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Funeral for ex-sumo grand champion Akebono

A funeral is held in Tokyo on April 14, 2024, for former sumo grand champion Akebono. He died of heart failure at 54 in early April.

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Funeral for ex-sumo grand champion Akebono

A funeral is held in Tokyo on April 14, 2024, for former sumo grand champion Akebono. He died of heart failure at 54 in early April.

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Ex-sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 7 after police arrested former stablemaster Tokitsukaze and three senior wrestlers from the stable for their suspected involvement in the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan during training last June after two days of alleged hazing.

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Ex-sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze bows in apology during a press conference at his stable in Tokyo on Feb. 7 after police arrested his predecessor, the former stablemaster Tokitsukaze, and three senior wrestlers from the stable over their suspected involvement in the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan during training last June after two days of alleged hazing. (Pool photo)

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Ex-sumo wrestlers arrested over gambling

OSAKA, Japan - Investigators enter the residence of the mother of former sumo wrestler Sadahide Furuichi in Katano, Osaka Prefecture, on Jan. 26, 2011. The police arrested Furuichi and his mother, Yoneko, as well as two other former wrestlers on suspicion of organizing illegal baseball gambling as part of an investigation into a major scandal that has tarnished the traditional sport.

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Ex-sumo master's 6-yr term cut to 5 yrs over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito speaks to reporters in Nagoya on April 5, 2010, after the Nagoya High Court sentenced former sumo stable master Junichi Yamamoto to five years in prison for physical abuse that led to the death of Saito's 17-year-old son Takashi in 2007. According to the ruling, Yamamoto hit Takashi, whose ring name was Tokitaizan, with a beer bottle during dinner on June 25, 2007, and let three senior wrestlers at the stable beat him with a wooden stick later that day.

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Ex-sumo master's 6-yr term cut to 5 yrs over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito speaks to reporters in Nagoya on April 5, 2010, after the Nagoya High Court sentenced former sumo stable master Junichi Yamamoto to five years in prison for physical abuse that led to the death of Saito's 17-year-old son Takashi in 2007. According to the ruling, Yamamoto hit Takashi, whose ring name was Tokitaizan, with a beer bottle during dinner on June 25, 2007, and let three senior wrestlers at the stable beat him with a wooden stick later that day.

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Ex-sumo champ Takanohana challenges tradition

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo grand champion Takanohana (R) speaks to reporters at the Ryogoku Kokugikan gymnasium in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2010. The retired yokozuna who has his own stable in the Nishonoseki faction said he needs to split from it to run in an election for the Japan Sumo Association's board of directors.

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Ex-sumo champ Takanohana challenges tradition

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo grand champion Takanohana (R) walks past a throng of photographers at the Ryogoku Kokugikan gymnasium in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2010. The retired yokozuna who has his own stable in the Nishonoseki faction said he needs to split from it to run in an election for the Japan Sumo Association's board of directors.

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Ex-sumo wrestler Takamiyama in ballpark

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Hawaii-born former high-ranking sumo wrestler Daigoro Takamiyama throws the ceremonial first pitch before a game between the Yokohama BayStars and the Hiroshima Carp at Yokohama Stadium on Aug. 15.

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Ex-sumo stablemaster given 6-yr prison over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - This Feb. 7, 2008 file photo shows the ring in the building in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, that the Tokitsukaze sumo stable used as a temporary lodging before a July 2007 tournament in Nagoya. The Nagoya District Court ruled May 29 that a former stablemaster was involved in fatal violence against a 17-year-old wrestler in the ring in June 2007.

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Ex-sumo wrestlers Roho, Hakurozan speak to reporters

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo wrestlers Roho (L) and Hakurozan speak to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 12 for the first time after they were dismissed on Sept. 8 by the Japan Sumo Association for alleged use of marijuana. The Russian siblings repeated their denial of marijuana use and called for the JSA to withdraw their dismissal.

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Ex-sumo wrestler Mainoumi carries Asian Games torch

AJIGASAWA, Japan - Former sumo wrestler Mainoumi carries the Winter Asian Games torch through his hometown of Ajigasawa, Aomori Prefecture on Jan. 30.

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Ex-sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze bows in apology during a press conference at his stable in Tokyo on Feb. 7 after police arrested his predecessor, the former stablemaster Tokitsukaze, and three senior wrestlers from the stable over their suspected involvement in the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan during training last June after two days of alleged hazing. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 7 after police arrested former stablemaster Tokitsukaze and three senior wrestlers from the stable for their suspected involvement in the death of 17-year-old wrestler Tokitaizan during training last June after two days of alleged hazing. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo wrestlers Roho, Hakurozan speak to reporters

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo wrestlers Roho (L) and Hakurozan speak to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 12 for the first time after they were dismissed on Sept. 8 by the Japan Sumo Association for alleged use of marijuana. The Russian siblings repeated their denial of marijuana use and called for the JSA to withdraw their dismissal. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo wrestler Wakakirin pleads guilty to marijuana possession

KAWASAKI, Japan - Former sumo wrestler Wakakirin leaves the Yokohama District Court's Kawasaki Branch in a vehicle on April 13. The former wrestler pleaded guilty to possessing marijuana in late January. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo wrestler avoids prison for marijuana possession

KAWASAKI, Japan - Former sumo wrestler Wakakirin speaks to reporters at the Kawasaki Branch of the Yokohama District Court on April 22. The former wrestler whose real name is Shinichi Suzukawa was sentenced to 10 months in prison, suspended for three years, for possessing marijuana earlier this year. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo stablemaster given 6-yr prison over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - Junichi Yamamoto (in this file photo), a former stablemaster of the Tokitsukaze stable, is sentenced by the Nagoya District Court May 29 to six years in prison for telling wrestlers at his stable to haze and beat a 17-year-old wrestler who died from the injuries in June 2007. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo stablemaster released on bail

NAGOYA, Japan - Junichi Yamamoto, a former Tokitsukaze sumo stablemaster, is released on bail from the Nagoya detention house on May 29 after the Nagoya District Court sentenced him to six years in prison earlier in the day over physical abuse that led to the death of a 17-year-old wrestler in 2007. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo stablemaster given 6-yr prison over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - This Feb. 7, 2008 file photo shows the ring in the building in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, that the Tokitsukaze sumo stable used as a temporary lodging before a July 2007 tournament in Nagoya. The Nagoya District Court ruled May 29 that a former stablemaster was involved in fatal violence against a 17-year-old wrestler in the ring in June 2007. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo master's 6-yr term cut to 5 yrs over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito speaks to reporters in Nagoya on April 5, 2010, after the Nagoya High Court sentenced former sumo stable master Junichi Yamamoto to five years in prison for physical abuse that led to the death of Saito's 17-year-old son Takashi in 2007. According to the ruling, Yamamoto hit Takashi, whose ring name was Tokitaizan, with a beer bottle during dinner on June 25, 2007, and let three senior wrestlers at the stable beat him with a wooden stick later that day. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo master's 6-yr term cut to 5 yrs over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - Masato Saito speaks to reporters in Nagoya on April 5, 2010, after the Nagoya High Court sentenced former sumo stable master Junichi Yamamoto to five years in prison for physical abuse that led to the death of Saito's 17-year-old son Takashi in 2007. According to the ruling, Yamamoto hit Takashi, whose ring name was Tokitaizan, with a beer bottle during dinner on June 25, 2007, and let three senior wrestlers at the stable beat him with a wooden stick later that day. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo stablemaster Tokitsukaze (file photo), whose real name is Junichi Yamamoto, and three senior wrestlers from his stable, were arrested on Feb. 7 for their suspected involvement in the death of a 17-year-old wrestler during training last June after two days of alleged hazing. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo wrestler held for blackmailing

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo wrestler Mitsutomo Furuichi is escorted by officers to a police station in Tokyo on June 24, 2010. He was arrested on suspicion of extorting around 3.5 million yen from ozeki Kotomitsuki in connection with illegal gambling on professional baseball games. (Kyodo)

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1st hearing for ex-sumo wrestler starts

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Mitsutomo Furuichi, former sumo wrestler who allegedly blackmailed and extorted money from sumo wrestlers including then ozeki Kotomitsuki over illegal gambling. The first hearing for Furuichi over the case started on Sept. 21, 2010, at the Tokyo District Court. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo champ Takanohana challenges tradition

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo grand champion Takanohana (R) speaks to reporters at the Ryogoku Kokugikan gymnasium in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2010. The retired yokozuna who has his own stable in the Nishonoseki faction said he needs to split from it to run in an election for the Japan Sumo Association's board of directors. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo champ Takanohana challenges tradition

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo grand champion Takanohana (R) walks past a throng of photographers at the Ryogoku Kokugikan gymnasium in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2010. The retired yokozuna who has his own stable in the Nishonoseki faction said he needs to split from it to run in an election for the Japan Sumo Association's board of directors. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo wrestlers arrested over gambling

OSAKA, Japan - Investigators enter the residence of the mother of former sumo wrestler Sadahide Furuichi in Katano, Osaka Prefecture, on Jan. 26, 2011. The police arrested Furuichi and his mother, Yoneko, as well as two other former wrestlers on suspicion of organizing illegal baseball gambling as part of an investigation into a major scandal that has tarnished the traditional sport. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo wrestlers arrested over gambling

CHIBA, Japan - Former sumo wrestler Sadahide Furuichi is escorted by police in Chiba after being arrested on Jan. 26, 2011 on suspicion of organizing illegal baseball gambling. Police arrested Furuichi, two other former sumo wresters and Furuichi's mother as part of an investigation into a major scandal that has tarnished the traditional sport. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo wrestler from Inner Mongolia

Sumo stablemaster Arashio, who is from China's Inner Mongolia, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2020. The former sumo wrestler whose ring name was Sokokurai criticized the Chinese government after it started requiring schools in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to use textbooks in Chinese from the start of the school year in September instead of Mongolian-language textbooks.

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Ex-sumo wrestler from Inner Mongolia

Sumo stablemaster Arashio, who is from China's Inner Mongolia, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2020. The former sumo wrestler whose ring name was Sokokurai criticized the Chinese government after it started requiring schools in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to use textbooks in Chinese from the start of the school year in September instead of Mongolian-language textbooks.

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Puppy presented to ex-sumo grand champion Asashoryu

Former sumo grand champion Asashoryu holds an Akita dog he received from a group preserving the Japanese dog breed at an event in Odate in the breed's namesake prefecture on May 3, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Puppy presented to ex-sumo grand champion Asashoryu

Former sumo grand champion Asashoryu holds an Akita dog he received from a group preserving the Japanese dog breed at an event in Odate in the breed's namesake prefecture on May 3, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-sumo grand champion Takanohana gets divorce

File photo taken in 1995 shows Keiko, a former TV announcer and wife of Koji Hanada, who was a sumo grand champion and stablemaster under the name Takanohana. The two have divorced, sources close to the matter said on Nov. 26, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-sumo grand champion Takanohana gets divorce

Koji Hanada, seen in this photo taken in January 2018, who was a sumo grand champion and stablemaster under the name Takanohana, has divorced former TV announcer Keiko, sources close to the matter said on Nov. 26, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-sumo champ Harumafuji to be referred to prosecutors soon

Police plan to refer retired sumo grand champion Harumafuji, seen in this file photo, to prosecutors soon on suspicion of assaulting fellow Mongolian wrestler Takanoiwa in October 2017 and may also attach a recommendation that he be indicted, investigative sources said on Dec. 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-sumo wrestler Takamiyama in ballpark

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Hawaii-born former high-ranking sumo wrestler Daigoro Takamiyama throws the ceremonial first pitch before a game between the Yokohama BayStars and the Hiroshima Carp at Yokohama Stadium on Aug. 15. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo wrestler Mainoumi carries Asian Games torch

AJIGASAWA, Japan - Former sumo wrestler Mainoumi carries the Winter Asian Games torch through his hometown of Ajigasawa, Aomori Prefecture on Jan. 30. (Kyodo)