We investigate how rikishi perceive the sumo ring, a circle 4.55 meters across. Along the way we highlight the work that goes ...

10, the second day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. Ura struggled to crawl back into the dohyo, which stands about 60 centimeters above the floor, to bow to the victor before leaving the ...

He added that he felt more confident in moving forward during the face-offs in the dohyo. Kitaharima began sumo in the fourth grade at a sumo school in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture. One of his ...

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 ...

Abdelrahman Shalan is expected to compete in the next two New Jersey sumo events: on Thursday in Jersey City and Feb. 18 at ...

I guess the fans feel they need traditional yokozuna dohyo-iri, but I find sumo exciting enough without depending on ceremonies or the presence/non-presence of any particular rank. Japan-born yokozuna ...

1 maegashira Kirishima on Day 3 of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku ... criticism for his rough wrestling style on the dohyo and lack of modesty off it. With more Mongolian ...