Ryogoku Kokugikan (両å?½å?½æ??é¤? ?) is an indoor sporting arena located in Tokyo, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 13,000 people and was opened in 1985. It is mainly used for sumo wrestling and hosts tournements in January, May and September, but the venue also be used for other indoor sports. . Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryogoku_Kokugikan" Categories: Sports venues in Japan | Indoor arenas in Japan | Japanese sports venue stubs ...

(Redirected from Sumo wrestling) A Sumo match (Ozeki Kaio vs. Tamanoshima in May 2005). Sumo (?¸æ?? ?) is a competition contact sport where two wrestlers or face off in a circular area. The sport is of Japanese origin and is surrounded by ceremony and ritual. The Japanese consider Sumo a gendai bud?: a modern Japanese martial art, even though the sport has a history spanning many centuries. The Sumo tradition is very ancient, and even today the sport includes man...