Akebono, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died. He was 54. He was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of “yokozuna” — or grand champion ...

In the six decades since Hawaiian Takamiyama embarked on a trailblazing journey in Japan’s national sport, only two foreign ...

Akebono's vaunted strength and his behavior at the top of the world of sumo made even the most seasoned ... leaving no grand champion in the sport. It was the same time when Takanohana was ...

(Mainichi/Kenji Ikai) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yokozuna Terunofuji's retirement on Friday left sumo with no active grand champion for the ... occupied the exalted rank. Akebono was the first of seven ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Sumo grand champion Terunofuji ... when Hawaiian-born Akebono debuted as a yokozuna. A foreign-born wrestler has continuously held the yokozuna rank since then, but that streak ...

Pray tell, how can someone who thinks they "know" about sumo, conveniently "forget" Takanohana, who won 22 tournaments, which is 6th place overall and so many others WAY ahead of Terunofuji! Akebono ...

Akebono became the first non-Japanese-born wrestler to ever reach the grand champion status of Yokozuna, the highest rank in sumo. The world is mourning the loss of Akebono Taro, one of Hawaii’s ...

He has four wins and one loss after the opening five days. If he fails, sumo will have no yokozuna for the first time since March 1993, when Hawaiian-born Akebono made his debut at the rank.

If he fails, sumo will have no yokozuna for the first time since March 1993, when Hawaiian-born Akebono made his debut at the rank. Terunofuji has been sumo's lone yokozuna since the September ...

I experienced a level of intensity and thrill that was completely different from football or sumo wrestling — something truly ...