Musashimaru sits down, pretty much filling the couch. He's a big man, 6 feet 4 and 530 pounds. He's the second American sumo wrestler in history to become a yokozuna, or grand champion, and he's ...

Kitanoumi added that Musashimaru's stablemaster reported after Saturday's bout that the 32-year-old had decided to call it quits. The wrestler failed to complete the last six tournaments due to injury ...

Asashoryu joins Hawaiian wrestler Musashimaru as the only practising grand champions, following the retirement of Japanese Yokozuna Takanohana last week. Their recent successes have highlighted the ...

Former grand champion Musashimaru was honored in a retirement ceremony Saturday at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. Musashimaru had his top knot cut off by fellow wrestlers and friends in a traditional ...

Musashimaru said, “I’m feeling ... Akebono, a former Kaiser High wrestler, became the first foreigner to reach sumo’s highest rank when he was promoted in 1993, ...

An undated photo of Fiamalu Penitani, who competed as Musashimaru. “He looks a lot better,” said Mamo Ailua Penitani, Musashimaru’s 22-year-old nephew who competes in sumo’s third-highest ...

Sumo wrestling was invented in Japan, ... In the interim, the title has been held by an American Samoan, Musashimaru Koyo, who later became a naturalized Japanese citizen, ...

(Tokyo-AP) -- Hawaii wrestler Musashimaru has won his second straight sumo tournament in Japan. The yokozuna clinched the May tournament title yesterday, with one day remaining in the 15-day ...

Yokozuna Musashimaru would not be fooled by the antics of Asashoryu on Thursday as he remained the only undefeated wrestler and moved to within one win of notching his 11th Emperor's Cup at the ...