Hoshoryu's promotion would bring excitement to sumo fans as Terunofuji, the lone yokozuna, has battled knee injuries in recent years, forcing him to miss repeated tournaments. ...

While Onosato was claiming Emperor’s Cups in Osaka and Tokyo in recent months, Kusano was doing something similar, albeit one ...

Hoshoryu won the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament last week in a three-way play-off after finishing with a 12-3 record. There are no set criteria for promotion from the second-highest rank of ozeki ...

Makuuchi division rankings for the July 13-27 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at IG Arena, released Monday by the Japan Sumo ...

Hoshoryu's uncle Asashoryu, a former yokozuna who was known as the bad boy of sumo, was forced to quit the sport in 2010 after breaking a man's nose in a drunken brawl outside a nightclub.

Japan has a new sumo grand champion after breaking years of dominance from other nations. Onosato, weighing in at 191 ...

Onosato’s promotion will set up an instant rivalry with Mongolia-born Hoshoryu, who is the other wrestler in Japan to hold the yokozuna title.

In the May tournament where Onosato won his second consecutive top-division title, Hoshoryu was second, with a 12-3 record to Onosato’s 14-1. The rivalry will continue in Nagoya in July.

Ozeki Onosato, right, and Yokozuna Hoshoryu compete in the Grand Sumo May Tournament in Tokyo on Sunday. Etsuo Hara / Getty Images. Onosato is from Ishikawa prefecture, ...

Onosato, the new sumo grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first Japanese competitor to reach the top rank of yokozuna since 2017.

Onosato, 24, is the first Japanese sumo wrestler to achieve the rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, in years, and he's vowed not to "disgrace the title." ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese.