177: Sumo Scandals Part 4 - Violence

This episode describes one of sumo's darkest moments - a death of a sumo wrestler in 2007. We discuss the incident and then focus on what the JSA says it is doing to prevent this from happening again. Our Sumo Kaboom BINGO game is available to play every basho. 500 BINGO cards are available the Thursday before the basho begins. Go to www.sumokaboom.com for more details and to sign up. It's free. More about Sumo Kaboom and our BINGO game: www.sumokaboom.com Twitter @SumoKaboom Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sumokaboom/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SumoKaboom/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/SumoKaboomPodcast Check out our ever-changing Sumo Kaboom merch at Red Bubble: SumoKaboom.redbubble.com If you'd like to buy us a mawashi or support us monthly, you can sweeten the pot here: https://ko-fi.com/sumokaboom There's no way we could do this without you, so thank you! If you ever wonder where we get our research, check out the Show Notes section of our website. Please follow or send us a review. It all helps! Thank you so much!