The play’s cast members wrestle, slap and toss one another in ambitiously choreographed fight sequences that took months of training to learn. Credit... Supported by By Emmanuel Morgan ...

MATSUDO, Chiba Prefecture--A former sumo wrestler who claimed that he was forced to choose between unsafe conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic and retirement is demanding 4.15 million yen ($ ...

The sumo wrestler fighting to get women in the ringThe sumo wrestler fighting to get women in the ring ...

A Japanese sumo wrestler has tested positive for the coronavirus, further threatening postponement of next month’s Summer Grand Sumo Tournament which has already been delayed. The Japan sumo ...

In a recent visit to Japan, Parsons took on a professional sumo wrestler from the Arashio sumo stable. It took everything Parsons had in the tank to simply move the man backwards a couple of steps ...

Naturally, that’s the unranked newcomer, Akio (Scott Keiji Takeda): an 18-year-old from a troubled background who, though small by sumo standards, has dreamed of becoming a wrestler since childhood.