Ozeki Onosato overcame a couple of upset losses down the home stretch of the spring tournament this month to claim his third career Emperor’s Cup and earn a shot at yokozuna promotion in May.

Terunofuji, the lone yokozuna in sumo, retired from the ring ... said at a news conference at the Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo, with his Isegahama stablemaster. “I felt that I should no ...

The last yokozuna to accomplish the feat was Taiho ... gets underway on January 9 at the home of sumo, the Kokugikan, in Tokyo.

With the triumph, the 25-year-old ozeki is likely to be promoted to yokozuna, the highest rank ... first nine days of the 15-day tournament at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan. However, he managed ...

But Terunofuji has struggled with injuries and withdrew from the ongoing New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Thursday ... is sumo's only active yokozuna. Mongolian Hoshoryu has a chance ...

The May tournament was held in Tokyo. Heading into the final day, Yokozuna Kakuryu had sole possession of the lead with just 1 loss. On the final day, he needed to beat his rival Yokozuna Hakuho ...

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

“Banzai!” That was the last word many of WWE’s top Superstars heard when they faced the imposing Yokozuna. Standing 6’4” and weighing nearly 600 pounds, the Japanese sumo wrestler squash ...

He moved to Tokyo in the 1980s and by 1993, he had won a grand championship and become a "yokozuna," the highest rank in the sport. Per the outlet, he was an 11-time tournament winner, and he ...

He was forced to retire in 2010 after breaking a man's nose in a drunken brawl outside a Tokyo nightclub. Hoshoryu said he grew up thinking of Asashoryu "more as my uncle than as a yokozuna".