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Victoria Reveals The Real Reason She Wore A Sumo Costume In WWE Divas Battle Royal

Victoria remembers the time she wore a sumo costume during a WWE Divas Battle Royal. The real-life Lisa Marie Varon gained ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Women sumo wrestlers fight to get in the ring

SAN DIEGO -- ABC Owned Television Stations and ABC's Localish present 50 inspiring stories from around the country for Fifty/50, as part of The Walt Disney Company's monumental initiative highlighting ...
SFGate

Japanese women struggle to find a place in the Japanese sumo world

TOKYO (AP) — Sumo is more than a sport in Japan. It’s a sacred tradition, a 1,500-year-old spectacle steeped in Shinto ritual and ceremony. But at its heart lies a long-standing taboo: women are still ...
The Beaumont Enterprise

AP photos show women in Japan working to break down barriers in ancient, tradition-bound sumo

TOKYO (AP) — For centuries, sumo's deep links with the Shinto religion barred women from entering the ring, let alone allowing them to participate. While women remain excluded from professional sumo, ...

Japan’s sumo association turns 100 – but the sport’s rituals have a much older role shaping ideas about the country

A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for thinking they had intruded upon a religious ...