NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from 3, Day 15 of the Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka.

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki has won promotion to the second-highest rank of Ozeki. The Japan Sumo Association made the decision at an extraordinary meeting of its board of directors on Wednesday ...

Aonishiki has spoken to reporters the day after he became the first sumo wrestler from Ukraine to win a grand tournament. Aonishiki clinched the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament with a win over Yokozuna ...

Aonishiki became the first sumo wrestler from Ukraine to win a grand tournament after he defeated Yokozuna Grand Champion Hoshoryu in a playoff on Sunday. Aonishiki beat Ozeki Kotozakura on the final ...

Ukrainian Danylo Yavhusishyn has made history - by becoming the first person from his nation to win a Grand Sumo tournament. Fighting under the ring name of Aonishiki, he also clinched promotion to ...

A 21-year-old Ukrainian sumo wrestler who fled the Russian invasion has won an elite-level sumo competition in Japan, where he’s been lauded for his rapid rise in the hyper-competitive sport.

A Ukrainian sumo wrestler who left his homeland after Russia's full-scale invasion has made history in Japan. Danylo Yavhusishyn, also known by his ring name of Aonishiki Arata, has become the first ...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn became the first-ever sumo champion in Japan on Sunday, November 23, 2025. A 21-year-old refugee who fled the Ukraine war three years ago won the Kyushu ...

Japan elected its first female prime minister last month. But, despite becoming the country’s most powerful person, there is one place Sanae Takaichi is not expected to tread — inside a sumo ring.

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki has become the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship TOKYO -- Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki has become the first from his country to win ...