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Roy Sims, An American Sumotori's Journey
Discover Roy Sims, the American sumo wrestler balancing family, work, and intense sumo training.
The Guardian
Fewer wrestlers, more fans: Sumo at a crossroads
The ancient Japanese sport of sumo is in well-documented crisis. Years of controversy and scandal have hurt the sport's ability to attract new talent. But new energy is brewing in Tokyo's Ryōgoku district, where the sport is slowly...
The Guardian
Can women save sumo? The crossroads facing Japan's national sport
The ancient Japanese sport of sumo is in well-documented crisis. Years of controversy and scandal have hurt the sport's ability to attract new talent. But new energy is brewing in Tokyo's Ryōgoku district, where the sport is slowly...
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Mount Fuji, Japanese Traditional Drum, Festival, Sumo
Wide, Mt Fuji with swan on lake in foreground
Zoom out, swan to Mt Fuji
Mid, Mt Fuji
Taiko, Japanese traditional drum, festival
Various, drummers playing
Japanese traditional fan dance
Sumo rite
Various, sumo wrestlers entering
Wide,...
Curated Video
JAPAN: SUMO WRESTLERS PERFORM ANCIENT LUCK RITUAL
Japanese/Nat
Japan's grand Sumo champions braved the winter chill in central Tokyo on Thursday to perform an ancient ritual which they hope will bring them good fighting luck.
Hundreds of people wrapped up warm in the nearly sub-zero...
Curated Video
LIB 03/10/1971 RITUAL HAIRCUTTING OF RETIRING SUMO WRESTLER
Ritual haircutting of retiring Sumo wrestler Taiho
1 group of Sumo wrestlers assembled as people watch and take photographs
2 interior hall as sumo wrestler in ring and boy tries to push him out
3 more boys try to push wrestler out of...
Curated Video
RR0248/C Japan: Women Sumo
Tokyo, Japan (Recent): Nihon University women sumo wrestlers, Tokyo street with sumo statues, Ryoun Noodle Bar, SOT in Japanese, Yuko Kawakami, worker, Ryoun Noodle Bar; SOT in Japanese, Hideji Nakamura, worker, Ryoun Noodle Bar;...
Curated Video
Stars attend premiere of action flick in Tokyo
AP Entertainment
Tokyo, Japan, 8 June 2009
1. Japanese comedians Higedansyaku on red carpet
2. Sumo wrestler Harumafuji on carpet
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ramon Rodriguez, actor
"I think there's no better place to do it than Japan. If it...
Curated Video
Mongolian Sumo star returns to Japan after treatment for stress disorder
Narita International Airport, Tokyo
1. Plane on tarmac at Narita International Airport
2. Mongolian sumo wrestler Asashoryu walking through airport terminal
Ryogoku, Tokyo
3. Asashoryu and his 'stablemaster' Takasago walking into news...
Curated Video
Japanese Sumo wrestling in Santa Monica, California
May 27, 2006 - Los Angeles, California
1. Close up of sumo referee shouting command to begin practice match; sumo wrestlers in action.
2. Close of wrestler performing ritual gestures before practice match
3. Close of wrestlers during...
Curated Video
Top wrestlers hold exercise class for disasters evacuees
1. Sumo wrestler, grand champion Hakuho getting off the bus
2. Mid of sumo wresters
3. Sumo wrestlers getting off the bus
4. Sumo wrestlers walking into the arena
5. Back shot of a girl with sumo wresters in the area
6. Various of...
Curated Video
A thousand zombies attack Tokyo Tower for Halloween event
A zombie swarm in Tokyo? Why not, it's Halloween.
Led by a former sumo grand champion, about 1,000 beauty school students and Halloween fun-seekers descended on Tokyo Tower on Thursday (31 OCT. 2013) in a "zombie attack."
The event,...
Curated Video
Purl jam: Finland hosts heavy metal knitting championship
PURL JAM: FINLAND HOSTS HEAVY METAL KNITTING CHAMPIONSHIP
Curated Video
No stitch up - Finland hosts heavy metal knitting champs
Armed with needles and a yarn of wool, teams of avid knitters danced Thursday to the deafening sounds of drums beating and guitars slashing at the first-ever Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship in eastern Finland.
Curated Video
The ancient sport of Japanese bullfighting
1. Motobu (Okinawa) shot from mountains above the town
2. People moving into the entrance of the Motobu Bullfighting Arena.
3. People walking down the slope towards the arena.
4. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Miyagi Masahiro: Secretary of the...
Curated Video
JAPAN: SUMO WRESTLERS PREPARE FOR TOURNAMENT
English/Nat
Pounding things is nothing new for sumo wrestlers, who train for their ancient sport by slamming their heads and bodies together in a dirt ring.
But today they were hitting something else -- steamed rice -- to make mochi...
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Sumo Champion holds NY ceremony in sacred courtyard of Maiji Shrine
1. Pull out from Hakuho, the Yokozuna or sumo Grand Champion, walking in procession with lower ranked wrestlers Aminishiki and Kyokutenho into the sacred courtyard of Meiji Shrine
2. Mid of sumo wrestlers taking position to start the...
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RUSSIA: "BECOME A RAINBOW" BODY ART FESTIVAL
Russian/Nat
Beach-goers in Russia returned to what they called their traditional pagan roots on Saturday when crowds of half-naked Muscovites took part in the annual "Become a Rainbow" body art festival.
As temperatures soared following...
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Editor defends decision to publish controversial Fukushima cartoon
Japan lodged a protest against a French newspaper cartoon depicting sumo wrestlers with extra limbs fighting in front of the country's crippled nuclear power plant and linking it to Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Olympics.
Chief...
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Sumo champions in ring-entering ceremony to celebrate new year
1. Mid of sumo wrestlers entering sacred courtyard of Meiji Shrine
2. Wide of sumo wrestlers entering courtyard
3. Close of wrestlers Kaisei, grand champion Hakuho, and Kyokutenho taking position, zoom into Hakuho bowing
4. Cutaway of...
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Zombies invade Tokyo for Halloween led by sumo wrestler
Around a thousand people walked through central Tokyo on Thursday dressed as zombies, to mark Halloween which is celebrated on 31 October.
Led by former sumo grand champion Chad Rowan, make-up school students and Halloween fun-seekers...
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The Sumo ceremony which makes babies cry
Most parents normally do everything they can to stop babies crying.
But the aim of a traditional sumo ceremony in Japan is exactly the opposite - with infants coaxed to shed tears in the hope that it will lead to a long and healthy...