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Excited for some Saturday night sumo, are Japanese sisters with their British husbands speaking outside the Royal Albert Hall - 'We've always watched sumo with the grandparents back home in Japan.

'I think this is quite important and it's nice that we actually thinking back to the Japanese cultures and it's remnants that make us proud to be Japanese.

'I think it's a beautiful mix of two cultures having it here at the Royal Albert Hall.

'And this setup, all the commentator, I didn't know half of the stuff but they explained it really well, I thought that was great!'

The drummer is out. It's time for sumo!

Here we are for Day 4 of the Grand Sumo Tournament at The Royal Albert Hall in London.

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Image source, Will Bowles

Britain's reigning sumo champion has said the Japanese sport is "surging" across the UK as the Grand Sumo Tournament comes to London.

Will Bowles, who competes with Doncaster Sumo Club, said the competition, which is at the Royal Albert Hall this week, was a "once in a lifetime" opportunity to see the world's sumo wrestlers in the UK.

He said: "Clubs have popped up all over the UK, multiple clubs have opened this year. But Doncaster was the first British Sumo Union club and it's blowing up this year. The surge of sumo is crazy."

Mr Bowles, from Grimsby, oversees multiple sumo clubs in the north of England and is the reigning British open weight champion.

After seeing "legendary" sumo wrestler Chiyonofuji Mitsugu on YouTube, Mr Bowles decided to have a go at the sport and discovered the Doncaster club, which was set up by Adam Lloyd in 2012.

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