The sport has recently been dominated by Mongolians and prior to Onosato, six of the previous seven yokozunas have been from ...

Onosato, 24, is the first Japanese sumo wrestler to achieve the rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, in years, and he's vowed ...

Ozeki Onosato eased to his ninth straight win at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday as rank-and-file Hakuoho and Aonishiki se ...

The Summer Grand Sumo Tournament is underway at Tokyo’s venerable Ryogoku Kokugikan, but are you aware there is another sumo ring in the city considered to be a “sacred place” in the sport? It is the ...

Sumotori wrestler grand champion Yokozuna Terunofuji performs a ceremonious entrance into the ring accompanied ... day of the Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan ...

After the result was announced, Dubois stormed into the ring to demand his own fight ... fights WBA ruler Seigo Yuri Akui at Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Arena in Tokyo, Japan. This two-belt showdown ...

All in an eventful evening in Tokyo at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Arena – a show that will ... Then, in his next outing, Teraji added the WBA title and Ring championship with a seventh-round ...

Trump was the first US president to attend a tournament in sumo's hallowed Ryogoku Kokugikan arena and when he entered ... For several minutes, the crowd seemed to forget the sumo ring, instead ...

Temples and skyscrapers, sumo wrestling and ... Tournaments take place at the Kokugikan Arena in the Ryogoku district. Up to 11,000 spectators gather around a central ring where wrestlers toss ...

He organised a team to compete in the very first amateur Sumo World Championships held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan (Ryogoku ... before moving to Japan. His ring name, Hidenokuni Hajime, reflects ...

He took the ring name Katsunishiki ... Sumo tournaments in Tokyo take place at the Ryogoku Kokugikan, which is located in the historic sumo neighbourhood of Ryogoku. PHOTO: REUTERS Interest ...