Takayasu, right, wrestles with Onosato en route to victory on the 10th day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Edion Arena Osaka on March 18, 2025. (Kyodo) OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Rank-and-file ...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Newly promoted yokozuna Hoshoryu pulled out of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday after suffering a right elbow injury and neck sprain requiring two weeks of recovery.

March in sumo, both in Japan and internationally, came in “like a lion” as the old proverb goes. As expected, ticket demand for the Japan Sumo Association’s October tournament in London ...

Accor Arena, which hosted basketball and gymnastics events at last year's Paris Olympics, will stage a two-day competition featuring top wrestlers in the French capital in June 2026. Japan Sumo ...

In professional sumo, the release of every new banzuke — or ranking list — signals the imminent arrival of the next official tournament. For the March 2025 meet in Osaka, the two most striking ...

In Grand – Sumo, women are not even allowed to step inside the dohyo, or holy ring. Twenty-year-old Rio Hasegawa lives and practices Sumo in Tokyo. One day she wants to become World Champion.

Less than two weeks after the sole yokozuna retired from the sport, the Japan Sumo Association on Jan. 29 filled the void by promoting Hoshoryu, 25, to be the 74th yokozuna. The JSA decision came ...

Sumo Digital will focus on collaborating with other studios. The studio will no longer develop original games. This decision comes after laying off staff last summer. Sumo Digital will no longer ...