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Ozeki Onosato steamrollered fellow ozeki Kotozakura out of the dohyo on the 13th day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on ...
Mongolian wrestlers have dominated the upper ranks of grand sumo throughout the 2000s. The most notable of those wrestlers is Hakuho, sumo’s undeniable GOAT. Hakuho retired with the record for most ...
Ozeki Onosato secured his promotion to yokozuna by winning back-to-back championships Friday at the Summer Grand Sumo ...
Onosato has won the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament with two days to spare, assuring his promotion from ozeki to yokozuna, the highest rank in the sport.
Ozeki Onosato moved to the brink of back-to-back championships and yokozuna promotion as he took a three-bout lead in the ...
With Onosato looking untouchable during the summer meet’s opening stages, excitement is already building over his yokozuna ...
OSAKA—Ozeki Onosato captured the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in a playoff on March 23 at Edion Arena Osaka and improved his chances of promotion to yokozuna. Onosato and maegashira No. 4 ...
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-place group in the home stretch included Kotozakura ...
As has been the case in the ring throughout much of 2024, Onosato dominated when it came to coverage of the new sumo rankings released on Monday. Though he remains humble in speech — telling the ...
Onosato, a 24-year-old Japanese who debuted in May 2023, has made waves by setting sumo’s fastest rise to become an ozeki, while Takerufuji, a 25-year-old Japanese, entered the annals of sumo ...
Good news for any aspiring sumo wrestlers who are on the shorter side: height and weight no longer matter. The Japan Sumo Association announced in late September that potential sumo wrestlers ...