The Inner Sunset eatery Nabe is known for serving chankonabe, the hot pot stew famously consumed by Japan’s sumo wrestlers, but the restaurant never played host to any of the culturally revered ...

Ever had a 10,000 calorie lunch? Yama is the heaviest sumo wrestler in the world and heaviest Japanese person ever. He ...

Mumbai, Dec 30 (PTI) Former Japanese sumo wrestler Yamamotoyama, who will be appearing in the reality television show Big Boss as a guest, says he was a little sceptical of the idea because of the ...

Sumo wrestling comes to Broadway this weekend as three world-class wrestlers hit the ring at PlayStation Theater in a centuries-old Japanese show of brute strength and litheness for Sumo + Sushi. And ...

Ryuichi Yamamoto doesn't just eat. He inhales, swallows and devours his food. A plate with two dozen sushi pieces is annihilated in minutes. Fried rice disappears almost instantly, with the bowl ...

SF Weekly has a long-running obsession with very large men wearing very little clothing, but we’ve never seen any beefcake in the 600-pound category. That changes this weekend, when the 5th Annual ...

There is so much to learn about sumo, an ancient endeavor performed by too-big men in too-small diapers. Not just a sport, it’s a lifestyle — with a year-round season and morning training sessions so ...

LONG BEACH – Sliding her feet pressed flat into the mat, sumo gold medalist Jenelle Hamilton held her palms open to the sky. She thrust her open hands upward as she squatted low, tackling an invisible ...