Ryogoku Kokugikan

SUMO/ Unbeaten Hakuho, Kisenosato make it look easy ...
Yokozuna Harumafuji throws ozeki Kotoshogiku down to the dirt on the 11th day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 22. (Nobuhiro Shirai)
May 22, 2013
Yokozuna Hakuho and ozeki Kisenosato breezed through their 11th victims in as many days at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on May 22, with ozeki Kakuryu close on their heels...
SUMO/ Only Hakuho, Kisenosato stay perfect after...
Ozeki Kakuryu, right, falls to his first defeat, pushed out of the ring by ozeki Kotoshogiku on Day 9 of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on May 20 at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. (Kazuhiro Nagashima)
May 20, 2013
Ozeki Kakuryu fell to his first defeat at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on May 20, leaving only yokozuna Hakuho and Kisenosato with perfect records after nine days of...
SUMO/ Yokozuna, ozeki all win except Kotooshu on...
Undefeated yokozuna Hakuho pushes No. 3 maegashira Takarafuji out of the ring on Day 7 of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on May 18 in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. (Hikaru Uchida)
May 18, 2013
Yokozuna Hakuho and the ozeki pair of Kisenosato and Kakuryu completed the first seven days of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on May 18 without a blemish.
SUMO/ Harumafuji barely avoids second loss on Day 3
Yokozuna Hakuho, left, pushes top maegashira Myogiryu out of the ring for an easy win to stay perfect on Day 3 of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on May 14 at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. (Nobuhiro Shirai)
May 14, 2013
Yokozuna Hakuho and all the top wrestlers won their third-day bouts on May 14 at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan, though upset-prone...
SUMO/ Harumafuji first of the big names to fall on...
Yokozuna Harumafuji, right, is pushed out of the ring by top maegashira Myogiryu on Day 2 of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on May 13 at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. (Nobuhiro Shirai)
May 13, 2013
Unpredictable yokozuna Harumafuji stumbled out of the ring for his first defeat just two days into the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena on May 13,...
SUMO/ Hakuho, top wrestlers off to winning starts...
Yokozuna Hakuho, left, gets a brief scare from komusubi Tochiozan, but rallied back easily to win on Day 1 of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on May 12 at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. (Noriyasu Nukui)
May 12, 2013
Defending champion Hakuho and all of the top wrestlers made it through the first day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament with flying colors on May 12 at Tokyo's Ryogoku...
SUMO/ Takamisakari, popular ‘RoboCop’ wrestler, ...
Takamisakari throws salt at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 27. (Sayaka Yamaguchi)
January 28, 2013
Sumo wrestler Takamisakari, nicknamed “RoboCop” for his jerky pre-bout ritual that helped him overcome fear while drawing applause from the crowds for more than 10 years,...
SUMO/ Hakuho, Harumafuji remain impressive on Day 4
Yokozuna Hakuho, left, forces out maegashira Aran to remain undefeated on Day 4 on Sept. 12 in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. (Kazuhiro Nagashima)
September 12, 2012
Defending champion Harumafuji sailed to yet another win and yokozuna Hakuho demolished his fourth opponent to hold on to his share of the lead at the Autumn Grand Sumo...
Lone portrait of Japanese sumo winner comes down
Ozeki Tochiazuma's portrait is removed at Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 7 to make way for yokozuna Hakuho. (Hikaru Uchida)
January 07, 2012
One of the most venerable sumo traditions, in a sport loaded with them, are the 32 framed portraits of basho winners that ring the ceiling in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.
SUMO/ Harumafuji resumes push toward yokozuna...
Yokozuna Hakuho, left, throws No. 1 maegashira Okinoumi to the dirt on day 3 of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 13. (Hikaru Uchida)
September 13, 2011
Ozeki Harumafuji got back on the winning track on Sept. 13 with a one-sided win over Wakanosato on the third day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.
SUMO/ Harumafuji stumbles on day 2 of fall basho
Komusubi Toyonoshima, front, throws Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu to the dirt on day 2 of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 12. (Yoshihiro Yasutomi)
September 12, 2011
Ozeki Harumafuji suffered a setback in his bid for promotion to grand champion on Sept. 12 when he lost to Okinoumi on the second day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.
SUMO/ Mongolia's Kakuryu edges closer to becoming...
Sekiwake Kakuryu, right, works out with Kotoshogiku before the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. (Hikaru Uchida)
September 12, 2011
A full 10 years have passed since Mongolian Kakuryu made his professional debut as a sumo wrestler. The one-time basketball player has since grown into a rikishi with a strong...
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