intai-zumō 引退相撲
A one-day exhibition held to mark a sekitori's retirement.
Intai-zumō is a one-day exhibition held to mark a sekitori's retirement. Its centrepiece is the danpatsu-shiki, when his topknot is cut off. A wrestler needs 30 or more tournaments as a sekitori to hold one at the Kokugikan.
Related words
- danpatsu-shiki 断髪式
- The retirement ceremony where a wrestler's topknot is cut off.
- Kokugikan 国技館
- The national sumo arena in Ryōgoku, Tokyo.
- hanazumō 花相撲
- Exhibition sumo that doesn't affect rank.