The Mongolian born and Hokkaido raised Davaaninj told Hakuho he wanted to be a rikishi (sumo wrestler) when he grew up. Hakuho would later recruit Davanninj for the Miyagino stable, where ...

Two massive rikishi, or sumo wrestlers ... My youngest wrote about getting in the ring with a 400-pound sumo wrestler in Japan: "I was only 8, I obviously lost." Read next ...

The Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka in 2024 ... teens to their 60s were getting ready to participate as rikishi, the Japanese word for a wrestler. Among them were three men from the other side ...

"I was looking for him to Rock Bottom somebody or drop an elbow in the beginning or something," Rikishi said. "I just thought a heel was going to come out and kind of interrupt The Rock. Wrestling ...

Sumo has gained yet another set of rikishi siblings, as Chugo Saito last week joined older brother Seigo (jūryō division wrestler Wakaikari) at Isenoumi stable, in preparation for his debut at ...

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Top-tier sumo wrestling will make a rare appearance in ... Some 40 members of Japan’s elite makuuchi rikishi wrestlers from the country’s top level division will compete at London’s Royal ...

Rikishi recently discussed the wrestling prospects of another real-life Bloodline member who's yet to make inroads into the business. The WWE legend spoke about his son, Samson Fatu, being ...

Ozeki Hoshoryu handed overnight leader Kinbozan his second defeat of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday, but the ...