Tokyo’s Asakusa neighborhood is the most traditional part of the city ... partaking of Japanese cuisine and also watching very large men slam into and grapple with each other? Not a problem, because ...

David Shih, Ahmad Kamal, Red Concepción , Scott Keiji Takeda, Michael Hisamoto, and Earl T. Kim. Photo by Emma Zordan Sumo is ...

In a fictional Tokyo heya, or wrestling stable ... an 18-year-old from a troubled background who, though small by sumo standards, has dreamed of becoming a wrestler since childhood.

“Sumo,” a new play by Lisa Sanaye Dring about the Japanese wrestling sport, naturally has a certain exoticism given the cultural specificity of its subject. But it’s also a classic behind ...

The play’s cast members wrestle, slap and toss one another in ambitiously choreographed fight sequences that took months of training to learn. Credit... Supported by By Emmanuel Morgan ...

The 25-year-old Hoshoryu secured yokozuna promotion by winning his second top-division title at January's New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo, where 10-time Emperor's Cup winner Terunofuji ...

SUMO WRESTLING Sumo wrestling as a spectator sport is seeing growing interest from foreign tourists in Tokyo, resulting in dining experiences cropping up all over the city for when the official ...

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.

David Madison/Getty Akebono Taro, the Hawaiian-born sumo wrestling star and WWE fighter ... month while receiving care at a hospital in the Tokyo area," the family told the AP in a statement.

The Royal Albert Hall hosted sumo wrestling in 1991, but hasn't done so since. Image: Chris Christodoulou The last (and only) time that a sumo wrestling Grand Tournament took place outside of ...