The top division of Sumo is called the makuuchi, which includes five ranks. The top rank is yokozuna, which translates to ...

TOKYO — Hawaii-born Akebono Taro, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died. He was 54. He was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of “yokozuna” — or ...

The world’s most prestigious sumo tournament will be held in Britain for the first time since 1991. The Grand Sumo Tournament will see more than 40 of Japan’s elite wrestlers compete across five days ...

ROSS MIHARA: Fast start. Hakuho has the yokozuna in trouble, but he bends a knee. DETROW: The Tokyo Grand Sumo Tournament comes to an end this weekend. Just ahead of the rise of a new yokozuna, or ...

The ancient traditions of lucha libre and sumo wrestling are making their way to Southern California next month. Sumo and Sushi will take over the Ace Mission Studios in Los Angeles, from Nov. 6-9, ...

Tokyo — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 421 pounds and he is the first Japanese competitor to reach the ...

When Lisa Sanaye Dring was growing up in Hawaii, she occasionally saw sumo wrestling on television at home. “I thought it was cool,” she recalls, “but I wasn’t moved by it.” Then in 2013, Sanaye Dring ...