Although France isn’t one of the two dozen or so countries that has to date produced a professional sumo wrestler, the ...

Ozeki Hoshoryu holds a press conference at his stable in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2025, a day after winning the 15-day New Year ...

The Mongolian-born 33-year-old has been the only top-ranked sumo for more than three years, and only 73 wrestlers have reached ... recent yokozuna was born in Japan. Of the others, five were ...

Mongolian sumo wrestler Hoshoryu waves to fans in front of his stable in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2025, following his promotion to the sport's highest rank of yokozuna, or grand champion.

It was near there, at the foot of Mt. Nijo in Katsuragi City, where I had another quest for my boys — to learn about Japan's oldest sport: Sumo wrestling. Katsuragi is the origin of sumo ...

TOKYO: Sumo is facing a potential chasm at the top ... He told reporters that he was retiring to train young wrestlers after "a tough 14 years" in the ring. "I've given everything but at this ...

The promotion was made official at the Japan Sumo Association's meeting on wrestler rankings for the next grand sumo tournament scheduled for March and an extraordinary meeting of its board of ...

John Gunning, a former amateur sumo wrestler who commentates on the sport in English on Japanese television, says its centuries-old history and traditions make it unique. “It’s always a tightr ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Sumo grand champion Terunofuji ... will pursue a coaching career having already gained Japanese citizenship, a requirement for wrestlers to remain in the JSA after they finish ...