[Japanese news]

Sumo: Lower-tier sumo wrestler dies at 28, 1 month after bout injury

Twenty-eight-year-old sumo wrestler Hibikiryu has died of acute respiratory failure after hitting his head during the sport's last grand tournament in March, the Japan Sumo Association announced Thursday.

Hibikiryu, whose real name was Mitsuki Amano, died on Wednesday at a Tokyo hospital. The wrestler, in the fourth-tier sandanme division, was injured in a loss on March 26, when he was stretchered off the ring at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan and hospitalized.
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https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210429/p2g/00m/0sp/127000c
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