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Sumo Wrestlers Welcome Spring With a Frolic Under the Cherry Blossoms
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
The Japan Sumo Association headed out to Hitachiōmiya in Ibaraki prefecture to welcome spring, race down the hills in cardboard boxes, and chase one another around. The images were tweeted by the association's official account with comments about how moe the wrestlers antics were.
The international pros include Brazilian sumo wrestler Kaisei Ichirō, Egyptian wrestler Ōsunaarashi Kintarō, Georgian wrestlers Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi and Gagamaru Masaru, Bulgarian wrestler Aoiyama Kōsuke, and Mongolian wrestler Tamawashi Ichirō (note: names are given last name first). The participants posed together for a group photo under the cherry blossoms.
<常陸大宮場所>集合写真、いろいろ。魁聖、大砂嵐、栃ノ心、碧山、臥牙丸、玉鷲。#sumo pic.twitter.com/0sEA8I8RCW
— 日本相撲協会公式 (@sumokyokai) April 22, 2015
Tamawashi was chased by Ōsunaarashi.
<常陸大宮場所>玉鷲を追いかける、大砂嵐。#sumo pic.twitter.com/3GpTYPZzHW
— 日本相撲協会公式 (@sumokyokai) April 22, 2015
Kaisei went down the hill in a cardboard "sled."
<常陸大宮場所>ソリ滑りをする、魁聖。#sumo pic.twitter.com/vcPGmb4EdO
— 日本相撲協会公式 (@sumokyokai) April 22, 2015
Another wrestler shows off his back-flip abilities.
<常陸大宮場所>バク転を披露する、富栄。#sumo pic.twitter.com/H0r71NLbL2
— 日本相撲協会公式 (@sumokyokai) April 21, 2015
As fun as it was to see professional sumo wrestlers outside the ring, these guys are still serious competitors.
Source: Iroiro via Hachima Kikō