The sport sumo is many hundred years old. It's a kind of wrestling and it's also Japan's favourite sport.
Sumo matches is played inside a raised ring which is called a "Doyho".
The first wrestler (also called a rikishi, which means "strong man") who goes out of the ring (can also be pushed) or touches the floor with other body parts than his/her feet will loose that round.
A sumo master is called a yokuzuna. If you first achieve this title as a master, it can never be taken from you, but it's expected that you will give up when you start to get rusty.
Here is four random facts about sumo:
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