With the ranks of prospective sumo wrestlers thinning out, the Japan Sumo Association is beefing up recruitment by dropping the height and weight requirements from its recruitment test ...

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A street-fighting social media star who has been drawing crowds in Melbourne’s CBD found himself locked in a wrestle with the city ...

A Japanese sumo wrestler has tested positive for the coronavirus, further threatening postponement of next month’s Summer Grand Sumo Tournament which has already been delayed. The Japan sumo ...

There's a lot of parallels between NFL offensive linemen and professional sumo wrestlers - something which Dallas Cowboys superstar Micah Parsons learned the hard way. In a recent visit to Japan ...

Akebono was raised in Hawaii and became the first foreign-born sumo star to reach the level of "yokozuna," or grand champion Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...