Of the traditional Japanese sports, sumo wrestling is the most popular.

With such a heritage, it is no wonder that sumo wrestling has remained the quintessential Japanese sport.

Sumo shows an important side of traditional Japanese sport, a religious occasion as well as a sporting event.

In addition, unlike their economic equivalents, Japanese sports training methods don't on average seem to work much better than the methods used in other countries.

It was also used as the theme to a Japanese sports show.

It was the first Japanese sport to become highly developed.

This was part of the general militarization of Japanese sports and athletics taking place at that time.

He is also remembered as a practitioner of the ancient Japanese sport Kemari.

The award is one of the most prestigious all-sport awards in Japanese sport.

The Japanese sport of sumo wrestling has 70 official winning moves.