Sumo wrestler Konishiki Yasokichi rates eight sumo fights in movies and TV shows, such as "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Isle of Dogs," for realism. Konishiki discusses the accuracy of throwing ...

A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the sport's highest rank in a ceremony on Friday. Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna, or grand champion ...

Hakkaku (2nd from right), president of the Japan Sumo Association, attends a press conference at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 19, 2025, to announce top-division wrestlers' exhibition tour to ...

But the last two weeks of the tournament have likely felt more somber than exciting following the recent news that legendary sumo wrestler Kitanofuji passed away. He was 82 years old. On Wednesday ...