List of active sumo wrestlers

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The following is a list of active sumo wrestlers who are competing or have formerly competed in the top (makuuchi) division:

Contents 1 Current (May 2008) makuuchi wrestlers 1.1 Yokozuna 1.2 Ōzeki 1.3 Sekiwake 1.4 Komusubi 1.5 Maegashira 2 Former makuuchi wrestlers now in jūryō 3 Former makuuchi wrestlers now in lower divisions 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Current (May 2008) makuuchi wrestlers

[edit] Yokozuna

• Asashōryū Akinori
• Hakuhō Shō

[edit] Ōzeki

• Chiyotaikai Ryūji
• Kaiō Hiroyuki
• Kotoōshū Katsunori
• Kotomitsuki Keiji

[edit] Sekiwake

• Ama Kōhei
• Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro

[edit] Komusubi

• Kisenosato Yutaka
• Asasekiryū Tarō

[edit] Maegashira

Aminishiki Ryūji Baruto Kaito Dejima Takeharu Futen'ō Izumi Goeido Gotaro Hakuba Takeshi Hakurozan Yūta Hōmashō Noriyuki Hokutōriki Hideki Iwakiyama Ryūta Kakizoe Tōru

Kakuryū Rikisaburō Kasugaō Katsumasa Kokkai Futoshi Kotokasuga Keigo Kyokutenhō Masaru Miyabiyama Tetsushi Rohō Yukio Takamisakari Seiken Takekaze Akira Tamakasuga Ryōji Tamanoshima Arata

Tochinonada Taiichi Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi Tochiozan Yuichiro Tokitenkū Yoshiaki Tosanoumi Toshio Toyonoshima Daiki Toyohibiki Ryūta Wakanoho Toshinori Wakanosato Shinobu Yoshikaze Masatsugu

[edit] Former makuuchi wrestlers now in jūryō

Asōfuji Seiya Ichihara Takayuki Kaihō Ryōji Kasuganishiki Takahiro Katayama Shinji Kitazakura Hidetoshi Ōtsukasa Nobuhide

Ryuo Noboru Sakaizawa Kenichi Shimotori Norio Toyozakura Yoshihito Ushiomaru Motoyasu Wakakirin Shinichi

[edit] Former makuuchi wrestlers now in lower divisions

Daimanazuru Kenji Hochiyama Kokan Jumonji Masayasu Ryūhō Masayoshi Satoyama Kosaku

Takahama Tatsuro Tamaasuka Daisuke Tamarikido Hideki Towanoyama Yoshimitsu

[edit] See also

• List of past sumo wrestlers
• List of sumo beya (sumo training stables)

[edit] External links

• Current sumo ranking list from Japan Sumo Association