 3/2001. Build and grow from it and even sumo wrestling victories. In 2004, just three years 入幕 from the first ring, is promoted to yokozuna and three years later in 2007.

Japan Kokugikan sumo in the strong Japanese wrestler has decreased, although unchanged. Japan Sumo Association has mooted world Sumo overseas performances and through overseas tour. London performances were scheduled for October this year was canceled because of global recession, is also want economy begins to recover go on tour and performances like this fast told the goodness of the Sumo world.

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