The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is
practiced professionally this being my first time seeing the grand production.
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Sumo is considered a modern Japanese martial art, but this is
misleading as the sport has a history spanning many centuries.
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Many ancient traditions have been preserved in sumo and even
today the sport includes many ritual elements such as the use of salt
purification, from the days when sumo was used in the Shinto religion.
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Life as a wrestler is highly regimented, with rules
set by the Japan Sumo Association.
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Most sumo wrestlers are required to live in communal sumo
training stables, known in Japanese as heya, where all aspects of their daily
lives—from meals to their manner of dress—are dictated by strict tradition.
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As of 2006, the monthly salary figures for makuuchi (in
Japanese Yen)
yokozuna: 2,820,000, about US$30,500
ōzeki: 2,347,000, about US$25,000
san'yaku: 1,693,000, about US$18,000
maegashira: 1,309,000 or about US$14,000
jūryō: 1,036,000, about US$11,000
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