Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki is only 21 but has moved just one step from the top rank of Japan’s national sport TOKYO -- Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki is only 21 but has moved just one step ...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki has won promotion to the second-highest rank of Ozeki. The Japan Sumo Association made the decision at an extraordinary meeting of its board of directors on Wednesday ...

A Ukrainian who fled his homeland following Russia's full-scale invasion has become the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship in Japan. Danilo Yavhushyshyn, who now competes ...

A 21-year-old Ukrainian sumo wrestler who fled the Russian invasion has won an elite-level sumo competition in Japan, where he’s been lauded for his rapid rise in the hyper-competitive sport.

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- Ukrainian sensation Aonishiki clinched his maiden elite-level championship and virtually guaranteed his promotion to ozeki Sunday with a tie-breaking playoff victory over yokozuna ...

A Ukrainian sumo wrestler who left his homeland after Russia's full-scale invasion has made history in Japan. Danylo Yavhusishyn, also known by his ring name of Aonishiki Arata, has become the first ...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki has become the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship TOKYO -- Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki has become the first from his country to win ...

Ukraine-born wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn, also known as Aonishiki Arata, is the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship in Japan. Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn, ...

A Ukrainian refugee has become the first person from his country to win an elite-level sumo tournament. Danylo Yavhusishyn - known by his sumo ring name Aonishiki - arrived in Japan as an 18-year-old ...

This supplied photo shows sumo grand champion Onosato. (Photo courtesy of Japan Sumo Association)(Kyodo) FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- Front runner Onosato withdrew from the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament's final ...

Aonishiki, right, beats yokozuna Hoshoryu in the championship playoff on the final day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 23, 2025. (Mainichi/Minoru Kanazawa) ...