Japan finally has a sumo champion after years of Mongolian dominance

Japan Moves Into Sumo’s Top Tier After Two-Decade Absence

After 19 years of humiliation by Mongolians, Japan has a grand champion of sumo once more

Japan's national sport has been in decline in recent years, partly because of the increasing dominance of foreigners

Big surprise in sumo. The sport has a new champion — and he’s Japanese.

Onosato, the new sumo grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first Japanese competitor to reach the top rank of yokozuna since 2017.

The 24-year-old Onosato has become the highest rank for a sumo fighter, after 8 years of dominion of Mongolian athletes

Sumo wrestling gets its first Japanese grand champion in 7 years as 24-year-old Onosato reaches top rank

Onosato, 24, is the first Japanese sumo wrestler to achieve the rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, in years, and he's vowed not to "disgrace the title."

Sumo has a new champion — and for the first time in years, he's Japanese

Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese.