Sumo
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Sumo is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a rikishi attempts to force his opponent out of a dohyō or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet.
A sumo match (tori-kumi) between yokozuna Asashōryū (left) and komusubi Kotoshōgiku in January 2008
Haniwa sumo wrestler
Sumo match in Tokyo c. 1890s
Sumo wrestling scene c. 1851
Rikishi
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A rikishi, sumōtori or, more colloquially, osumōsan, is a sumo wrestler. Although used to define all wrestlers participating in sumo wrestling matches, the term is more commonly used to refer to profe
Sumo
…Sumo (Japanese: 相撲, Hepburn: sumō; pronounced , lit. 'striking one another') is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a rikishi (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a dohyō (circular ring) or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his…
Sumo wrestlers training in their stable in 2009
Ōzeki Asashio Tarō I with his keshō-mawashi bearing the "sparrows and bamboo" (take ni suzume) crest of the Date clan, as he wrestled under the Uwajima Domain.
Low-ranking wrestlers carrying a sekitori's belongings (Ryōgoku Kokugikan entrance in 2009)