Currently, a professional sumo wrestler must be at least 167 centimeters tall and weigh 67 kilograms or more. Under the new rules announced on Sept. 28, applicants who don’t meet these standards ...

The only professional sumo wrestler ever to emerge from these isles is Nathan John Strange from Kent. Inspired by watching sumo on TV, Strange trained with Syd Hoare before moving to Japan.

Sumo wrestler Konishiki Yasokichi rates eight sumo fights in movies and TV shows, such as "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Isle of Dogs," for realism. Konishiki discusses the accuracy of throwing ...

You would think that the biggest challenge for an actor to play a sumo wrestler would be the actual wrestling. But for Shono Hayama, star of new Disney+ Hotstar Japanese series Sumo Do ...

Chanko nabe – sumo wrestler nabe – is a healthy, hearty, calorific version that gets its name because it’s eaten in vast quantities by sumo wrestlers to help them gain (or maintain ...

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.