Sumo is Japan’s national sport, steeped in hundreds of years of history and tradition. But Japanese wrestlers no longer dominate sumo. So there was a sigh of relief in local sumo circles when ...

His success harkens back to Japan’s historic control of sumo wrestling: Aside from in 2017, when Onosato’s mentor was promoted to yokozuna, every other holder of the title in the 21st century ...

Yesterday (Oct. 28), New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that El Phantasmo was “taking indefinite leave due to a health concern.” The 38-year-old Canadian was booked on two upcoming cards for ...

Article Summary United Japan Pro-Wrestling unifies 10 major promotions in groundbreaking formation. Leading promoter Sanshiro Takagi spearheads this new wrestling collective.

She is also the first wrestler in history to achieve a “grand slam” in the sport – becoming world champion at U15s, U17s, U20s, U23s, senior and Olympic level.

Tomohiko Hashimoto is known for his work in Japanese wrestling promotions, Dramatic Dream Team (DDT), Apache Pro-Wrestling Army, and Pro-Wrestling A-Team (which he served as its founder). A social ...

Japanese pro wrestler Yutaka Yoshie died at 50 years old right after performing a match on Sunday. Yoshie had just competed in the Takasaki tournament in the All Japan Pro Wrestling promotion when ...