Sumo wrestling in Japan is among the world’s oldest sports, dating back at least 1,500 years. The rules are simple: Square ...

Ohtori spent his two-decade sumo career struggling for wins so he could move up the ranks of Japan’s traditional sport, but now he is fighting ... don a well-worn sumo costume and face Jumbo ...

As Pride Month gets underway around the world, the United States Sumo Federation (USSF) has become the latest battleground in the ongoing fight for equality and access for LGBTQ people. At the ...

A historic fight between sumo wrestlers and the Megumi firefighting gang is dramatized in this play, which ends in a free-for-all on stage. Kabuki actor Kataoka Ainosuke is our guide. The firemen ...

Sumo Group, the company behind publisher Secret Mode and the upcoming Still Wakes the Deep, announced that it would be laying ...

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk reminisced about a sumo wrestling match that left him with long-term neck pain. What Happened: Musk, on Sunday, responded to a post with a photo of his match, saying it ...

TSUGARU, Aomori Prefecture--A young sumo wrestler here is following in the footsteps of Takerufuji, who recently became the first wrestler since 1914 to win a pro tournament on his debut in the ...

[MechEngineerMike] wrote in to share the enthusiasm over SimpleSumo, a series of open source, customizable robots he designed for mini-sumo battling and much more. For the unfamiliar, mini-sumo is ...

Billionaire Elon Musk once fought a sumo wrestler, and says he's still paying the price for it. "Had a few minutes of glory and 8 years of neck pain," Musk wrote on Sunday. Musk has challenged ...

There's something reassuringly old-school about the meaty punchups of OutRage: Fight Fest, a straightforward but ...

Their interest piqued during Covid-19 lockdowns and by a new Netflix drama, a fresh rush of foreign tourists are flocking to Japan for a look inside the insular world of sumo. Japan’s national ...

Ozeki Takakeisho chalked up his third career title at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 22 by defeating his rival on the final day. His victory came more than two years after he grabbed ...