A welcome return to Osaka Anticipation was sky high. The spring tournament was returning to Osaka after taking place in Tokyo last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. What's more, sumo fans were ...

So, the fans in Fukuoka were happy to see live grand sumo for the first time in 2 years. Although we saw a dramatic decrease in the number of coronavirus infections in the country prior to the ...

NHK World’s Hiro Morita poses for a photograph with the heavyweight gold medalist Roy Sims at the US SUMO OPEN. The turnout for the event is growing every year. This time, some 4,300 people ...

You can catch Raja on NHK NEWSLINE, NEWSROOM TOKYO and BIZ STREAM, as well as providing commentary for NHK's sumo programming.

A remote island in western Japan is a spiritual home for sumo wrestling. For hundreds of years, a competition in Shimane Prefecture's Okinoshima town has honored a local deity. Among more than 200 ...

The September Tournament took place in center of sumo universe, Kokugikan in Tokyo. The fervor leading up to the competition was intense, with tickets for the all 15 days selling out way before ...

Sumo fans were looking forward to seeing an exciting 15 days of action in the first tournament of the year, at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo -- the center of the sumo universe. Hopes were high ...

Yokozuna grand champion Kisenosato told the sumo world he was retiring. Kisenosato admitted that his body simply couldn't take the punishment anymore, and that it was time to leave the ring for good.

At the risk of blowing my own horn, I'd like to say that I predicted Takerufuji to be one of the main contenders for the spring tourney on NHK World-Japan's GRAND SUMO Preview. The program aired ...

The Japan Sumo Association took his death extremely seriously. On May 7, a drill saw about 60 officials re-examine how to care for injured wrestlers, including CPR.

After struggling through much of last year with injuries, sumo's number-one man finally returned to action. Yokozuna Terunofuji sat out five of the six tournaments in 2023.

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.