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.

There was beautiful singing, a display of flags, and rice throwing to purify the elevated ring, which was made of clay and covered in rough sand. Two massive rikishi, or sumo wrestlers ...

the heaviest sumo wrestler ever, nicknamed the 'Dump Truck'. Clay for the ring was sourced from a quarry near Heathrow, while backstage toilets had to be stress tested to ensure they would hold ...

The boy nicknamed “Kacchan,” who many people said had a big forehead just like his grandfather, entered the sumo ring for the first time in August the next year during a regional tour in ...