As he did during his successful sumo career, Kotooshu never quit when things got difficult and kept strongly moving forward in life outside the dohyo. Today, the former Bulgarian ozeki ...
In March 2019, Terunofuji returned to the dohyo at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament held in Osaka for the first time after sitting out four consecutive tournaments. He had to start over again from ...
Two massive rikishi, or sumo wrestlers, entered the circular ring, the dohyo, wearing only a mawashi, or loin cloth. We observed as the two athletes lifted and stomped each leg, slapped their ...
But sumo has been practiced in various forms for ... arrived on the island two days before the event. They practiced in a dohyo ring and learned specific actions they needed to perform before ...