Professional Sumo wrestling is only practiced in Japan. According to the Japan Sumo Association, there are 52 Sumo stables and roughly 800 professional Sumo wrestlers. As many of the rituals ...

Former World's Strongest Man title holder Eddie Hall has ventured into the world of professional fighting before, leaning down and training for speed and agility during his pivot to life as a ...

Mongolian-born sumo wrestler Byambajav Ulambayar became the highest-ranked wrestler on his team at age 18. He spent his childhood practicing several styles of martial arts and is a four-time sumo ...

When listing strength training exercise staples, the sumo deadlift rarely gets top-tier recognition. But adding sumo ...

Meet Kyuta Kumagai, a 187-pound sumo wrestler and the world champion in the under-10 category.Talent from a young age: When Kumagai was still in kindergarten, his father Taisuke — who is a former ...

TOKYO, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Among the young sumo wrestlers lifting weights in the ring, 10-year-old Kyuta Kumagai stands out. At 85 kilograms (187 lb), Kyuta is twice the size of the other children his ...

Sumo is often described as a lifestyle rather than a sport. As regimented as a military and requiring the total immersion of a religious order, it's certainly much more multifaceted than any other ...

TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...

A small group sits in a windowless Public Theater rehearsal room, but the combination of dramatic taiko drumming, the sight of many of the actors clad only in the traditional mawashi (cloth-belt) ...