Imagine stepping into the MMA ring with a former sumo wrestling legend who towers over you by a good foot and weighs nearly ...

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

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 ...

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

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

A sumo wrestler loses if any part of their body ... He helped teach the actors to lower the center of gravity of their bodies, and in the fight scenes to share the weight of their bodies, ...

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 ...

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

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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 ...

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 ...

Kitaharima began sumo in the fourth grade at a sumo school ... “It’s always fun to fight against strong opponents,” Kitaharima said. “I want to put out my best for each bout.” ...