They tend to think that sumo is just for boys and men,” Kajiwara told CNN Sport. “I think if we get more girls and women in sumo then we’ll be able to level the playing field and make a ...

Women's sumo gained visibility with a 2018 Netflix film "Little Miss Sumo," documenting the struggles of females to gain respect in an ancient sport. Yet despite their rising profiles and ...

Steeped in tradition, sumo has long been the ultimate old-boys club — a sport dominated by larger-than-life men, a realm where women are not welcome. In fact, in the professional ranks ...

Not much of a warmup for Yarbrough... Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images Female sumo wrestler Miki Satoyama stares down her opponent at the 2010 Japan women's sumo championships in a similar manner ...

Several women rushed to treat him, but the referee repeatedly asked them to leave the ring, which they did. In the sumo tradition, women are never allowed in the dohyo. Japan’s first female ...

In sumo’s tradition, the ring is considered sacred and women are prohibited from entering. That posed a problem Wednesday when Ryozo Tatami, the 67-year-old mayor of Maizuru in northern Kyoto ...

Though there is an important distinction to be made between amateur and professional competitions, female wrestlers have been largely excluded from sumo throughout its history, with women only ...

Natalie Burns, 29, a three-time national women's sumo champion, has 50 pounds and six inches on Ikejiri, making her a formidable opponent in the ring. Even so, the Rigby, Idaho, waitress does not ...

Natalie Burns, 29, a three-time national women's sumo champion, has 50 pounds and six inches on Ikejiri, making her a formidable opponent in the ring. Even so, the Rigby, Idaho, waitress does not ...