Tokyo — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 421 pounds and he is the first Japanese competitor to ...

TOKYO — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he’s Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first ...

The wrestler, whose real name is Daiki Nakamura, becomes first Japan-born wrestler to reach rank of yokozuna since 2017 Sumo crowned a new grand champion in record time on Wednesday as Onosato became ...

Sumo has a new champion. And his nationality has shocked the sport - Sumo is regarded as Japan's national sport, or most sacred sport ...

The Japan Sumo Association launched a new era in the sport on May 28, making Onosato's promotion official to the highest rank as the 75th yokozuna. And just as he vowed to be the best when ...

As Onosato rises and Hakuho exits, Japan’s sumo embraces change, youth appeal, and a modern cultural resurgence.

Por isso, houve um suspiro de alívio nos círculos locais do esporte quando Onosato Daiki, do Japão, foi nomeado como yokozuna ...

Onosato (centre) holds up a fish as to celebrate being promoted to sumo "yokozuna" or grand champion on Wednesday New yokozuna: Sumo wrestler Onosato Sumo crowned a new grand champion in record ...

Sumo crowned a new grand champion in record time on Wednesday as Onosato became the fastest to attain the exalted rank of yokozuna in the Japanese sport's modern era. The 24-year-old's elevation ...