In the bustling streets of Melbourne's City, a remarkable figure has recently caught the public's attention—a heavyweight sumo wrestler known as Gocchanko (real name Kodai Ota). As a former ...

Oki Traditional Sumo has been practiced on an island in the Sea of Japan for over 200 years. In 2024, an all-night competition was held after a 12-year hiatus. We follow a summer of sumo excitement.

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 ...

Here are the benefits of sumo deadlifts and how to do this exercise. Sumo deadlift is a variation of the traditional deadlift exercise, wherein the lifter takes a much broader stance with his or ...

The actors are barely clothed in the traditional costume. And the thundering action is right in your face in the thrilling new play “Sumo.” Senior Editor and Writer Senior Editor and Writer ...

The 25-year-old forced out fellow ozeki Kotozakura in the final bout on Day 15 to end the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament with a 12-3 tally at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan. He then defeated rank ...

barefoot and wearing traditional loincloths around their waists, tussled with each other on a stage transformed to look like a sumo ring. A fighting consultant, who had been observing the ...

This month's ECOWAS wrestling tournament, however, marked the first time that the annual showdown featured a women's division. Legs taut, backs bent at the waist, the wrestlers slowly stretched out ...

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 ...

Argentina and Japan may be separated by thousands of kilometres of land and ocean, but Hiyori Kon is helping bring the two countries closer through the traditional Japanese sport of sumo.