Three sumo wrestlers who allegedly assaulted a junior wrestler during a training session last year will refrain from participating in the January Grand Sumo Tournament, which will start on Sunday.

It is the second time that the three wrestlers, who belong to the Tokitsukaze stable, have withdrawn from a tournament after they were absent from the November Grand Sumo Tournament last year.

Stablemaster Tokitsukaze filed reports of their absence to the Japan Sumo Association on Friday.

Tokitsukaze said he talked with the three wrestlers on Thursday and quoted one of them as telling him, "If we participate in the tournament, we will cause you trouble."

The three were reportedly involved in the assault of junior wrestler Takashi Saito, who later died.

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