I lived with Sumo Wrestlers for a day in Tokyo. This 24-hour challenge offered an interesting insight into what sumo ...

Japanese sumo wrestler Onosato (C) and his Nishonoseki stable master (R) attend the "yokozuna," or grand champion, promotion ceremony in Ami Town, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, May 28, 2025.

But Japanese wrestlers no longer dominate sumo. So there was a sigh of relief in local sumo circles when Onosato Daiki of Japan was named on Wednesday as yokozuna, or grand champion, the highest ...

Hakuho, a retired “yokozuna” or grand champion, says he has quit the Japan Sumo Association after an apparent falling out with the governing body of the ancient sport. Hakuho says ...

Last week Hakuho Sho left the Japan Sumo Association (JSA), the sport's governing body, the latest in a series of resignations among yokozuna, the highest-ranking wrestlers. Now, only four of the ...

Onosato, the new sumo grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first Japanese competitor to reach the top rank of yokozuna since 2017.

TOKYO (AP) — Hakuho, a retired “yokozuna” or grand champion and viewed by many as the sport's greatest wrestler, has quit the Japan Sumo Association after an apparent falling out ...

His success harkens back to Japan’s historic control of sumo wrestling: Aside from in 2017, when Onosato’s mentor was promoted to yokozuna, every other holder of the title in the 21st century ...

Hakuho, a retired “yokozuna” or grand champion and viewed by many as the sport’s greatest wrestler, said on Monday he has quit the Japan Sumo Association after an apparent falling out with ...

A 15-year-old boy is preparing to head to Japan to become a professional sumo wrestler. Nicholas, from Hull, has become only the second Briton to earn a place in one of Japan's prestigious sumo ...

Mr. Dolan, 25, who majored in Japanese in college, said he became a sumo fan after a project he did in 2019 on Enhō Yūya, a popular lightweight sumo wrestler at the time. After a few years, Mr ...