A 21-year-old Ukrainian sumo wrestler who fled the Russian invasion has won an elite-level sumo competition in Japan, where ...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki is only 21 but has moved just one step from the top rank of Japan's national sport. In an elaborate ceremony on Wednesday, he was promoted by the Japan Sumo ...

Among the four opponents he faced was Yukiharu Kinjo, a three-time Japan national junior champion who was voted the Rumble’s ...

The Japanese women’s pro-wrestling show Sukeban tackled Miami Art Week, bringing fashion, music, fighting and Japanese ...

NJPW announced on Friday morning that the Tokyo Dome is officially sold out for Wrestle Kingdom 20, with over 50,000 tickets ...

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20 is rapidly approaching, but the show has already reached a very impressive milestone weeks ahead of ...

One of Japan’s most exciting and culturally unique sports is making its long-awaited leap to the United States. Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW) — the country’s premier women’s wrestling promotion ...

Onosato Daiki became the first Japanese man in eight years to be named a yokozuna, or grand champion, the highest title in the sport. By Victor Mather Sumo is Japan’s national sport, steeped in ...

Sukeban, the touring Japanese women’s pro wrestling league, is in town at the Miami Beach Bandshell on Wednesday, Dec. 3 ...

Positive pot tests part of first drug scandal in sumo's 2,000-year history. Sept. 2, 2008 — -- Two Russian sumo wrestlers tested positive for marijuana use in Japan less than a month after a ...

But the sound of bare feet padding, and bodies thudding on the mat of a sports hall in Belfast signals an unlikely first - ...