Onosato receives the trophy after winning in a sumo wrestling tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo, Sunday, May 25, 2025 (Kyodo News via AP) ...

The sport has a new champion — and he's Japanese Onosato receives the trophy after winning in a sumo wrestling tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo, Sunday, May 25, 2025. Credit: AP ...

Sumo wrestling is widely considered as a traditional sport of Japan, though it has struggled for popularity recently. In the amateur circuit, sumo is embraced by people of all genders, sizes and ages.

The tournament concluded on January 26, 2025, at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan arena, where Hoshoryu rose to the top in dramatic fashion. Hoshoryu clinched his second Emperor’s Cup in a thrilling ...

Sumo wrestler Onosato receiving the Prime Minister’s Cup after finishing 13-2 for the best record to take the championship on the final day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo ...

A small piece of Australia will be visible inside Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan stadium next week, when Japan’s biggest annual sumo wrestling tournament kicks off. A ceremonial cleansing of the ...

Aug. 29, 2024 Focus on Japan THE JAPAN NEWS Elementary school students received training during an “open sumo stable” event at Kasugano stable in Ryogoku, Tokyo, in August 2023.

As reported by Response, the Toyota Century SUV Convertible was created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Sumo in 2025 and will be the Japan Sumo Association’s official parade vehicle for ...

It’s a bucket list moment. Three years as a captive audience to every sumo tournament broadcast on NHK World, my dad’s preferred TV channel, turned me and his small coterie of caregivers into ...