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
Even in Japan, professional baseball and sumo wrestling have reopened their doors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2021
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
