Members of the University of Tokyo Sumo Club performing the yomata (four-leg stances). In the center of the front row, crouching in a crouching position, is the club’s captain, Daiki Koyama. He hopes to become a researcher of Japanese history in the future. He said, “The current hit is really good. Very good!” The other members of the club throw positive words to the juniors who are bumping into their seniors.   In the ring of the University of Tokyo’s Sumo Club in Komaba (Meguro-ku), Tokyo, on a mid-May evening, about 10 members were sweating it out in practice. The atmosphere was not tense perhaps it was because they were praising each other and everyone seemed to be in a happy mood. The captain of the team, Daiki Koyama, a senior in the Faculty of Letters, speaks up. We have 12 members, including the women’s manager, and all of us had no experience in sumo before entering the University of Tokyo. First of all, it is important for us to praise each other for our good points and feel the joy of sumo. If they lose their confidence with harsh words, they will lose their originality. This is Suyama-san’s idea as well. Suyama Hotaka is 24 years old. He is the first sumo wrestler from the University of Tokyo to make his debut at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament, which was held until May 22. He is a remarkable new apprentice who won three consecutive victories in the previous sumo tournament, which is held by a rikishi whose shikona is not listed on the ranking chart. The Reason Why There Are No Limits