Sumo grand champion Hoshoryu and other top wrestlers departed Tokyo's Haneda airport Tuesday for Paris, where they will ...

Recent results suggest that a remarkable era of dominance may finally be starting to wind down.

Sumo fans got the showdown they have long waited for as newly promoted yokozuna Onosato beat yokozuna Hoshoryu in a dramatic playoff to win the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28. Both yokozuna ...

TOKYO - Beaten to a first title as a yokozuna by fellow grand champion Onosato in September, Mongolian-born Hoshoryu is out to round off a year that began with much promise at the upcoming Kyushu ...

In a dramatic come-from-behind victory, ozeki Hoshoryu clinched his second championship on Jan. 26, virtually ensuring his promotion to yokozuna. The 25-year-old forced out fellow ozeki Kotozakura in ...

TOKYO - Returning ozeki Kirishima outwrestled burgeoning talent Yoshinofuji in a tightly fought battle Monday at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament as the action inside the ring was overshadowed by the ...

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It’s January 2025 and Hoshoryu is officially sumo’s 74th yokozuna. Just nine days ago the possibility of that sentence being true seemed remote. With three losses after the midway point of the year’s ...

Yokozuna Hoshoryu leaves the ring following a loss at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 10, 2026. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yokozuna Hoshoryu pulled out Monday from the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament ...