Egyptian sumo wrestler fined Y500,000 over car accident

So this fine of 500,000 yen, was only for the charage driving without a valid license? But for lying about it, and for causing an accident, and surely he cannot have been insured either, they were lenient with him, I guess.

Edit. charage = charge.

Good, so no deportation and breaking up of his family like some posters were calling for. He did something wrong, and now was fined.

How come he didn't have a driving licence ?

Is that a lot of money for a sumo dude of his ranking?

It is for me, but I don't know how much these guys make. I've always thought that such fines should be related to wealth/earnings. Make it hurt a bit in the wallet to stop them doing it again.

His sumo days are numbered. Perhaps he will leave the country in the near future.

Unfortunately, Oosuna-arashi will not be able to remain in Sumo. Violation of Traffic Law is punished very severely in Japan. The Sumo Association cannot ignore public reactions. He was popular among children. He is a muscle man attracting kids. For him who has to leave Sumo, 500,000 yen is not a small money. A Juryo rank sumo wrestler gets about one million yen a month. It is a big money for an Egyptian. His hair is receding but he is a young man of 25 years old. He said before he wanted to climb to higher rankings to send more money to his family in Egypt. Sumo association is facing a serious problem involving foreign wrestlers. I feel they do not understand the essence of sumo well. They take sumo the same as pro wrestling and their plays tend to be rough. Osuna-arashi's elbows and Hakuho's slappings are criticized as rough plays.

1 million a month!!

WOW.

Drink driving is ¥1.2m yen and 2 years loss of license without any collision or injury and holding a license. He got off lightly.

Lenient ?

Fines in Japan are always low. In this case he got the same fine as Dentsu Corporation, they got it for killing an employee.

¥500000 seems a little excessive to me.

Leave Hakuho out of this. He is legit and a credit to the sumo both on the dohyo and off.

Very very stupid of him.

How come he didn't have a driving licence ?

He had one, just not valid in the country. As he's been in Japan for a while, he should have got a Japanese one, it's usually just a paperwork and checking your eyesight. I guess he did not get it due to his job conditions (which are abusive and xenophobic IMO but his not fined for breaking his job rule)... Well, he was in his wrong with the law, and he made his case worse as he lied, I am sure he got the standard fine a J people would get too. Not a big deal, thousands of people go to the same court for similar things. I've known a few. The media exposure is really bad for his future career.

Osunaarashi will be fine. This is the course of action:

Bow deeply. State “The mistake I made was extremely regrettable. I will reflect deeply and take measures to ensure this error in judgment won’t happen again.”

Apologise to the JSA, Stablemaster, fans and general public.

1 basho suspension (suspended for 6 months). 10% salary reduction.

Bow deeply. “I once again would like to apologise for this regrettable incident”.