NEW YORK, Sept 15: Japan’s Kyoko Hamaguchi earned the fifth world championship gold of her wrestling career here Sunday, solidifying her status as a wrestling superstar. Hamaguchi defeated American ...

Wrestler Kyoko Hamaguchi lost her Asian Games title but won the publicity battle by staging a bizarre stunt which wouldn't have looked out of place on television's WWF Wrestlemania. After Japan had ...

Heigo Hamaguchi, the father of Olympic bronze medalist Kyoko Hamaguchi, has been named head coach of the Japanese women's national team for this year's Asian championships, the Japan Wrestling ...

Reigning world champion Kyoko Hamaguchi lost a 6-5 decision against Christine Bordhagen in the 72-kg division as Japan claimed a 21-3 victory over Canada at the women's World Cup wrestling team ...

China's Olympic champion Wang Xu (R) grapples with Russia's Gouzel Maniourova (top) on her way to win gold in their freestyle wrestling (under 72kg) finals match at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games ...

Kyoko Hamaguchi wanted to become a pro-wrestler like her father, who was dubbed "Animal" for his emotional outbursts, while Mio Nishimaki needed an escape route from childhood obesity. Saori Yoshida, ...

World champions Saori Yoshida and Kyoko Hamaguchi eased to victories at the national wrestling championships Monday, while Olympic silver medalist Katsuhiko Nagata won his sixth straight title.

Wang Xu, a teenaged high school student from China, completed amission-impossible when she defeated five-time world champion Kyoko Hamaguchi of Japan en route to winning a women's freestyle wrestling ...