“I hope to see more women take up sumo as they see my bouts ... Over the years, Aomori Prefecture has produced many great wrestlers, including Mainoumi, a former komusubi known for using ...

In an exclusive interview with India Today, Hetal Dave, India's first female sumo wrestler, shared her remarkable journey in ...

The sumo wrestler fighting to get women in the ringThe sumo wrestler fighting to get women in the ring ...

Follow three female sumo wrestlers as they compete at the highest level at the Women's Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. The film tracks each athlete's individual journey, from strength and ...

You would think that the biggest challenge for an actor to play a sumo wrestler would be the actual wrestling. But for Shono Hayama, star of new Disney+ Hotstar Japanese series Sumo Do ...

When opportunities for female sumo wrestlers were scarce in Japan, Hiyori Kon decided to bring her country’s sport to as far as Argentina. While promoting the ancient Japanese sport in the South ...

This month's ECOWAS wrestling tournament, however, marked the first time that the annual showdown featured a women's division. Legs taut, backs bent at the waist, the wrestlers slowly stretched out ...

Following after-hour scandals during the recent summer tournament, sumo wrestlers have been given ... visited a club where women serve and entertain customers, four times before and during the ...

Image Each of the sumo wrestlers gets a back story in Lisa Sanaye ... Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Dring could have taken that approach. Women are thought of as contaminants in the heya ...

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David Shih, Ahmad Kamal, Red Concepción , Scott Keiji Takeda, Michael Hisamoto, and Earl T. Kim. Photo by Emma Zordan Sumo is ...