That prompted the Japan Sumo Association to hold a closed-door first aid training course at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan for a wrestler in the event of an injury in the dohyo. Kasugano ...

The dohyo welcomes a new Yokozuna, and says goodbye to another. Shibuya Aki and Raja Pradhan look at what Hoshoryu will bring ...

We investigate how rikishi perceive the sumo ring, a circle 4.55 meters across. Along the way we highlight the work that goes into constructing it and how rikishi grip the clay with their toes.

He added that he felt more confident in moving forward during the face-offs in the dohyo. Kitaharima began sumo in the fourth grade at a sumo school in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture. One of his ...

In Grand – Sumo, women are not even allowed to step inside the dohyo, or holy ring. Twenty-year-old Rio Hasegawa lives and practices Sumo in Tokyo. One day she wants to become World Champion.

Two massive rikishi, or sumo wrestlers, entered the circular ring, the dohyo, wearing only a mawashi, or loin cloth. We observed as the two athletes lifted and stomped each leg, slapped their ...