During his reign, other Hawaii wrestlers would also become stars ... US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel wrote Akebono was a “giant in the world of sumo, a proud Hawaiian and a bridge between ...

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.

He was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of ... saddened to learn of the passing of Akebono, a giant in the world of sumo, a proud Hawaiian and a bridge between the United ...

Seven Mongolian youths, aspiring to become rikishi sumo wrestlers, arrived in Japan in 2000. While awaiting to be recruited by stables, they trained and practiced at an amateur dojo. But there was ...

But rarer, nonexistent even, is a theatrical work about sumo wrestling. Now, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s “Sumo” is transporting Off Broadway audiences at the Public Theater to an intimate sumo ...

Standing 6’4” and weighing nearly 600 pounds, the Japanese sumo wrestler squashed legends like ... Eventually, though, the size that made the giant so great became his greatest undoing.

Chanko nabe – sumo wrestler nabe – is a healthy ... made with katsuo (fermented and dried skipjack tuna) and kombu (giant kelp). Konnyaku, also called konjac, is slippery and grey, with ...