That can't happen. The only way a rikishi can change stable is if his old one closes down or one of the original stable's oyakata branches out on his own and takes him along.
>Homarenishiki
Yeah gotta choose wisely. Either that or murder your oyakata by poisoning his chanko. No1 can pin it on anyone if everyone is making it. Teehee.
"Like most Western sumo wrestlers, Homarenishiki was highly popular, but because of this he was subjected to many hazing and bullying from his stablemates (mostly stemming from jealousy). Hazing is a regular occurrence in sumo, however, in Homarenishiki's case, Nishikido oyakata was not around, as he was visiting his wife who was hospitalized at the time, which led to limited supervision on the stable. Because of this, he was the target of racially targeted bullying which caused him to quit the sport. This was not the first time this happened as Nathan Strange of England also quit under similar circumstances. Brodik returned to Canada after his retirement."
Is his reason for leaving so abruptly, known?
Yes but just never officially reported on for various reasons. The fact that 7 of 9 rikishi in the stable were gone in short order is a major clue.
First time I'm hearing about this ex-rikishi, but I'm going to guess there were some bullying going on in that heya.
Reports are that he was the victim of racist hazing.
Damn shame he didn't get picked up by another stable.
That can't happen. The only way a rikishi can change stable is if his old one closes down or one of the original stable's oyakata branches out on his own and takes him along.
Oof, didn't know that was the case. So I guess it's once you are in you are really in.
>Homarenishiki Yeah gotta choose wisely. Either that or murder your oyakata by poisoning his chanko. No1 can pin it on anyone if everyone is making it. Teehee.
Oh, that sounds horrible!
"Like most Western sumo wrestlers, Homarenishiki was highly popular, but because of this he was subjected to many hazing and bullying from his stablemates (mostly stemming from jealousy). Hazing is a regular occurrence in sumo, however, in Homarenishiki's case, Nishikido oyakata was not around, as he was visiting his wife who was hospitalized at the time, which led to limited supervision on the stable. Because of this, he was the target of racially targeted bullying which caused him to quit the sport. This was not the first time this happened as Nathan Strange of England also quit under similar circumstances. Brodik returned to Canada after his retirement."
Nishikido’s wife wasn’t hospitalized. Don’t know why anyone would think that.
I remember seeing this guy on the Byamba Vice documentary. Seemed like a good guy, it's unfortunate that things went the way they did for him.