Onosato won the Fall Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo with a 13-1 record on Sept. 21, ensuring his promotion to the rank of ozeki. The victory makes the 24-year-old the fastest rikishi to be ...

The 25-year-old forced out fellow ozeki Kotozakura in the final bout on Day 15 to end the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament with a 12-3 tally at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan. He then defeated rank ...

Grand Sumo Tournament winner Onosato said Monday he had struggled with the weight of expectation since his promotion to ozeki ...

Ozeki Onosato clinched his third career Emperor's Cup with a championship-deciding playoff victory over rank-and-file ...

Drums thundered and priests chanted as sumo's newest grand champion strode onto the ... of Hoshoryu as he took part in a ceremony at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine. Among those watching were Hoshoryu's ...

Hoshoryu claimed the second title of his career after winning the tournament in Tokyo in a three-way play ... after pulling out of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament through injury.

6 grand sumo tournaments are held each year in the ... The Georgian Ambassador to Japan presented a medal to Tochinoshin at a party in Tokyo. Tochinoshin said that he went through 12 years of ...

For decades, one of sumo’s most unique selling points has been its accessibility. Contrary to foreign media’s ubiquitous framing of Japan’s national sport as a “secret world ...

The July grand sumo tournament was held from July 7th to ... The autumn tournament kicks off on September 8th in Tokyo.