Japan's Female Sumo Wrestlers

GIFU, JAPAN - OCTOBER 25: Mikoto Okuyama (C), a member of Asahi University's women's sumo team, takes part in a training session at the university sumo gym on October 25, 2018 in Gifu, Japan. Asahi University's women's sumo team was formed almost ten years ago and is now one of roughly half a dozen womens sumo clubs at universities around Japan. Although female involvement in the traditionally male dominated sport remains limited to amateur level, as Japan prepares to host the 2020 Olympics and with sumo authorities hoping that the sport will one day be incorporated into the Olympics, many are optimistic that the ban on women joining the professional sumo ranks will eventually be overturned. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)