Cancel anytime. This year marked the 43rd annual Japanese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Sumo wrestling was reintroduced for the first time since 2015, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019.

including Japanese citizenship requirement and few ties with Japanese schools to scout talent. Although officials in the sumo world underline the importance of passing down Japanese culture ...

A remote island in western Japan is a spiritual home for sumo wrestling. For hundreds of years, a competition in Shimane Prefecture's Okinoshima town has honored a local deity. Among more than 200 ...

“It’s not just a sport—it’s an identity, a tradition, and in many ways, a sacrifice.” Trending on NextShark: 'SUMO' brings Japan’s sacred wrestling tradition to the New York stage The play comes at a ...

Hoshoryu came to Japan to study wrestling at Nippon Sport Science University Kahiwa High School in Chiba Prefecture in 2015. There, he switched to the sumo team and made his professional debut at ...

French organizers said they would pull out all the stops to recreate the atmosphere of a sumo tournament in Japan. David Rothschild, promoter and executive producer for events organisers AEG, said the ...

TOKYO, Japan - January 27, 2025 Ozeki Hoshoryu holds a press conference at his stable in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2025, a day after winning the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. The 25-year-old ...

Background Sumo is one of the traditional Japanese contact sports ... Objective To describe the mechanisms of ACL injuries in sumo wrestling. Design Descriptive video analysis. Methods Eight ...

Sumo is facing a potential chasm at the top ... "When I first became a yokozuna, I didn't think I would be able to continue wrestling for very long," said Terunofuji, who was promoted to the ...