(CNN)-- Asashoryu stands at the pinnacle of sumo wrestling like a colossus. But the 330-lbs Mongolian, sumo's most successful ever grand champion, has not been able to rise above the scandals and ...

and he eventually retired from sumo in 2001. The wrestler's career spanned across sports and continents, too. He brought his skills to WWE in 2005 when he defeated Big Show at WrestleMania 21 in a ...

Oyakata are traditionally retired wrestlers who’ve moved ... As an implicit celebration of big bodies and of varying, deeply feeling masculinities, Sumo is at its most beautiful.

it was only me and someone else that had ever done sumo wrestling before, in six months it was a real quick turnaround," he said. "We're expecting a really big year for people wanting to give it a ...

Hot Springs will welcome the heaviest sumo wrestler in the world and the widest sumo wrestler in the world to compete in the ...

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 ...

Need someone measuring 180 centimeters tall and weighing 100 kilograms to make a big splash at a special ... out retired rikishi professional sumo wrestlers. The agency, operated by Sirius Ltd ...

A look into the larger world of sumo is what playwright Lisa Sanaye Dring puts before us in her new play "SUMO," at the ...

Follow three female sumo wrestlers as they compete at the highest level at the Women's Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. The film tracks each athlete's individual journey, from strength and ...

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 ...

It uses props from the daily lives of the firemen and sumo wrestlers. It contrasts the big, powerful sumo wrestlers with the light and nimble firemen.