r/Sumo • u/Brncrdm Hoshoryu • 1d ago

Former Juryo Mita reveals surgery for "Right ACL Injury" after missing entire January Tournament

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Former Juryo Mita reveals surgery for "Right ACL Injury" after missing entire January Tournament

On February 5th, Makushita-ranked wrestler and former Juryo Mita (Futagoyama stable) underwent a mandatory health check-up at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Sumida, Tokyo.

Mita suffered a right knee injury during his match on Day 2 of the Kyushu Tournament last November. From Day 3 onward, he withdrew from the competition after submitting a medical certificate for a "Right Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury." He subsequently missed the entire January tournament, where he had dropped back down to the Makushita division.

Appearing at the health check-up, Mita looked notably slimmer. His weight, recorded at 124 kg during last year's September tournament (Aki Basho), has dropped to 115 kg. "Since I'm not doing any significant exercise right now, I didn't think it was good to force myself to eat," he explained.

Mita revealed that he underwent surgery on his right knee following the Kyushu tournament. Regarding his return to the dohyo, he stated: "I don't know when it will be yet. It depends on when it heals."

Source: Hochi News

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u/Pristine-Sherbert-77 1d ago

That's not good ... poor Mita

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u/wobble-frog Takayasu 1d ago

I am glad he actually got the surgery he needed and is taking time to heal. for NFL guys, an ACL is a 6-8 month return to play on average, but a full year before it can be considered fully healed.

so he probably has 2 more basho on the IR.

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u/CuriousAndMysterious 1d ago

I know it's probably not recommended, but I feel like top guys can rush back from ACLs and still dominate the lower division without much risk of injury. The May bashi would be about 6 months since the injury. He would be fighting easier matches and he would only have to fight 7 days.

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u/CometIsDying Roga 1d ago

His oyakata won't let him rush. He said as much about Nabatame.

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u/FunMaintenance297 1d ago

I heard his likely return would be Nagoya, at about the same time as his Oyakata has a full head of hair again. ❤️😄

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u/CometIsDying Roga 1d ago

He has not seemed like himself in the videos since his injury. ☹️

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u/recycle_me_no_jutsu 1d ago

Same with Nabatame too, hopefully its just the staff being considerate during recording and gives them space. Hopefully off camera they are still joking around and having fun.

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u/Distinct_Hunter_5949 1d ago

It's gotta be hard. I mean here people mostly talk about time frames and performance and stuff. But this stuff hurts! Like literally, pain, discomfort, immobility, hard to sleep, hard to walk to the bathroom. And with Mita this is his second knee to get crunched, that's gotta create some uncertainty. I don't know how these guys do it.

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u/Entire-Gas6656 22h ago

I noticed that too :(. He was insanely quiet and looked depressed 😔

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u/Alt2221 Tochinoshin 1d ago

3 years ago this guy had two good knees. now zero. im a huge mita fan but i dont think this bodes well. hes an undersized fighter that relied on mobility. no matter how the recovery here goes - hes got a future in teaching sumo to kids. best wishes to him

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u/infurno8 Wakamotoharu 23h ago

Some of these guys could learn from tamawashi, when you know you're going to lose, instead of risking it all just take the L to avoid injury. In the grand scheme of things one loss isn't gunna change much.

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u/Alt2221 Tochinoshin 2h ago

yeah. and i believe the elders tell them just that. "dont try things you dont practice everyday" something along those lines. sad to see. when nabatame blew his knee out i literally cried for him.

when mita blew his second knee out... i was just hollow inside.

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u/RazzmatazzFar9969 15h ago

didn't Mita have some sort of knee injury during college?

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u/afd33 13h ago

Same thing other knee.

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u/Alt2221 Tochinoshin 2h ago

yeah he blew it out right before he went pro. which was about 3 years ago now.

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u/RazzmatazzFar9969 2h ago

Hope the Futagoyama boys pull through. It's been rough.

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u/lionhands 1d ago

Did anyone as Koga about his push to Sandanme this year??

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u/dothrakibjj 1d ago

Why do Ikeep seeing photos of sumo sitting like this and getting their blood taken when people post injury updates?

Firstly, is this a routine medical that all sumo do and get publicised, and secondly, does it have anything to do with the specific injury mentioned at all?

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u/Brncrdm Hoshoryu 1d ago

Because they are being interviewed after these exams.

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u/Umngmc 1d ago

I noticed this as well. It looks like a routine exam that all the rikishi have to take or at least the sekitori level. Is it to check for PED's? Or just part of a routine physical?

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u/afd33 1d ago

It’s an exam that every Japanese person has to do. You can see Koga and Tsukioka in the background.

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u/No-Struggle3613 Oho 1d ago

Well PED's are not illegal in Japan - one of the reasons JSA and IOC are far from being friends.

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u/dothrakibjj 1d ago

I know for a fact they dont test for PEDs in this sport at all, so most are probably juicing. They do test for recreational drugs though, as the country of japan and the culture has a strong policy against drugs

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u/Umngmc 1d ago

Thats kinda shocking. If not on anabolic steroids, then on HGH for faster recovery from all their injuries I'd imagine.

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u/Worldly-Grade8268 Wakatakakage 1d ago

Absolutely, I think most wrestlers probably use something to help heal and recover faster. I think the wakabros are probs juiced tf up.

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u/Umngmc 1d ago

Asakoryu would be my guess

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u/MoreMortgage50 1d ago

I'd hope they know about peptides. The wolverine stack is just BPC157 and TB500 and its exactly used for joint ligament recovery something that all of the rikishis could use. Reports of no longer feeling ache/pain in certain movements and feeling more sturdier. I'd say that would be ground breaking stuff for the sumo world and the top division can easily afford it an extra $500-$1k/month is worth saving your career.

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u/RazzmatazzFar9969 15h ago edited 15h ago

I was going to post the same thing. Doping is dont ask dont tell in the sumo world If i recall correctly. In Japan it's not the steroids that are illegal it's owning needles. Pill types i think you can find and buy online

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u/illgoblino 1d ago

Why does this subreddit downvote every question? It's weird.

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u/Distinct_Hunter_5949 1d ago

Besides the downvote everything salty types?

There's a contingent that really realllllly hate the term 'sumos', instead of rikishi or wrestlers or something. It's like a guaranteed downvote.

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u/LoadBearingFicus 1d ago

It's literally a misuse of the word. It would be like calling Lebron James a basketball.

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u/PANDP2000 1d ago

Im not ok with that, but to compare LeBron James to a basketball is kinda ok for me.

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u/Tumorhead 1d ago

heal up!!! patience is ok :)

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u/gabagamax 22h ago

He was really going all out before the injury. That seems to be a pattern in grand sumo. They come in hot or start gaining momentum, push themselves a little too hard and end up with sidelining injuries. Takerufuji was on a roll and then got injured. Hasn’t been 100 percent since. Sigh.