Inoki is credited with being critical to the creation of strong-style and shoot-style wrestling matches. His match against ...

Harumafuji - his fighting name - was a sumo grand champion, known in Japanese as "yokozuna", until last Wednesday. On 25 October, he allegedly attacked a younger wrestler in a bar and fractured ...

Burroughs ultimately would not lose a match until 2014, and his 69-match winning streak stands as the longest in U.S. history. Burroughs was one of two Americans to win gold in wrestling, with ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Now, a series of special events is set to combine those two parts of Sumida’s identity, as the Skytree’s observation deck, 350 meters up in the sky, will serve as a venue for geisha dance and sumo ...

In 2017, he became the first Japan-born wrestler in almost two decades to ... the longest career pause of any yokozuna in sumo history. Kisenosato (right) has been marred by injury since his ...

Two U.S. women had never won gold medals at a single Olympics in history — until today. On Wednesday night, Team USA's freestyle wrestler Sarah Hildebrandt upgraded from Japanese bronze to French gold ...

Nagayo served as an adviser, trainer and choreographer for the series’ dramatized wrestling scenes. Japanese professional wrestling fans still talk about the matches between Matsumoto and the ...