In the bustling streets of Melbourne's City, a remarkable figure has recently caught the public's attention—a heavyweight sumo wrestler known as Gocchanko (real name Kodai Ota). As a former ...

A street-fighting star who’s been a hit in Melbourne’s CBD found himself grappling with the city’s hefty bureaucracy.

F or a show in which the majority of actors spend most of their time wearing only mawashi, Sumo is extremely well dressed. Directed by Ralph B. Peña, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s explor ...

From nude nails to shimmer accents and 3D designs, celebrities and their manicurists pulled out all the right stops for the 2025 Oscars.

The Royal Albert Hall hosted sumo wrestling in 1991, but hasn't done so since. Image: Chris Christodoulou The last (and only) time that a sumo wrestling Grand Tournament took place outside of ...

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 ...

A small group sits in a windowless Public Theater rehearsal room, but the combination of dramatic taiko drumming, the sight of many of the actors clad only in the traditional mawashi (cloth-belt) ...

I skeptically accepted a slice, wondering what the big deal was. So, what’s earned Sumo Citrus this devoted following? Sumo is taking the sweetness on the road for you to experience it yourself ...

The ceremonies are complete, the celebrations are done, and now it’s time for sumo’s newest yokozuna to get down to the daily task of leading Japan’s national sport. Hoshoryu’s promotion ...

But look more closely, and you will see that Sasmita’s art embraces a violent display of femininity that is unmistakably, and fiercely, modern. On large-scale traditional tapestries and Kamasan ...

The Brazilian submission specialist famously used the gentle art of jiu-jitsu to subdue much ... the bold decision to face a 6ft 8in, 490lb sumo wrestler. ‘David vs Goliath’ matchups had ...

For the first time in over a century, two halves of an Édouard Manet painting—once a single canvas before the artist decided to split it—will be temporarily reunited in an exhibition at ...