(CNN)-- Asashoryu stands at the pinnacle of sumo wrestling like a colossus ... attaining the highest position of Grand Champion, or yokozuna, in January 2003, becoming only the 68th yokozuna ...

Japanese sumo wrestler Onosato is aiming for the sport's top spot of yokozuna -- or grand champion -- after clinching the ...

A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the sport's highest rank in a ceremony on Friday. Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna, or grand champion ...

Ozeki Onosato overcame a couple of upset losses down the home stretch of the spring tournament this month to claim his third ...

Less than two weeks after the sole yokozuna retired from the sport, the Japan Sumo Association on Jan ... Hoshoryu came to Japan to study wrestling at Nippon Sport Science University Kahiwa ...

That was the last word many of WWE’s top Superstars heard when they faced the imposing Yokozuna. Standing 6’4” and weighing nearly 600 pounds, the Japanese sumo wrestler squashed legends ...

The biggest question entering the New Year's Tournament was whether sumo ... against Yokozuna Terunofuji. His simple answer was “I'll be ready this time.” The other wrestler I had my eye ...

Rank-and-file wrestler Takayasu seized the outright lead in a top-of-the-table battle with ozeki Onosato on Tuesday at the Spring Gra ...

He was 54. On Thursday, April 11, the family of the wrestler, who was the first foreign-born sumo star to reach the level of "yokozuna" (grand champion in Japanese) in the sport, announced in a ...

Ozeki Onosato and No. 4 maegashira Takayasu moved into a two-way tie for the lead at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament after ...

Ozeki Onosato regained a share of the lead Saturday at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament by defeating sekiwake Daieisho after ...