Potential sumo wrestlers will no longer have to reach minimum height and weight requirements as the sport struggles to recruit new wrestlers, according to The Japan Sumo Association.

Japanese sumo wrestler Onosato (C) and his Nishonoseki stable master (R) attend the "yokozuna," or grand champion, promotion ceremony in Ami Town, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, May 28, 2025.

Verve has the agency for the sumo wrestling kits in Ireland and hires them out. It is taking off in pubs, clubs, at office parties and weddings across the country. The same kind of fad as karaoke .

Audience volunteers — wearing inflatable sumo suits — may combat the wrestler of their choice at Asakusa Sumo Club in Tokyo. (Kelly Agee/Stars and Stripes) ...

Sumo wrestling from Japan is among the world’s oldest sports, dating back at least 1,500 years. The rules are simple: square off with an opponent, in a ring lined with sand, then try to push the other ...

Onosato, 24, became the fastest wrestler to be promoted to the second-highest ozeki rank in decades when he won the Fall Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 22 with a 13-2 mark.

There's a sumo ring in the pool. But instead of wrestlers, you get to play some monster on an inflatable pool toy. Play Monster Poolside Sumo game online on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Onosato receives the trophy after winning in a sumo wrestling tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo, Sunday, May 25, 2025. Credit: AP. By The Associated PressUpdated May 28, 2025.

Sumo wrestler Konishiki Yasokichi rates eight sumo fights in movies and TV shows, such as "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Isle of Dogs," for realism. Konishiki discusses the accuracy of throwing ...

Back in Japan, the 6-foot-1, 280-pound Hanada rose to the highest amateur ranks of sumo wrestling by refusing to be pushed around in the ring. He’s taking that same approach to the football f… ...

Sumo wrestling legend Akebono has died at the age of 54. REUTERS “I had to tend to personal matters that needed to be done prior to publicly announcing my husband’s death,” she said.