Sumo Spirit Tee

相撲魂 (sumō-damashii): "sumo spirit."

Sumo's year runs on six grand tournaments, one in every odd month: January, May and September at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, March in Osaka, July in Nagoya and November in Fukuoka. Each lasts fifteen days. Every morning a drummer climbs the wooden tower outside the hall and beats the yagura-daiko to call the crowd in, and the lowest divisions start wrestling hours before the top men appear.

A blue halftone wrestler heaves his opponent up over his back, in two faded inks of red and blue like an old matchbox label. The chest carries a small oval badge of the same pair, framed in red like a shop stamp. Washed pale gray makes the whole thing look decades old already.

It earns its keep in tournament months, which is half the year, or hand it to whoever can name every yokozuna. It hangs loose over shorts for Nagoya in July and under a cardigan for Tokyo in January, and a fight-poster take on the sport sits in the graphic tee range.

• Fabric: 100% combed cotton, 230gsm, pre-shrunk and soft-washed
• Print: direct-to-garment (DTG)
• Color: washed pale gray
• Fit: unisex, regular; size up for a boxier, oversized look
• Sizes: S to 3XL
• Size reference: 6 ft 2 in wears L; 5 ft 7 in wears M

Measurements for every size are in the size guide.