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Tokyo — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 421 pounds and he is the first Japanese competitor to reach the ...

One might typically walk into the sleek, wood-paneled theater of the Asia Society Texas Center expecting to see a rare foreign film or a stirring concert of classical music. On Saturday, however, the ...

Azumaryum, the 341-pound Mongolian powerhouse and 14 year sumo veteran, will be one of the sumo wrestlers in the Super Power Show coming to San Diego and New Jersey in July and August, 2025. Sumo ...

Two Strongmen Athletes Just Got Humbled by Sumo Wrestling originally appeared on Men's Fitness. Strongman Eddie Hall is branching out into a new sport: sumo wrestling. Hall has had quite the athletic ...

Pro wrestler and sumo wrestler Akebono Taro has sadly passed away at the age of 54. The former AJPW and NJPW star had been battling heart issues, and reports in Japan have claimed that he died of ...

London — The world of professional sumo wrestling stepped outside of Japan for only the second time in its centuries-long history on Wednesday night, as fighters clashed on a specially constructed ...

It will be the first time this level of sumo has left Japan since 1991, when the Japanese stalwart sport also arrived at South Kensington’s Royal Albert Hall. PlutoTV – which last month saw Ronnie ...

When Lisa Sanaye Dring was growing up in Hawaii, she occasionally saw sumo wrestling on television at home. “I thought it was cool,” she recalls, “but I wasn’t moved by it.” Then in 2013, Sanaye Dring ...

The festival celebrated with its 15th anniversary celebration with its first ever sumo wrestling demonstration.

The man widely considered to be the greatest sumo wrestler in history has resigned, compounding a bruising few years for Japan's ancient sport. Last week Hakuho Sho left the Japan Sumo Association ...