Last year the sumo world lost one of its contemporary greats, Hawaii-born Akebono, who died at the age of 54. The American was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of yokozuna.

a popular lightweight sumo wrestler at the time. After a few years, Mr. Dolan wanted to try it for himself. He founded the organization in 2022 after realizing there weren’t any amateur sumo ...

Ami, Ibaraki Pref., May 28 (Jiji Press)--The board of the Japan Sumo Association on Wednesday unanimously decided to promote 24-year-old wrestler Onosato to yokozuna, the highest rank in the ...

A Japanese sumo wrestler broke Mongolia’s domination of the sport, winning the title of yokozuna and ascending to sumo’s apex. Onosato Daiki, 24, was approved by the sport’s top advisory ...

Guests will enjoy freshly prepared sushi, premium sake and handcrafted cocktails while live taiko drummers entertain, followed by live sumo wrestling. Tickets start at $59 for the show only ...

A father ordered his son, who was leaving home to become a sumo wrestler: “Do not come home until you’ve made it to ‘sekitori.'” (Sekitori means sumo wrestlers in the highest “makuuchi ...

Sumo’s origins date back more than 1,000 years, and Japan is the only country where it is contested on a professional level. The sport is highly regimented with many wrestlers living in communal ...

Sumo’s origins date back more than 1,000 years, and Japan is the only country where it is contested on a professional level. The sport is highly regimented, with many wrestlers living in ...

Yokozuna Terunofuji captured his ninth career title at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 28 ... at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan. The two wrestlers entered the final day of the 15-day ...

Sumo wrestlers had a significantly greater FFM than bodybuilders, who had a greater FFM than the untrained men. Six of the wrestlers had more than 100 kg of FFM, including the largest one of 121 ...

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