Yuya Uemura lost his hair after Yota Tsuji beat him in a Hair vs. Hair match at NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo. However, he made the most of the situation, as he donated his hair to charity.
In an interview with NJPW’s website, Uemura noted that he donated his hair to a center that makes wigs for chemotherapy patients.
“I actually gave the hair to a hair donation place, to make wigs for chemotherapy patients, things like that,” Yuya Uemura said. “Hopefully some use can come from it.
Uemura also made it clear that losing his hair was humiliating, and he was sad to lose it. However, he stated that he had to accept it.
“To have it cut by Tsuji was humiliating. The rules were the loser has to lose their hair, but I wanted to have a samurai mindset- if anyone was going to cut my hair it should be me. It was a matter of accepting what had happened to me. As much as I can talk about winning the next one, I have to accept the fact that I lost this one.”
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