Life After Sumo: Photos of Wrestlers in Their Second Careers
excerpt and adapted from textual matter by Nanako Yamamori . pic by Reed Young . Some Sumo matman pass on the ring because they ’ve stopped gain — pushed out by geezerhood or injury . Others ca n’t have a bun in the oven the discipline any longer . But once they ’ve snuff it the sport , the freedom can be consuming . After years consecrate to live and embracing the rule of a Sumo stable — where the refinement order everything from how a wrestler will prune , to how he ’ll disentangle his hair , to where and when he ’ll sleep , to what he ’ll eat — many grappler contend as they ’re confronted by the mountain of unremarkable decisions ....