The Japan Sumo Association launched a new era in the sport on May 28, making Onosato's promotion official to the highest rank ...

New komusubi Onosato clinched his first championship on May 26, setting a record for achieving the feat so quickly after making his professional debut. Onosato, 23, swiftly pushed sekiwake Abi out of ...

Last December on NHK World’s “Grand Sumo Preview,” I predicted that Onosato — then just four tournaments into his sumo career, and still in the second-tier juryō division — would reach the rank of ...

Sumo crowned a new grand champion in record time on Wednesday as Onosato became the fastest to attain the exalted rank of yokozuna in the Japanese sport’s modern era. The 24-year-old’s elevation by ...

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Onosato has been promoted to sumo’s highest rank of yokozuna, the Japan Sumo Association announced on Wednesday, completing a meteoric rise to the summit of Japan’s national sport in the record span ...

Tokyo — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 421 pounds and he is the first Japanese competitor to reach the ...

TOKYO - Becoming yokozuna and winning half of the six grand sumo tournaments in 2025 for the most successful year of his young career, Onosato is raring to work further to achieve the "one-of-a-kind" ...

Onosato has been promoted to sumo's highest rank of yokozuna, the Japan Sumo Association said on Wednesday, attaining the honour in a record 13 professional tournaments. The 24-year-old wrestler, who ...

In Japanese professional sumo, Yokozuna Grand Champion Onosato and Ozeki Champion Aonishiki will be absent from the May Grand Sumo Tournament scheduled to kick off on Sunday. The Japan Sumo ...

Sumo crowned a new grand champion in record time on Wednesday as Onosato became the fastest to attain the exalted rank of yokozuna in the Japanese sport’s modern era. And the big news is: he is ...

The 24-year-old's elevation by the Japan Sumo Association came after he appeared in just 13 professional tournaments, eight fewer than the current record holder. The wrestler, who weighs 191kg (421lb, ...