There are three things you need to know about the lifestyle of a sumo wrestler (rikishi). The first is that the young, male-only athlete must eat between 7,000 and 9,000 calories a day. The second is ...
For the next 24 hours, I’ll be training with two of the world’s heaviest sumo wrestlers- Yama and Rami - alongside Igor Voitenko. With just five hours of training, we’ll step into the ring for a full ...
The big men of Japanese sumo met their match Sunday in the form of an even bigger star: Donald Trump. Trump was the first US president to attend a tournament in sumo's hallowed Ryogoku Kokugikan arena ...
In Brooklyn, a reporter witnessed the sport of sumo wrestling in action. By Aimee Ortiz Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism ...