In honor of Akinoumi and Itsutsushima, two sumo champions of the East team, who were promoted to the rank of ozeki, effective with the beginning of this year's spring sumo tournament, on January 10, the Japan Sumo Association sponsored a banquet last night at the Imperial Hotel. The affair was attended by about 300 guests, including representatives of professional sumo circles and many prominent sumo fans.

    Rikishi (Japanese professional wrestlers) who attain the rank of grand champion will be treated with high respect in the wrestling world as Toshiyori or elders, after their retirement from the ring, says Domei.
    The new regulation of the Japan Wrestling Association is part of its new structure which is now being drafted by its leaders. Former grand champion elders will be known by the names they assumed while they were grand champions.
    Another reform now contemplated by the wrestling association is not to sent novice professional wrestlers on provincial tours. Spiritual and military training will be added to their exercise routine.
    The Association of Rikishi, Sunday, decided to wear haori and hakama (ceremonial overcoat and skirt) in visiting the Kokugikan bowl during the annual 'spring' and 'summer' tournaments, reports Domei.

    Mr. Shozo Takagi, a young priest of the Hoke Temple at Toyohara, Karafuto, is six feet high and weighs about 170 pounds. He recently arrived in Tokyo to become a sumo wrestler.