Japanese sumo wrestler Onosato is aiming for the sport's top spot of yokozuna -- or grand champion -- after clinching the ...

Taro Akebono, the first foreign-born yokozuna and later a mixed martial artist and pro wrestler, died of heart failure in early April at a hospital near Tokyo, according to a source close to him.

Ozeki Onosato overcame a couple of upset losses down the home stretch of the spring tournament this month to claim his third ...

The sport faced the rare prospect of having no wrestler at the grand master level when Terunofuji, the only active yokozuna announced his retirement. The last time sumo had no yokozuna was in 1992 ...

2021 saw the retirement of two yokozuna grand champions; Kakuryu in March and Hakuho in September. Then, another Mongolian dynamo emerged to take center stage for pretty much the entire year.

Actress Misako Konno is a huge fan of sumo, to put it mildly. Her love of sumo paid unexpected dividends in spring when she was appointed to the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, which is tasked with ...

Newly promoted yokozuna Hoshoryu continued to struggle Monday at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament, falling to No. 4 maegashira Ichiya ...

Grand Sumo Tournament winner Onosato said Monday he had struggled with the weight of expectation since his promotion to ozeki ...

“Banzai!” That was the last word many of WWE’s top Superstars heard when they faced the imposing Yokozuna. Standing 6’4” and weighing nearly 600 pounds, the Japanese sumo wrestler ...

(CNN)-- Asashoryu stands at the pinnacle of sumo wrestling like a colossus. But the 330-lbs Mongolian, sumo's most successful ever grand champion, has not been able to rise above the scandals and ...

4 maegashira Takayasu moved into a two-way tie for the lead at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament after advancing to 10-2 on Thursday. Onosato narrowly beat the other joint overnight leader, No. 6 ...