Okinoshima rikishi practicing for the sacred event ... is one of the strongest sumo wrestlers in the Polish city of Krotoszyn, where the European Sumo Federation is headquartered.

which offers a one-stop service for renting out retired rikishi professional sumo wrestlers. The agency, operated by Sirius Ltd., helps cast retired rikishi in films, TV dramas and commercials.

The death of a young diabetic sumo wrestler in May has reignited fears over the health of professional athletes in the sport, which is seeing heavier and heavier wrestlers. Shobushi, a rikishi in ...

In Grand Sumo (the most popular form of sumo, which is administered by the Japan Sumo Association), all rikishi compete in ... The makushita is stocked with 42 wrestlers hoping to gain promotion ...

The restaurant is hard to miss, what with its exterior decorated with images of sumo wrestlers, called rikishi in Japanese. Things are even more unique in the interior, with the center of the ...

the sumo suits trivialized Japanese culture and the history of Japanese rikishi or sumo wrestlers.” #share#Now, the student who posted the “fat shaming” complaint on the event’s Facebook ...

Featured photo: David Shih and Scott Keiji Takeda in SUMO at The Public Theater. Photo by Joan Marcus. Sumo is brutal on the ...

Rikishi thinks John Cena may be ready to his embrace his roots. Cena shocked the professional wrestling world with his WWE Elimination Chamber heel turn on Cody Rhodes, and many have speculated ...

Rikishi also feels that Haku, who has long been considered one of the hardest men in pro wrestling, has to be in the Hall of Fame. "I would love to see Uncle Haku be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Rikishi, whose real name is Solofa Fatu Jr ... he was depicted as a Japan Sumo Wrestler. Among the biggest wrestlers in the business, the 580-pound giant is the first Samoan to win the WWF ...

We investigate how rikishi perceive the sumo ring, a circle 4.55 meters across. Along the way we highlight the work that goes into constructing it and how rikishi grip the clay with their toes.