The biggest Japan-born sumo wrestler in history
Meet Yamamotoyama, a Japanese sumo wrestler weighing in at 252 kilograms who is about to join the top division of the sport:
At least 100 kilograms heavier than the average juryo weight of 149 kilograms, and the tallest in the division at 191 centimeters, Yamamotoyama gained experience in amateur sumo’s top ranks at high school and Nihon University before joining the Onoe stable, where he picked up experience fighting a range of wrestlers from fellow man-mountain Baruto to the more wiry Satoyama.
Apparently this makes him even bigger than Musashimaru:
Ex-Yokozuna Musashimaru, who enjoyed a career free of injury despite his similarly imposing 237-kilogram bulk, proved that size is not necessarily an impediment to a stellar sumo career.
“But it’s very tough for big men unless they train their lower bodies,” the former grand champion warns.
The heaviest recorded sumo wrestler was Hawaiian born Ozeki Konishiki, who once weighed 284 kilograms in his prime. The previous record for a grappler born in Japan was the 240 kilograms by juryo wrestler Susanoumi.
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Ginormous man boobies.
Don’t they make man-bra’s now in Japan? Cover those puppies up.
//must find eye bleach now!
not to mention some pimple cream.
man boobies covered in blotchy pimples is NOT what I want on my TV…
lol he’s hiding Stewie under those man-boobs
Enormous new Sumo wrestler
Prevalent acne
Hmmm, what drug testing do the Sumo association do again?
FREAK SHOW!
Yamamotoyama is always the crowd favorite at the matches. Even though he was lower ranked, the crowd would go crazy everytime.
Two mountains in his name — most appropriate. I can’t help wondering what his cholesterol must be.
I selected “other” in the poll.
Reason: with that nice pair of boobs he might pursue a stellar career as an AV idol.
Camouflage the acne then the cholesterol problem will go away by itself!
Or was it the other way round?
I predict that he will die young, probably from a heart disease or something
Other: He will die of a heart attack from severe obesity.
I think sumo needs to ban obese wrestlers….I think it’s embarrassing to have a sport advocate obesity in this way.
“advocate”? How? Does sumo suggest we should all be that size? You know, after seeing Konishiki in action, I totally felt as if I needed to be quarter of a ton in weight.
And even if one were to say it only advocates that athletes become obese, sumo wrestlers tend to have a better life expectancy (60-65) than NFL players (53-59).