We investigate how rikishi perceive the sumo ring, a circle 4.55 meters across. Along the way we highlight the work that goes into constructing it and how rikishi grip the clay with their toes.

In Grand – Sumo, women are not even allowed to step inside the dohyo, or holy ring. Twenty-year-old Rio Hasegawa lives and practices Sumo in Tokyo. One day she wants to become World Champion.

which was made of clay and covered in rough sand. Two massive rikishi, or sumo wrestlers, entered the circular ring, the dohyo, wearing only a mawashi, or loin cloth. We observed as the two ...

Fading public interest and a declining number of wrestlers is weighing heavily on the traditional sport of sumo. However, siblings and relatives of active and past competitors entering the dohyo ...