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The Hull athlete took up the sport two years ago and has earned a spot in one of Japan's prestigious Sumo stables ...
TOKYO — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he’s Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first ...
Sumo crowned a new grand champion in record time on Wednesday as Onosato became the fastest to attain the exalted rank of yokozuna in the Japanese sport’s modern era. And the big news is: he is ...
Sumo crowned a new grand champion in record time on Wednesday as Onosato became the fastest to attain the exalted rank of yokozuna in the Japanese sport’s modern era. And the big news is: he is ...
Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first Japanese competitor to reach the top rank since 2017. By comparison, the average weight of an NFL lineman is ...
Sumo crowned a new grand champion in record time today as Onosato became the fastest to attain the exalted rank of yokozuna in the Japanese sport’s modern era. The 24-year-old’s elevation by ...
Japanese sumo wrestler Onosato holds up fish as he celebrates after the "yokozuna," or grand champion, promotion ceremony in Ami Town, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, May 28, 2025. STR/JIJI Press/AFP/Getty ...
The wrestler, who weighs 191 kilogrammes (421 pounds, 30 stones) and is 1.92 metres (6 feet 3 inches) tall, became the 75th grand champion in the centuries-old history of sumo.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he’s Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first ...