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Japanese sumo wrestler Onosato holds up fish as he celebrates after the "yokozuna," or grand champion, promotion ceremony in Ami Town, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, May 28, 2025. STR/JIJI Press/AFP/Getty ...
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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 Japanese ...
A sumo wrestling grand champion allegedly hit a fellow wrestler over the head with a beer bottle. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 72°F. Wednesday, August 21st 2024 ...
A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the sport's highest rank in a ceremony on Friday. Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna, or grand champion, after ...
TOKYO (AP) Two sumo wrestlers have come to the defense of fellow Mongolian Harumafuji, who was recently accused of hitting a fellow wrestler in the head with a beer bottle. my favs.
U.S.-born sumo wrestler Akebono Taro, an 11-time grand champion, has died from heart failure, his family confirmed Thursday. He was 54.
ELECTRIC BUSSES. THE SUMO WRESTLING CHAMP AND THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES LIVES RIGHT HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. YEP, AS WESH 2 NEWS MICHELLE MEREDITH REPORTS, HE’S HEADED TO TOKYO TO REPRESENT THE ...
Andrew Freund, an amateur wrestler and president of the U.S. Sumo Federation, says sumo champions and pros eat between roughly 5,000 and 8,000 calories daily. (Vice reported that one champion goes ...
Sumo Wrestler Hakuho Announces Retirement The Mongolian-born wrestler, ... Sumo Grand Champion Hakuho Will Retire At 36, Citing His Age And Injuries. September 27, 2021 9:41 AM ET. By .
Entertainment for the gods will come to the people Saturday, when the ancient art of sumo wrestling takes center stage in a free exhibition in Japantown's Peace Plaza. Three professional wrestlers ...
A sumo wrestler's daily caloric intake is more than double the average human's—Ulambayar eats somewhere in the range of 4,000 calories a day (not the 10,000 calories as jokingly reported elsewhere).