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Sumo: London tournament

Yokozuna Onosato (L) poses with a fellow sumo wrestler alongside the River Thames in London, with the Houses of Parliament in the background, on Oct. 14, 2025, as about 120 sumo wrestlers are set to take part in a five-day local tournament from Oct. 15, the Japan Sumo Association's first overseas exhibition tour in 20 years, with the Royal Albert Hall hosting the event.

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[Breaking News]Japan emperor's state visit to Mongolia

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia, July 6 Kyodo -Video taken on July 6, 2025, shows a banner depicting a man in traditional Mongolian attire and a Japanese sumo wrestler near Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, as Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako were scheduled to arrive in Mongolia the same day for an eight-day state visit to the country, the first by a Japanese emperor. (Kyodo)

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Japan emperor's state visit to Mongolia

Photo taken on July 6, 2025, shows a banner depicting a man in traditional Mongolian attire and a Japanese sumo wrestler near Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, as Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako were scheduled to arrive in Mongolia the same day for an eight-day state visit to the country, the first by a Japanese emperor.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki throws the ceremonial first pitch before the first game of MLB's two-game, season-opening Tokyo Series between the Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs at Tokyo Dome on March 18, 2025.

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

KAMAKURA, Japan, Dec. 23 Kyodo - Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife. (Kyodo)

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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Sumo association to show off sport in London next Oct.

Sumo wrestler Kitanowaka performs leg raising and stomping at Royal Albert Hall in London on Dec. 4, 2024. Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku announced the JSA's first tour to the city in 34 years in October 2025 during a press conference at the hall.

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Sumo: Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82

Sumo wrestler Kitanofuji celebrates his first career victory at a grand tournament in Osaka, western Japan, in March 1967, with the trophy. The 10-time grand sumo tournament champion and former yokozuna, whose real name was Katsuaki Takezawa and who mentored two grand champions including the legendary Chiyonofuji before becoming a popular TV sumo pundit, died on Nov. 12, 2024, at the age of 82, according to media.

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Sumo: Kitanofuji vs. Takanohana

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 13 Kyodo - Yokozuna Kitanofuji (top) pushes down sekiwake Takanohana on the eighth day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 1972. The referee initially declared Takanohana the winner, citing the fact that Kitanofuji's right hand touched the ring first, but the ringside judges, who have the final say, raised an objection to the judgement and reversed the decision based on a sumo rule allowing a wrestler to touch down first to avoid injury.(Kyodo)

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Paris 2024 - Ukrainian MP Beleniuk Starts Last Olympic Run

Alireza Mohmadipiani (R) of Iran competes with Zhan Beleniuk of Ukraine during the men's greco-roman 87kg semifinal match of wrestling at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 7, 2024. Winning his first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo after taking a months-long break from parliament, Ukrainian lawmaker Zhan Beleniuk is set to repeat his successful run and quit wrestling for good. The 33-year-old Greco-Roman wrestler from Kyiv has been contemplating retirement for years, acknowledging that combining parliament work and professional sports isn't an easy task. Photo by Wu Wei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Ukrainian MP Beleniuk Starts Last Olympic Run

Alireza Mohmadipiani (L) of Iran competes with Zhan Beleniuk of Ukraine during the men's greco-roman 87kg semifinal match of wrestling at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 7, 2024. Winning his first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo after taking a months-long break from parliament, Ukrainian lawmaker Zhan Beleniuk is set to repeat his successful run and quit wrestling for good. The 33-year-old Greco-Roman wrestler from Kyiv has been contemplating retirement for years, acknowledging that combining parliament work and professional sports isn't an easy task. Photo by Wu Wei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Ukrainian MP Beleniuk Starts Last Olympic Run

Zhan Beleniuk of Ukraine reacts after losing to Alireza Mohmadipiani of Iran in the wrestling men's greco-roman 87kg semifinal match at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 7, 2024. Winning his first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo after taking a months-long break from parliament, Ukrainian lawmaker Zhan Beleniuk is set to repeat his successful run and quit wrestling for good. The 33-year-old Greco-Roman wrestler from Kyiv has been contemplating retirement for years, acknowledging that combining parliament work and professional sports isn't an easy task. Photo by Zhang Fan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Ukrainian MP Beleniuk Starts Last Olympic Run

Zhan Beleniuk (R) of Ukraine competes against Alireza Mohmadipiani of Iran during the wrestling men's greco-roman 87kg semifinal match at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 7, 2024. Winning his first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo after taking a months-long break from parliament, Ukrainian lawmaker Zhan Beleniuk is set to repeat his successful run and quit wrestling for good. The 33-year-old Greco-Roman wrestler from Kyiv has been contemplating retirement for years, acknowledging that combining parliament work and professional sports isn't an easy task. Photo by Zhang Fan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Ukrainian MP Beleniuk Starts Last Olympic Run

Zhan Beleniuk (L) of Ukraine competes against Alireza Mohmadipiani of Iran during the wrestling men's greco-roman 87kg semifinal match at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 7, 2024. Winning his first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo after taking a months-long break from parliament, Ukrainian lawmaker Zhan Beleniuk is set to repeat his successful run and quit wrestling for good. The 33-year-old Greco-Roman wrestler from Kyiv has been contemplating retirement for years, acknowledging that combining parliament work and professional sports isn't an easy task. Photo by Zhang Fan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sumo tourney champ Takerufuji's triumphant return home

Takerufuji (R), who achieved a historic win in the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka in March, waves to fans and well-wishers as he returns triumphant to his native town Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan on May 1, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira at the time of the competition became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo tourney champ Takerufuji's triumphant return home

Takerufuji (R), who achieved a historic win in the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka in March, waves to fans and well-wishers as he returns triumphant to his native town Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan on May 1, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira at the time of the competition became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo tourney champ Takerufuji's triumphant return home

Takerufuji (R), who achieved a historic win in the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka in March, waves to fans and well-wishers as he returns triumphant to his native town Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan on May 1, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira at the time of the competition became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Former sumo grand champion Akebono dies at 54

Photo shows sumo wrestler Akebono holding the Emperor's Cup after winning his first top-division championship as a sekiwake at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan in May 1992. The former grand champion died at 54 in early April, 2024, of heart failure.

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Sumo: Spring champion Takerufuji at press conference

Takerufuji attends a press conference in Osaka on March 25, 2024, one day after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring champion Takerufuji

Takerufuji smiles during a press conference in Osaka on March 25, 2024 one day after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring champion Takerufuji

Takerufuji (R) is pictured in Osaka on March 25, 2024, with newspapers reporting his victory in the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament a day before. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring champion Takerufuji at press conference

Takerufuji attends a press conference in Osaka on March 25, 2024, one day after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring champion Takerufuji

Takerufuji speaks at a press conference in Osaka on March 25, 2024 one day after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji sheds a tear while meeting the media after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on its final day on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji (R) waves during a parade held after he won the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on its final day on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji celebrates with his mother (front) after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on its final day on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji (R) is pictured with yokozuna Terunofuji after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on its final day on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji speaks with his mother after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on its final day on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji speaks during an interview after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on its final day on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji speaks during an interview after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on its final day on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji speaks during an interview after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on its final day on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on its final day on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on its final day on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on its final day on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on its final day on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

No. 17 maegashira Takerufuji receives the prize money after becoming the first sumo wrestler since 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut with his victory over Gonoyama on the final day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 24, 2024.

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Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

No. 17 maegashira Takerufuji leaves the ring with the prize money after winning the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on its final day on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji (R) beats Gonoyama on the final day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji (L) beats Gonoyama on the final day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji is pictured after beating Gonoyama on the final day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji is pictured after beating Gonoyama on the final day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji leaves the ring after beating Gonoyama on the final day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji reacts after beating Gonoyama on the final day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji reacts after beating Gonoyama on the final day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Takerufuji (R) beats Gonoyama on the final day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 24, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira became the first wrestler since Ryogoku in May 1914 to win a championship in his top-division debut.

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Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament

Sekiwake Hoshoryu (L) beats rank-and-file wrestler Hokutofuji in a playoff on the final day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Dolphins Arena in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 23, 2023. Hoshoryu clinched his first career top-division championship.

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Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament

Sekiwake Hoshoryu (L) beats rank-and-file wrestler Hokutofuji in a playoff on the final day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Dolphins Arena in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 23, 2023. Hoshoryu clinched his first career top-division championship.

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New ozeki Kirishima makes long-awaited trip home to Mongolia

Mongolian-born sumo wrestler Kirishima (2nd from L), a newly promoted ozeki, receives a horse during a festival in his hometown in Dornod Province, some 700 kilometers east of the capital Ulaanbaatar, on June 9, 2023. He was making his first trip home in four years.