According to The New York Times, Akebono moved to Japan as a teen, despite speaking almost no Japanese, and began living and training at a sumo stable. Akebono’s popularity in the sport reached ...

A pared-down format of sumo wrestling was on display Saturday night in front of a boisterous crowd.Credit... Supported by By Victor Mather Photographs and Video by Todd Heisler Two giant ...

The sumo squat is an excellent exercise for strengthening and toning your glutes and inner thighs, while also improving hip mobility. By slightly modifying the traditional squat, the sumo squat ...

Source: Flickr/Royce Bair From the Koolau Mountains to the Sumo Ring Akebono Taro's journey to sumo greatness began in the rural areas of the Koolau mountains, far from the bright lights of Honolulu.

TOKYO, April 11 (Reuters) - Akebono, an American-born sumo wrestler who became the first non-Japanese grand champion or "yokozuna", died of heart failure this month in Tokyo, the sumo association ...

Akebono was raised in Hawaii and became the first foreign-born sumo star to reach the level of "yokozuna," or grand champion Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

In an unexpected showdown, Dallas Cowboys star linebacker Micah Parsons faced off against an unusual opponent: a Japanese sumo wrestler. The encounter took place during Parsons’ Asia tour ...

Jesse Kuhaulua made a triumphant return to Hawaii in August 1972 after becoming the first foreigner to win the Emperor’s Cup in the centuries-old sport of sumo.

JJ Jones never made it to the sumo wrestling tournament in 2007, but the flyer for the tournament stayed on his wall and ...

NEW YORK-- World Championship Sumo comes to New York City on Saturday as a sumo title is decided at Madison Square Garden. Sumo is a larger-than-life global sport spectacle already contested in ...

Fans and tourists flock to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine to catch the annual Honozumo ceremonial sumo festival — exhibition matches dedicated to the controversial war shrine. Check out the highlights ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - While the world is feeling the loss of Akebono Taro, a grand champion in the sumo world, his family is mourning the man behind the legend. In Waimanalo, Akebono grew up ...