Sumo fans can take photos with the wrestlers, so the stable is especially popular with over 200 people visiting it last year on one day. As being the first Chinese stablemaster drew considerable ...

With the ranks of prospective sumo wrestlers thinning out, the Japan Sumo Association is beefing up recruitment by dropping the height and weight requirements from its recruitment test ...

Sumo wrestler Konishiki Yasokichi rates eight sumo fights in movies and TV shows, such as "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Isle of Dogs," for realism. Konishiki discusses the accuracy of throwing ...

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A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the sport's highest rank in a ceremony on Friday. Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna, or grand champion ...

On top of all that, there is a particular food – specifically, a type of fish – the wrestlers traditionally eat when in Fukuoka. That would be kue, or longtooth grouper. According to Kazutaka ...

Ozeki Champion Hoshoryu has been recommended for promotion to sumo's top rank after winning his second grand tournament title in a three-way playoff on Sunday. The Mongolian-born wrestler also ...