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I’ll be training with two of the world’s heaviest sumo wrestlers- Yama and Rami - alongside Igor Voitenko. With just five hours of training, we’ll step into the ring for a full sumo match to see if we ...
DETROW: The Tokyo Grand Sumo Tournament comes to an end this weekend. Just ahead of the rise of a new yokozuna, or grand champion, we reached out to NHK sumo announcer Ross Mihara.
It is difficult not to feel slightly insulted when your editor calls suggesting you should try sumo wrestling. I had hoped such sleights were in my past, several stone ago, but it is a team of ...
Through his journey, theatergoers learn about sumo wrestling’s origins, its spiritual connections to Shinto, the historical Japanese religion, and other aspects of its lore.
TOKYO — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first Japanese ...
Japanese sumo wrestler Onosato holds up fish as he celebrates after the "yokozuna," or grand champion, promotion ceremony in Ami Town, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, May 28, 2025. STR/JIJI Press/AFP/Getty ...
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The 2,000-year-old martial art of sumo wrestling will make its presence in San Diego this summer. WorldWide Sumo, a live entertainment company, is bringing the “Super ...
A sumo wrestler who goes by his stage name “Gio H.” does some drills during an open sumo wrestling practice at Buffalo Bayou Park on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024 in Houston.