なんちゃって英語・英会話コミュのHAKUHOU

Ozeki HAKUHOU won the summer grand sumo tournament.
He is a Mongolian, and now there are many Mongolian
sumo wrestlers. My feeling is complex.

Of course it's usual that stronger sumo wrestlers win,
but the grand sumo tournament is the national sport
of Japan. Why are there not so many strong Japanese
sumo wrestlers now? Do they have no strong motivation?

Japan has become an economic power, but at the same
time we have lost many things. They are saving,
endurance, strong motivation and so on. I don't say
that it's wrong.

It's change of the times. On the other hand the sumo
society has been traditional and closed. Now Japanese
young men don't like such a special society, and so
if there will be no change of the sumo society,
Japanese sumo wrestlers will decrease gradually.

Isn't it a crisis of sumo? It's inevitable that there
are many foreign sumo wrestlers. But how will be
the future of sumo? I feel somewhat out of place.
Do only I have such feeling?

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[1] mixiユーザー 06月15日 10:19

I too have wondered at this one. Sports are often dominated by a country and then after a time are taken on by another. Japan, as the creator of sumo still has the greates respresentation of sumo atheletes and that quite a feat is it not? For me, I am not strong and prefer table tennis and badminton, two sports in which the equipment manufacturing is dominated by high-quality Japanese products, but not as many Japanese players. Why is this? Of course, for me, I still prefer it if Sweden makes good rounds in the world cup of table tennis (and football of course).

[2] mixiユーザー 06月15日 13:25

It is interesting that non-Japanese are willing many of the tournaments, even though the number of non-Japanese allowed to compete in Sumo are limited.

But this is much like how in baseball, which was developed in America and is often considered as America's game, the best teams and players are not American. I guess as the world becomes more globalized, what we once took to be out country's property will become something of the world.

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