Just like the Japanese sport it's inspired by, the new off-Broadway play is part ritual, part athletic spectacle.

“I’m so happy, I’m going to call my mom,” said the 27-year-old rikishi on Oct. 28 after the latest rankings of wrestlers were released ahead of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, which ...

In the rough-and-tumble world of sumo, rikishi have been unable to get up on their own power after hitting their heads during recent bouts and even have suffered serious injuries. That prompted ...

“According to the students who raised this issue to ASUCD, the sumo suits trivialized Japanese culture and the history of Japanese rikishi or sumo wrestlers.” #share#Now, the student who ...

Read reviews for The Public Theater and Ma-Yi Theater Company’s New York premiere of SUMO, a new play written by Lisa Sanaye ...

F or a show in which the majority of actors spend most of their time wearing only mawashi, Sumo is extremely well dressed. Directed by Ralph B. Peña, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s explor ...

During an otherwise serious creative meeting building up to Yokozuna's title win (then loss) at WrestleMania IX, some unnamed staffer stood up and asked the question: 'What would happen if we ...

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.

As the saying goes, when the cat's away the mice will play. Well, that's what happened in the sumo ring too. Quite a few rikishi scurried to take advantage of the situation. Those in the first ...