From hair weaves to dagger-toting referees, AFP looks at five sumo facts: - Hair today, gone tomorrow - Sumo wrestlers wear their hair in a topknot known as a "mage", reminiscent of the samurai style ...
Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn celebrated his promotion to the ancient Japanese sport's second-highest rank on Wednesday by holding aloft a large sea bream. Sumo wrestlers wear their hair ...
The hair is teased and held in place with a sweet-smelling wax and tended to daily by specialist sumo hairdressers called "tokoyama". The styling of the topknot during competitions depends on the ...
Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn celebrated his promotion to the ancient Japanese sport's second-highest rank on Wednesday by holding aloft a large sea bream.