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The Japanese Sumo Association (JSA) said Thursday that 18 solid Tamanoi wrestlers had tested positive for the new coronavirus, allowing the entire team not to participate in the Great Sumo fall tournament beginning this weekend.
But sumo Shibatayama, JSA’s communications director, trusts enthusiasts that the 15-day tournament starting Sunday at Ryopassku Kokugikan in Tokyo will continue despite the outbreak.
A strong Tamanoi wrestler had already tested positive on Saturday, bringing the total number of inflamed to 19. The JSA said the 28 members of the solid, adding to their solid teacher and former ozeki Tochiazuma, would pass the fall assembly to save him the spread of the virus.
The JSA added that 12 of the other inflamed people had been hospitalized but with mild symptoms.
The organization plans to allow some 2,500 enthusiasts to attend the next two-week tournament day at the site, which has a capacity of 11,000 people.
He implemented several infection prevention measures, such as banning wrestlers from traveling to other stables to train, which were largely effective at the July Grand Sumo tournament in Tokyo in front of a limited audience.
In April, several members of Takadagawa’s solid, adding to his solid master, a former sekiwake known at the time as Akinoshima, and the moment department wrestler Hakuyozan, tested the virus.
In May, Shobushi, 28, of the fourth-tier Sandanme Division, died of several organic faults caused by the virus. The wrestler was the first sumo wrestler to test positive for the virus in early April.
The JSA made the decision to hold this year’s big March tournament in Osaka behind closed doors and cancelled the May tournament in a national state of emergency amid the spread of the virus.
The arrangement allowed up to 2,500 spectators to attend the Grand Sumo Tournament on July, asking them to wear a mask and chorus of applause.
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