Image The referee, Taiga Iizuka, left, wraps a mawashi, or traditional sumo loincloth’s belt, for Justin Kwan, one of the competitors. Membership in the club is “mostly based on vibes,” Mr ...

New sumo grand champion Onosato performs his first ring-entering ceremony Friday at Tokyo's Meiji Jingu shrine to mark his ...

TOKYO — 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 ...

The Japan Sumo Association launched a new era in the sport on May 28, making Onosato's promotion official to the highest rank as the 75th yokozuna. And just as he vowed to be the best when ...

By Victor Mather Sumo is Japan’s national sport, steeped in hundreds of years of history and tradition. But Japanese wrestlers no longer dominate sumo. So there was a sigh of relief in local ...

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 ...

Onosato, whose real name is Daiki Nakamura, is only 24 and was promoted Wednesday to sumo's top rank by the Japan Sumo Association. Onosato was promoted by winning last week's Summer Grand Sumo ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Onosato was promoted to sumo's highest rank of yokozuna on Wednesday, attaining the honor at a record pace after competing in just 13 professional tournaments. The 24-year-old ...

Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he’s Japanese TOKYO -- Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese.