less gaijin rikishi

[abe@kaleida.com (Masumi Abe)]

This might be a very controvertial subject, but I've heard that Sumo Kyokai
has somewhat changed their position of accepting foreign born rikishi. It
is getting tougher for foreigners to get into sumo world as rikishi.

Now it seems that a foreigner needs to have been living in Japan for a some
number of years before applying to a heya. If this is the case, it will be
much more difficult for a foreigner to apply to be a rikishi.

I'll check more on this.

-Masumi
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