ISumo sisitayile saseJapan sokujijisana kunye nomdlalo wesizwe waseJapan. Yaqala kumaxesha amandulo njengendlela yokonwabisa izithixo zamaShinto. Izithethe ezininzi ezinemvelaphi yonqulo, njengokuhlanjululwa komsesane ngokufuziselayo ngetyuwa, zisalandelwa nanamhlanje. Ngokungqinelana nesithethe, ngamadoda kuphela adlala ngokufanelekileyo eJapan.
Akukho zithintelo zobunzima okanye iiklasi kwi sumo, oku kuthetha ukuba i-wrestlers banokuzifumana ngokulula behambelana nomntu amaxesha amaninzi ubukhulu babo. Ngenxa yoko, ukufumana ubunzima yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yoqeqesho lwe-sumo.
phim Airlines uthe kwanyanzeleka ukuba kuthathwe umlinganiselo "ongaqhelekanga kakhulu" kwiveki ephelileyo, xa kwafunyaniswa ukuba iijethi zayo ezimbini zabakhweli zigqithile kwimilinganiselo yobunzima ngenxa yee-sumo wrestlers.
I-sumo wrestlers yayicwangciselwe ukuba ihambe ngeenqwelomoya ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseHaneda eTokyo kunye neSikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-Itami e-Osaka, apho babefanele ukukhuphisana kumnyhadala wezemidlalo e-Amami Oshima, isiqithi esikumazantsi eJapan.
I-Japan Airlines yaqala ukuxhalaba malunga neengxaki zepetroli ezinokuthi zibe khona ngasekupheleni kweLwesine ephelileyo xa zafumanisa ukuba iinqwelomoya zaziza kuqulatha inani elikhulu le-sumo rikishi (abakhuphisana nabo). Isikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-Amami sajongwa sincinci kakhulu ukuba singakwazi ukumisa ngokukhuselekileyo inqwelomoya enkulu, kunyanzelwa inkampani yeenqwelomoya ukuba ithathe iisumo wrestlers ezingama-27 ngenqwelomoya entsha elungiselelwe ngokukodwa.
Ubunzima obuphakathi kwabakhweli besumo buqikelelwa ukuba buziikhilogram ezili-120 (265 lbs) – bukhulu kakhulu kunomndilili wobunzima bomkhweli oziikhilogram ezingama-70 (154 lbs).
Umphathiswa kwafuneka aqhubele phambili ukuba alale kwinqwelomoya eyongezelelweyo yesaziso esifutshane kunye nenqwelomoya eyongezelelweyo kubadlali abakhulu kakhulu, emva kokugqiba ukuba inqwelomoya ecwangcisiweyo ayinakukwazi ukuthwala ngokukhuselekileyo inani elifunekayo lepetroli ngaphezu kwabakhweli abakhulu ngokungalindelekanga.
