A rikishi (力士), sumōtori (相撲取り) or, more colloquially, osumōsan (お相撲さん), is a sumo wrestler. Although used to define all wrestlers participating in sumo...

Hachiman Shrine is also known as the birthplace of Kanjin-zumō [jp] (勧進相撲), founded in 1684 and origin of the current professional sumo. Two basho (Spring and...