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Teen wrestler said to have been denied food before death

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito (C) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 8 a day after former sumo stable master Tokitsukaze and three senior wrestlers were arrested over the death of Saito's son Takashi, a 17-year-old wrestler known as Tokitaizan.

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Ex-sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 7 after police arrested former stablemaster Tokitsukaze and three senior wrestlers from the stable for their suspected involvement in the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan during training last June after two days of alleged hazing.

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Ex-sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze bows in apology during a press conference at his stable in Tokyo on Feb. 7 after police arrested his predecessor, the former stablemaster Tokitsukaze, and three senior wrestlers from the stable over their suspected involvement in the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan during training last June after two days of alleged hazing. (Pool photo)

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Ex-sumo master's 6-yr term cut to 5 yrs over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito speaks to reporters in Nagoya on April 5, 2010, after the Nagoya High Court sentenced former sumo stable master Junichi Yamamoto to five years in prison for physical abuse that led to the death of Saito's 17-year-old son Takashi in 2007. According to the ruling, Yamamoto hit Takashi, whose ring name was Tokitaizan, with a beer bottle during dinner on June 25, 2007, and let three senior wrestlers at the stable beat him with a wooden stick later that day.

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Ex-sumo master's 6-yr term cut to 5 yrs over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito speaks to reporters in Nagoya on April 5, 2010, after the Nagoya High Court sentenced former sumo stable master Junichi Yamamoto to five years in prison for physical abuse that led to the death of Saito's 17-year-old son Takashi in 2007. According to the ruling, Yamamoto hit Takashi, whose ring name was Tokitaizan, with a beer bottle during dinner on June 25, 2007, and let three senior wrestlers at the stable beat him with a wooden stick later that day.

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JSA head Kitanoumi apologizes to parents of dead wrestler

NIIGATA, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi (R) looks grim-faced as he leaves the home in Niigata on Oct. 12 of the parents of Tokitaizan, a junior wrestler who died in June from injuries sustained apparently from hazing during sumo practice. Accompanied by Isenoumi (L), a member of the Japan Sumo Association's governing board, he met Tokitaizan's parents for one hour and apologized for the incident.

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New stablemaster Tokitsukaze oversees sumo practice

TOKYO, Japan - The new Tokitsukaze (2nd L), who inherited the Tokitsukaze sumo stable from the disgraced former sumo elder Takitsukaze, oversees the sumo practice of junior wrestlers at his stable in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, on Oct. 11. The new Tokitsukaze, 33, who fought under the sumo name Tokitsuumi in the Makuuchi division, inherited the Tokitsukaze name and took over the stable on Oct. 9, after the former Tokitsukaze was fired by the Japan Sumo Association over the suspected hazing death in June of Tokitaizan, a 17-year-old wrestler in the stable.

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New stablemaster Tokitsukaze oversees sumo practice

TOKYO, Japan - The new Tokitsukaze (C), who inherited the Tokitsukaze sumo stable from the disgraced former sumo elder Takitsukaze, oversees the sumo practice of junior wrestlers at his stable in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, on Oct. 11. The new Tokitsukaze, 33, who fought under the sumo name Tokitsuumi in the Makuuchi division, inherited the Tokitsukaze name and took over the stable on Oct. 9, after the former Tokitsukaze was fired by the Japan Sumo Association over the suspected hazing death in June of Tokitaizan, a 17-year-old wrestler in the stable.

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New stablemaster apologizes to family of dead wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze speaks to reporters in front of his stable in Tokyo on Oct. 10 after returning to Tokyo from Niigata, where he visited the family of the deceased wrestler Tokitaizan to offer his apology. The visit by Tokitsukaze to the family came after he took over the stable from its previous head, who was fired by the Japan Sumo Association for his alleged involvement in the hazing that led to the death of the 17-year-old Tokitaizan.

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Stablemaster Tokitsukaze fired over teen wrestler's death

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi speaks at a news conference at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Oct. 5 after an emergency meeting of JSA executives unanimously decided to dismiss stablemaster Tokitsukaze over the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan in June, apparently due to hazing.

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Stablemaster fired over teen wrestler's death

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi (C), along with other JSA executives, bows in apology during a press conference after an emergency meeting of JSA executives at Tokyo's Rogoku Kokugikan on Oct. 5. The meeting unanimously decided to dismiss stablemaster Tokitsukaze over the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan in June, apparently due to hazing.

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Stablemaster fired over teen wrestler's death

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze is surrounded by reporters as he comes out of an emergency meeting of Japan Sumo Association executives at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Oct. 5. Later in the day, the executives decided unanimously to dismiss Tokitsukaze over the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan in June, apparently due to hazing.

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Stablemaster fired over teen wrestler's death

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi heads for an emergency meeting of association executives at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Oct. 5. Later in the day, the meeting unanimously decided to dismiss stablemaster Tokitsukaze over the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan in June, apparently due to hazing.

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Kitanoumi called in on hazing death of teen wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association chairman and former yokozuna Kitanoumi speaks to reporters after meeting with Kisaburo Tokai, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at the education ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 28. Kitanoumi briefed Tokai on the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan who belonged to the Tokitsukaze sumo stable.

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Kitanoumi called in on hazing death of teen wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association chairman and former yokozuna Kitanoumi (L) meets with Kisaburo Tokai, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at the education ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 28 to brief him on the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan who belonged to the Tokitsukaze sumo stable.

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Kitanoumi meets education minister over death of wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi meets with Education Minister Kisaburo Tokai (C) and Senior Vice minister of Education Kenshiro Matsunami (R) at the education ministry on Sept. 28 to explain about the hazing death of junior sumo wrestler Tokitaizan, 17, at the practice ring of his stablemaster Tokitsukaze.

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Kitanoumi called in on hazing death of teen wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association chairman and former yokozuna Kitanoumi speaks to reporters after meeting with Kisaburo Tokai, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at the education ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 28. Kitanoumi briefed Tokai on the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan who belonged to the Tokitsukaze sumo stable. (Kyodo)

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Kitanoumi called in on hazing death of teen wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association chairman and former yokozuna Kitanoumi (L) meets with Kisaburo Tokai, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at the education ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 28 to brief him on the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan who belonged to the Tokitsukaze sumo stable. (Kyodo)

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Stablemaster fired over teen wrestler's death

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze is surrounded by reporters as he comes out of an emergency meeting of Japan Sumo Association executives at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Oct. 5. Later in the day, the executives decided unanimously to dismiss Tokitsukaze over the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan in June, apparently due to hazing. (Kyodo)

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Stablemaster fired over teen wrestler's death

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi heads for an emergency meeting of association executives at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Oct. 5. Later in the day, the meeting unanimously decided to dismiss stablemaster Tokitsukaze over the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan in June, apparently due to hazing. (Kyodo)

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Stablemaster Tokitsukaze fired over teen wrestler's death

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi speaks at a news conference at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Oct. 5 after an emergency meeting of JSA executives unanimously decided to dismiss stablemaster Tokitsukaze over the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan in June, apparently due to hazing. (Kyodo)

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Stablemaster fired over teen wrestler's death

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi (C), along with other JSA executives, bows in apology during a press conference after an emergency meeting of JSA executives at Tokyo's Rogoku Kokugikan on Oct. 5. The meeting unanimously decided to dismiss stablemaster Tokitsukaze over the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan in June, apparently due to hazing. (Kyodo)

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New stablemaster apologizes to family of dead wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze speaks to reporters in front of his stable in Tokyo on Oct. 10 after returning to Tokyo from Niigata, where he visited the family of the deceased wrestler Tokitaizan to offer his apology. The visit by Tokitsukaze to the family came after he took over the stable from its previous head, who was fired by the Japan Sumo Association for his alleged involvement in the hazing that led to the death of the 17-year-old Tokitaizan. (Kyodo)

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New stable master Tokitsukaze oversees sumo practice

TOKYO, Japan - The new Tokitsukaze (2nd L), who inherited the Tokitsukaze sumo stable from the disgraced former sumo elder Takitsukaze, oversees the sumo practice of junior wrestlers at his stable in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, on Oct. 11. The new Tokitsukaze, 33, who fought under the sumo name Tokitsuumi in the Makuuchi division, inherited the Tokitsukaze name and took over the stable on Oct. 9, after the former Tokitsukaze was fired by the Japan Sumo Association over the suspected hazing death in June of Tokitaizan, a 17-year-old wrestler in the stable. (Kyodo)

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New stablemaster Tokitsukaze oversees sumo practice

TOKYO, Japan - The new Tokitsukaze (C), who inherited the Tokitsukaze sumo stable from the disgraced former sumo elder Takitsukaze, oversees the sumo practice of junior wrestlers at his stable in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, on Oct. 11. The new Tokitsukaze, 33, who fought under the sumo name Tokitsuumi in the Makuuchi division, inherited the Tokitsukaze name and took over the stable on Oct. 9, after the former Tokitsukaze was fired by the Japan Sumo Association over the suspected hazing death in June of Tokitaizan, a 17-year-old wrestler in the stable. (Kyodo)

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JSA head Kitanoumi apologizes to parents of dead wrestler

NIIGATA, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi (R) looks grim-faced as he leaves the home in Niigata on Oct. 12 of the parents of Tokitaizan, a junior wrestler who died in June from injuries sustained apparently from hazing during sumo practice. Accompanied by Isenoumi (L), a member of the Japan Sumo Association's governing board, he met Tokitaizan's parents for one hour and apologized for the incident. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze bows in apology during a press conference at his stable in Tokyo on Feb. 7 after police arrested his predecessor, the former stablemaster Tokitsukaze, and three senior wrestlers from the stable over their suspected involvement in the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan during training last June after two days of alleged hazing. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 7 after police arrested former stablemaster Tokitsukaze and three senior wrestlers from the stable for their suspected involvement in the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan during training last June after two days of alleged hazing. (Kyodo)

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Kitanoumi meets education minister over death of wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi meets with Education Minister Kisaburo Tokai (C) and Senior Vice minister of Education Kenshiro Matsunami (R) at the education ministry on Sept. 28 to explain about the hazing death of junior sumo wrestler Tokitaizan, 17, at the practice ring of his stablemaster Tokitsukaze.(Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo master's 6-yr term cut to 5 yrs over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito speaks to reporters in Nagoya on April 5, 2010, after the Nagoya High Court sentenced former sumo stable master Junichi Yamamoto to five years in prison for physical abuse that led to the death of Saito's 17-year-old son Takashi in 2007. According to the ruling, Yamamoto hit Takashi, whose ring name was Tokitaizan, with a beer bottle during dinner on June 25, 2007, and let three senior wrestlers at the stable beat him with a wooden stick later that day. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo master's 6-yr term cut to 5 yrs over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito speaks to reporters in Nagoya on April 5, 2010, after the Nagoya High Court sentenced former sumo stable master Junichi Yamamoto to five years in prison for physical abuse that led to the death of Saito's 17-year-old son Takashi in 2007. According to the ruling, Yamamoto hit Takashi, whose ring name was Tokitaizan, with a beer bottle during dinner on June 25, 2007, and let three senior wrestlers at the stable beat him with a wooden stick later that day. (Kyodo)

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Teen wrestler said to have been denied food before death

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito (C) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 8 a day after former sumo stable master Tokitsukaze and three senior wrestlers were arrested over the death of Saito's son Takashi, a 17-year-old wrestler known as Tokitaizan. (Kyodo)