Ozeki Onosato maintained a share of the lead by improving to a 5-1 record Friday, the sixth day of the Spring Grand Sumo ...

Read reviews for The Public Theater and Ma-Yi Theater Company’s New York premiere of SUMO, a new play written by Lisa Sanaye ...

The play’s cast members wrestle, slap and toss one another in ambitiously choreographed fight sequences that took months of training to learn.

An Off Broadway play opens a window on the spiritual and physical trials of the ancient Japanese sport.

F or a show in which the majority of actors spend most of their time wearing only mawashi, Sumo is extremely well dressed. Directed by Ralph B. Peña, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s explor ...

Entrenched in an elite sumo training facility in Tokyo, six men practice, eat, love, play, and ultimately fight. Step into the sacred world of sumo wrestling, with the New York premiere of Lisa ...

After that, the 58-year-old fight icon made the bold decision to face a 6ft 8in, 490lb sumo wrestler. ‘David vs Goliath’ matchups had become popular in Japan in the noughties. Boxing legend ...

Senior sumo officials who served as judges had a woozy ... “Takayasu should have never been allowed to fight again that day. He could have ended up with a life-threatening condition if he ...

SUMO: Rank-and-filer Abi clinches his 1st championship in 3-way playoff November 27, 2022 SUMO/ Ichinojo recalls ‘long path’ from Mongolia to 1st career title ...

We shed light on top-division debuts, where newly promoted rikishi experience what it's like to fight among sumo's elite. What determines success or failure? Along the way we gain surprising insights.

A historic fight between sumo wrestlers and the Megumi firefighting gang is dramatized in this play, which ends in a free-for-all on stage. Kabuki actor Kataoka Ainosuke is our guide. The firemen ...

fight to make some money and make a name for themselves,” he said. “Like I had a chance to go to sumo, I feel like it’s my responsibility to pass that chance on.” Condolences poured in ...