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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestlers (from L to R) Yamamotoyama, Sakaizawa and Shirononami meet reporters in front of Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo after visiting the arena to submit their retirement papers on April 5, 2011, the deadline for voluntarily retirement from the sport designated by the Japan Sumo Association, which imposed the punishment on wrestlers it judged to have been involved in match fixing.

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Supersize me?

TOKYO, Japan - Yamamotoyama, the heaviest Japanese sumo wrestler, who weighs 258 kilograms, shows off a seat specially created by McDonald's Co. (Japan) Ltd. for sumo wrestlers in its Asakusabashi restaurant on Sept. 6, 2009. Yamamotoyama enjoyed eating a hamburger while sitting in the seat, saying, ''This is helpful.'' The 25-year-old wrester said he prefers McDonald's to the traditional vegetable and meat ''chanko'' soup for sumo wrestlers.

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Asashoryu, Hakuho showing no mercy at spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho pushes down rank-and-filer Kotoshogiku, a No. 2 maegashira, on the fourth day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Municipal Gymnasium on March 18. Hakuho shares an early lead of 4-0 with Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu and No. 13 maegashira Yamamotoyama.

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Asashoryu, Hakuho showing no mercy at spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu topples rank-and-filer Tochiozan, a No. 2 maegashira, on the fourth day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Municipal Gymnasium on March 18. Asashoryu shares an early lead of 4-0 with Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho and No. 13 maegashira Yamamotoyama.

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Yamamotoyama is heaviest Japanese sumo wrestler at 251.5 kg

TOKYO, Japan - Yamamotoyama, a juryo-division sumo wrestler, has broken the weight record of Japanese sumo wrestlers, tipping the scale at 251.5 kilograms during a physical checkup at the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena in Tokyo on Aug. 22, according to the Japan Sumo Association. The previous record was held by Susanoumi, who weighed 240 kg during the physicals prior to the summer grand tournament in 1998. The heaviest sumo wrestler on record is Konishiki from Hawaii at 284 kg.

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Yamamotoyama is heaviest Japanese sumo wrestler at 251.5 kg

TOKYO, Japan - Yamamotoyama, a juryo-division sumo wrestler, has broken the weight record of Japanese sumo wrestlers, tipping the scale at 251.5 kilograms during a physical checkup at the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena in Tokyo on Aug. 22, according to the Japan Sumo Association. The previous record was held by Susanoumi, who weighed 240 kg during the physicals prior to the summer grand tournament in 1998. The heaviest sumo wrestler on record is Konishiki from Hawaii at 284 kg. (Kyodo)

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Asashoryu, Hakuho showing no mercy at spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu topples rank-and-filer Tochiozan, a No. 2 maegashira, on the fourth day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Municipal Gymnasium on March 18. Asashoryu shares an early lead of 4-0 with Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho and No. 13 maegashira Yamamotoyama. (Kyodo)

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Asashoryu, Hakuho showing no mercy at spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho pushes down rank-and-filer Kotoshogiku, a No. 2 maegashira, on the fourth day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Municipal Gymnasium on March 18. Hakuho shares an early lead of 4-0 with Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu and No. 13 maegashira Yamamotoyama. (Kyodo)

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestlers (from L to R) Yamamotoyama, Sakaizawa and Shirononami meet reporters in front of Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo after visiting the arena to submit their retirement papers on April 5, 2011, the deadline for voluntarily retirement from the sport designated by the Japan Sumo Association, which imposed the punishment on wrestlers it judged to have been involved in match fixing. (Kyodo)