Her love of sumo paid unexpected dividends in spring when she was appointed to the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, which is tasked with nominating wrestlers for the sport’s highest rank.

Shocking news came during the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament last month: Former yokozuna Kitanofuji passed away on Nov. 12 at the age of 82. Known as Kitanofuji Katsuaki, he was popular in recent years ...

Asashoryu won 25 career grand sumo tournaments, the fourth most on the all-time list, and clinched promotion as the first yokozuna from Mongolia at 2003's January meet. And though his 25-year-old ...

Sumo wrestler Hoshoryu is shown during training at his Tatsunami stable in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2024. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Twenty-two years after his uncle approached the same challenge, ozeki ...

Ozeki Kotozakura said he will try to remain his "usual self" while bidding for yokozuna promotion at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament following Monday's ranking announcement for the January meet.

(Kyodo) MATSUDO, Japan (Kyodo) -- Ozeki Kotozakura said he will try to remain his "usual self" while bidding for yokozuna promotion at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament following Monday's ranking ...

FUKUOKA--Yokozuna Terunofuji clinched the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament with one day remaining on Nov. 27 by defeating a lower-ranked wrestler. Terunofuji faced off against maegashira No. 15 Abi ...

Former WWE Champion Yokozuna was almost a tag team wrestler alongside Samu. In 1992, Rodney Anoa’i was given the character of Japanese sumo wrestler Yokozuna and with that gimmick, Rodney became the ...