Frustration dominates after the Japan All Star team fell 24-20 to an Ivy League selection in a gripping and tightly fought match at Tokyo’s National Stadium.
After serving a long suspension for violating the Japan Sumo Association's COVID-19 guidelines, the former ozeki is battling his way back to makuuchi with flair.
Japan’s national sport has been going through a period of flux over the past few years and is in desperate need of a new marquee name.
The first professional sumo tournament of the year gets underway at the Kokugikan in Tokyo this weekend. For sumo fans it’s a last chance to see Miyagino stablemaster (former yokozuna Hakuho) with a topknot, as the living legend has his retirement ceremony seven days after ...
While there are several candidates to become sumo’s next big thing, it seems likely that it will take time for one or more wrestlers to separate themselves from their rivals.
For the first time in over 30 years, all six grand tournaments in a calendar year were won by different wrestlers, with rank-and-filers sweeping the final three tournaments.
While university graduates have dominated headlines at recent tournaments, just one of eight new wrestlers entering the sport ahead of the New Year Basho boasts a college background.
These days elite top-tier wrestlers without an amateur background are an increasingly scarce sight.
Two years after his infamous suspension for violating COVID-19 protocols, the Saitama native won his first Emperor's Cup after triumphing in a rare multi-way playoff at the Kyushu Basho.
Japan's national sport and the "beautiful game" have formed many ties over the years, with even top-ranked wrestlers attending matches and taking part in promotional events.
