Last week Hakuho Sho left the Japan Sumo Association (JSA), the sport's governing body, the latest in a series of resignations among yokozuna, the highest-ranking wrestlers. Now, only four of the ...

The New York Sumo Club has grown steadily since its inception, even accounting for hiccups, Mr. Dolan said. The club has about 100 wrestlers, with around 20 regulars.

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 ...

Sumo wrestlers reportedly consume upwards of 10,000 calories per day to maintain their fighting shape, but work hard to convert all of that mass into muscle with hours upon hours of training ...

All-time great wrestler Hakuho quits Japan Sumo Association with plans to form global body Hakuho, a retired “yokozuna” or grand champion, ...

Interestingly, portraits of five legendary wrestlers — Mienoumi, Wakanohana II, Chiyonofuji, Musashimaru and Hakuho — hang in the concourse of JR Ryogoku Station, which is on the Kokugikan’s doorstep.

For wrestlers such as Hakuho, sumo is all they know. There are "few, if any, opportunities to develop the kind of skills and mechanisms needed to cope with the emotional turmoil that comes from ...

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