Hakuho, a retired “yokozuna” or grand champion and viewed by many as the sport's greatest wrestler, has quit the Japan Sumo Association after an apparent falling out with the governing body of ...

Japanese sumo wrestler Onosato (C) and his Nishonoseki stable master (R) attend the "yokozuna," or grand champion, promotion ceremony in Ami Town, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, May 28, 2025.

Akebono was the first of seven overseas-born wrestlers to scale sumo's pinnacle in March 1993 before being joined by his fellow Hawaiian-born grappler Musashimaru in 1999. The powerful pair locked ...

As the national sport of Japan, sumo wrestling has a long and intricate history. The sport involves wrestlers, called rikishi, attempting to force each other out of a circular ring or make their ...

Amateur sumo wrestlers holding babies during the “Nakizumo” baby-crying sumo contest held at Senso-ji, a temple in Tokyo, on April 28, 2024.

On social media, the couple teased competing against each other in a sumo gym, but wrestling a skilled sumo wrestler is a different story. In the NFL, 6-foot-3, 245-pound Parsons is well-known for ...

Sumo wrestling may be in the future for Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons. The three-time Pro Bowler went toe-to-toe with a sumo wrestler during his tour of Asia with Houston Texans ...

Hawaiian-born Akebono was the first foreigner to win the highest ranking in Japan's national sport, sumo wrestling. He died in Tokyo this month, age 54.

U.S.-born sumo wrestler Akebono Taro, an 11-time grand champion, has died from heart failure, his family confirmed Thursday. He was 54.