Beside the 21-year-old wrestler from Ukraine was his stablemaster Ajigawa, 47, a former sekiwake Aminishiki. Ajigawa has carefully trained Aonishiki for the past three years.

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki is only 21 but has moved just one step from the top rank of Japan’s national sport. In an ...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki is only 21 but has moved just one step from the top rank of Japan’s national sport ...

Ukrainian who fled homeland following Russian invasion wins elite sumo championship in Japan - Danylo Yavhusishyn says the ...

A 21-year-old Ukrainian sumo wrestler who fled the Russian invasion has won an elite-level sumo competition in Japan, where he’s been lauded for his rapid rise in the hyper-competitive sport.

It appears that Japan's first female prime minister will not be trying to upend a centuries-old tradition: the idea that ...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki has become the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship ...

Today, sumo is a modern sport with records, rules and a governing institution that celebrated its 100th anniversary in ...

The world of sumo could be rocked this month if Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi presents a trophy in the ring, where women have traditionally been banned. Sumo grew out of ancient Shinto religious ...

Sumo wrestlers made from cardboard will compete on the dohyo ring at the Hikifune Culture Center in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, on Dec. 21. The organizing committee is actively welcoming participants for sumo ...

The Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, the last big competition of the year, has begun in Fukuoka. Spectators can again catch the familiar sight of five stablemasters serving as ringside judges, dressed in ...

There is simply no better word to describe the performance of Onosato over the first three days of the November Grand Sumo Tournament than imperious. Sumo’s newest yokozuna may only have ascended to ...