As Musashimaru, the champion sumo wrestler, lumbers slowly into the room, his translator scrambles to grab two thick cushions and place them atop the thick cushion that is already on the couch.

Former sumo grand champion Musashimaru was honored in a retirement ceremony yesterday at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. Musashimaru had his top knot cut off by fellow wrestlers and friends in a ...

Sumo star Musashimaru has decided to retire after losing his fourth bout in the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. Hampered by a nagging wrist injury, the Samoan-born grand champion has managed only three ...

(Tokyo-AP) -- Hawaii wrestler Musashimaru has won his second straight sumo tournament in Japan. The yokozuna clinched the May tournament title yesterday, with one day remaining in the 15-day ...

“The sumo world is a hard life,” he says, as other wrestlers dutifully replenish ... by a Samoan-Hawaiian of similar weight named Musashimaru, known to his family as Fiamalu Penitani, who ...

Musashimaru had his top knot cut off by fellow wrestlers and friends in a traditional ceremony at the famed sumo arena. Tears rolled down Musashimaru's face as the final cut was made by his ...

Sumo wrestling is losing its charm as a career ... Young sumo Musashikuni and stable master Musashimaru spoke to BBC News about what the life of a sumo involves.

Akebono, an American-born sumo wrestler who became the first non-Japanese ... and alongside fellow Yokozuna Musashimaru, originally from American Samoa. “Throughout his 35 years in Japan ...