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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Kotozakura, who will enter the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in March as a demotion-threatened "kadoban" ...

During the Edo Period (1603-1868), sumo shifted from a way for samurai to train for battle to a competition between elite ...

which offers a one-stop service for renting out retired rikishi professional sumo wrestlers. The agency, operated by Sirius Ltd., helps cast retired rikishi in films, TV dramas and commercials.

During the Edo Period (1603-1868), sumo shifted from a way for samurai to train for battle to a competition between elite athletes. This is also when sumo wrestlers started to become known for their ...

Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna after winning a major tournament last week.

I experienced a level of intensity and thrill that was completely different from football or sumo wrestling — something truly ...

In the highly structured world of sumo, wrestlers are expected to maintain decorum at all times, both in and outside the dohyo. There is also an unwritten code of conduct over fighting styles and ...

Ma-Yi Theater Company and The Public Theater are set to bring the intense world of sumo wrestling to the stage with the New ...

Of the 73 wrestlers who have reached the yokozuna rank in sumo history, arguably none have had as dramatic a career as ...

Wrestlers from sumo's top division will make a two-day exhibition tour to Paris in June 2026, the third of its kind in the French capital, the Japan Sumo Association said Sunday. One-day tournaments ...

Hakkaku (2nd from right), president of the Japan Sumo Association, attends a press conference at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 19, 2025, to announce top-division wrestlers' exhibition tour to ...