In the highly structured world of sumo, wrestlers are expected to maintain decorum at all times, both in and outside the ...

TOKYO >> The steady clack-clack of sandals on the pavement by a procession of ascending sumotori making their way toward the entrance of the Ryogoku Kokugikan for the day’s matches comes to a sudden ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sumo wrestler Konishiki Yasokichi rates eight sumo fights in movies and TV shows, such as "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Isle of Dogs, ...

There is life after sumo. Konishiki, the sport’s first American-born star, rose through the ranks of Japan’s sumotori quickly, respecting the sport’s tradition, but smashing through its rigid ...

Musician and former sumotori Konishiki shared a laugh with wife Chie Iijima last week at their Maili home. Since retiring from sumo in 1997, Konishiki, pictured at his home in Maili, has gone on to ...

MAILI (HawaiiNewsNow) – The Konishiki Kids Foundation is making plans to bring children from tsunami ravaged Northern Japan to Hawaii. "You kind of show what the aloha spirit is, how we live our lives ...

MAILI (HawaiiNewsNow) – Konishiki faced many tough opponents during his 15 year career as a sumo wrestler in Japan. But none packed the power of his most recent opponent; the earthquake and tsunami ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaii-born sumo champion, Konishiki, is selling his beachfront home in Maili. The 804 square-foot home, which is situated on two parcels, has four bedrooms, four bathrooms and a ...

WAIANAE, Hawaii (KITV4) - Konishiki, the Hawaii-born champion sumo wrestler, has sold his Leeward Oahu oceanfront estate to an executive of Meta, formerly known as Facebook, for about $3.9 million, ...

Taro Akebono, the first foreign-born yokozuna and later a mixed martial artist and pro wrestler, died of heart failure in early April at a hospital near Tokyo, according to a source close to him.