sumo wrestling

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He started sumo wrestling, too, and as a preteen was mesmerized by a YouTube clip he saw of a famous match between sumo legends Takanohana and Asashoryu.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

Sotogake is an outside leg trip in sumo wrestling.

From Washington Times • May 4, 2023

Newspapers in Japan used the term “Daikimboshi” from sumo wrestling to describe the magnitude of the surprise: when a low-ranked wrestler overpowers a grand champion.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2022

This sumo wrestling is not the cliched images of 600-pound men in nothing but top knots and loin cloths.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2022

If cheating to lose is sport’s premier sin, and if sumo wrestling is the premier sport of a great nation, cheating to lose couldn’t possibly exist in sumo.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt