The top division of Sumo is called the makuuchi, which includes five ranks. The top rank is yokozuna, which translates to grand champion. Only 75 wrestlers have achieved it in the ...

Donald Trump‘s son, Eric Trump, lost a sumo wrestling match while visiting Japan last weekend. In June, Eric was condemned on social media for using the offensive term, “mongoloids,” to describe the ...

The coaches for the six sumo champions competing Friday in Hot Springs have been named, and they're some of Arkansas's finest. Arkansas's first sanctioned sumo wrestling competition will kick off ...

Japan's elite sumo wrestlers slapped, thrust and flipped their way through the first evening of their five-day exhibition ...

In Brooklyn, a reporter witnessed the sport of sumo wrestling in action. By Aimee Ortiz Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism ...

There are three things you need to know about the lifestyle of a sumo wrestler (rikishi). The first is that the young, male-only athlete must eat between 7,000 and 9,000 calories a day. The second is ...

The big men of Japanese sumo met their match Sunday in the form of an even bigger star: Donald Trump. Donald Trump was the first US president to attend a tournament in sumo's hallowed Ryogoku ...

Legend has it that Japan’s origins stem from the outcome of a sumo match when the behemoth god Takemikazuchi defeated a tribal rival, giving birth to the Land of the Rising Sun. Accordingly, more than ...

Modern changes to sumo diet include grilled meats, stir-fried dishes and high-protein Western-style meals – all of which the ...

Featured photo: David Shih and Scott Keiji Takeda in SUMO at The Public Theater. Photo by Joan Marcus. Sumo is brutal on the ...