Harumafuji - his fighting name - was a sumo grand champion, known in Japanese as "yokozuna", until last Wednesday. On 25 October, he allegedly attacked a younger wrestler in a bar and fractured ...

So, the fans in Fukuoka were happy to see live grand sumo for the first time in 2 years. Although we saw a dramatic decrease in the number of coronavirus infections in the country prior to the ...

Sumo wrestling's greatest champion, Hakuho, is set to retire after more than 1,000 wins. He rose to the top ranks of sumo wrestling after arriving in Japan from his native Mongolia at the age of ...

Onosato, 24, became the fastest wrestler to be promoted to the second-highest ozeki rank in decades when he won the Fall Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 22 with a 13-2 mark. However ...

I felt it was about time to quit." After missing the majority of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in May with a cervical disc hernia and failing to secure a winning record at the ensuing Nagoya ...

Takakeisho, a master of pushing and thrusting sumo, made the decision after his hopes of returning to ozeki were dashed by his injury withdrawal from the ongoing Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.

Onosato’s promotion to ozeki was confirmed Wednesday morning as sumo’s newest superstar continues to reap the rewards of yet another incredible tournament. With the 24-year-old’s meteoric ...

became the fastest wrestler in modern sumo to reach the rank of ozeki. Ohtani and Onosato’s names both begin with the character for great or grand (大) but those adjectives barely do justice to ...

Onosato won the Fall Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo with a 13-1 record on Sept. 21, ensuring his promotion to the rank of ozeki. The victory makes the 24-year-old the fastest rikishi to be ...