Additionally, some shrines in Wakayama Prefecture and Omishima Island in Ehime Prefecture have a Shinto rite called hitori sumo (one-man sumo) in which a wrestler is supposed to have a sumo match against a spirit of rice, and the wrestler should always lose because they believe that victory of the spirit will bring a rich harvest.
また、和歌山県、愛媛県大三島のひとりすもうの神事を行っている神社では稲の霊と相撲し霊が勝つと豊作となるため常に負けるものなどもある。