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New Year Grand Sumo Tournament

Ozeki Kirishima (L) beats rank-and-file wrestler Abi on the fifth day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2024.

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New Year Grand Sumo Tournament

Yokozuna Terunofuji (R) beats rank-and-file wrestler Hokutofuji on the fifth day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2024.

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New Year Grand Sumo Tournament

Sekiwake Daieisho (R) beats rank-and-file wrestler Wakamotoharu on the fifth day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2024.

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New Year Grand Sumo Tournament

Sekiwake Daieisho (R) beats rank-and-file wrestler Wakamotoharu on the fifth day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2024.

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Harumafuji crashes again at New Year basho

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian Ozeki Harumafuji, the wrestler formerly known as Ama, is forced out of the ring by third-ranked maegashira Goeido, recording his fifth defeat at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 16.

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Asashoryu performs dedicational sumo rites at Meiji Jingu

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian Grand champion Asashoryu (R) performs the traditional dedicational sumo rites at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 5. The event, which is held prior to the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo, attracted 4,500 spectators. Asashoryu is aiming for the fourth straight grand sumo title and the 20th career title -- the fifth wrestler in sumo history -- in the upcoming tournament.

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Asashoryu performs dedicational sumo rites at Meiji Jingu

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian Grand champion Asashoryu (C) performs the traditional dedicational sumo rites at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 5. The event, which is held prior to the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo, attracted 4,500 spectators. Asashoryu is aiming for the fourth straight grand sumo title and the 20th career title -- the fifth wrestler in sumo history -- in the upcoming tournament.

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Hakuho gets 4th win at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Promotion-chasing ozeki Hakuho (L) remained hot on the heels of the grand champion and joint leader Ama, a No. 6 maegashira, by holding off an initial onslaught by Georgian wrestler Kokkai (R) on the fifth day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 14.

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(1)Asashoryu claims 5th title of year in Kyushu sumo tourney

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu of Mongolia (R) forces ozeki Chiyotaikai out of the ring at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 27, the penultimate day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. Asashoryu secured his fifth title of the year, becoming the first wrestler to win five Emperor's Cups in a single year since Chiyonofuji accomplished the feat in 1986.

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Ozeki Asashoryu continues winning streak

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Asashoryu throws No. 2 maegashira Kyokutenho to the clay for his fifth straight win in the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 16, remaining the only undefeated wrestler during the first five days of the 15-day contest.

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Hakuho gets 4th win at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Promotion-chasing ozeki Hakuho (L) remained hot on the heels of the grand champion and joint leader Ama, a No. 6 maegashira, by holding off an initial onslaught by Georgian wrestler Kokkai (R) on the fifth day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 14. (Kyodo)

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Asashoryu performs dedicational sumo rites at Meiji Jingu

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian Grand champion Asashoryu (C) performs the traditional dedicational sumo rites at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 5. The event, which is held prior to the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo, attracted 4,500 spectators. Asashoryu is aiming for the fourth straight grand sumo title and the 20th career title -- the fifth wrestler in sumo history -- in the upcoming tournament. (Kyodo)

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Asashoryu performs dedicational sumo rites at Meiji Jingu

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian Grand champion Asashoryu (R) performs the traditional dedicational sumo rites at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 5. The event, which is held prior to the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo, attracted 4,500 spectators. Asashoryu is aiming for the fourth straight grand sumo title and the 20th career title -- the fifth wrestler in sumo history -- in the upcoming tournament. (Kyodo)

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Harumafuji crashes again at New Year basho

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian Ozeki Harumafuji, the wrestler formerly known as Ama, is forced out of the ring by third-ranked maegashira Goeido, recording his fifth defeat at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 16. (Kyodo)

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Ozeki Asashoryu continues winning streak

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Asashoryu throws No. 2 maegashira Kyokutenho to the clay for his fifth straight win in the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 16, remaining the only undefeated wrestler during the first five days of the 15-day contest. (Kyodo)

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(1)Asashoryu claims 5th title of year in Kyushu sumo tourney

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu of Mongolia (R) forces ozeki Chiyotaikai out of the ring at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 27, the penultimate day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. Asashoryu secured his fifth title of the year, becoming the first wrestler to win five Emperor's Cups in a single year since Chiyonofuji accomplished the feat in 1986. (Kyodo)

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Sumo: Hakuho meets press after 5th straight win in Kyushu

Grand champion Hakuho (R) meets the press after improving to 5-0 on Nov. 16, 2017, the fifth day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in the city of Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. Hakuho apologized earlier in the day on behalf of fellow yokozuna Harumafuji following a reported assault on a lower-ranked wrestler. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Hakuho meets press after 5th straight win in Kyushu

Grand champion Hakuho meets the press after improving to 5-0 on Nov. 16, 2017, the fifth day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in the city of Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. Hakuho apologized earlier in the day on behalf of fellow yokozuna Harumafuji following a reported assault on a lower-ranked wrestler. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Hakuho meets press after 5th straight win in Kyushu

Grand champion Hakuho meets the press after improving to 5-0 on Nov. 16, 2017, the fifth day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in the city of Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. Hakuho apologized earlier in the day on behalf of fellow yokozuna Harumafuji following a reported assault on a lower-ranked wrestler. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Onosho upsets Harumafuji, remains perfect at Autumn tourney

No. 3 maegashira Onosho slaps down yokozuna (grand champion) Harumafuji of Mongolia on the fifth day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 14, 2017, becoming the only wrestler with a perfect record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Onosho upsets Harumafuji, remains perfect at Autumn tourney

No. 3 maegashira Onosho slaps down yokozuna (grand champion) Harumafuji of Mongolia on the fifth day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 14, 2017, becoming the only wrestler with a perfect record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Onosho upsets Harumafuji, remains perfect at Autumn tourney

No. 3 maegashira Onosho slaps down yokozuna (grand champion) Harumafuji of Mongolia on the fifth day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 14, 2017, becoming the only wrestler with a perfect record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes of Sumo

Three men carry Asahisho in a wheelchair after the wrestler was injured during a bout in the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 13, 2017, the fifth day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5th nuclear test targeted U.S., N. Korea tells Japanese lawmaker

Japanese wrestler-turned-lawmaker Antonio Inoki is surrounded by reporters at Beijing's international airport on Sept. 13, 2016, after visiting Pyongyang. Inoki quoted North Korea's top official in charge of foreign affairs, Ri Su Yong, as saying that Pyongyang's fifth nuclear test was targeted at the United States, not directed at Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5th nuclear test targeted U.S., N. Korea tells Japanese lawmaker

Japanese wrestler-turned-lawmaker Antonio Inoki is surrounded by reporters at Beijing's international airport on Sept. 13, 2016, after visiting Pyongyang. Inoki quoted North Korea's top official in charge of foreign affairs, Ri Su Yong, as saying that Pyongyang's fifth nuclear test was targeted at the United States, not directed at Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo