List of active sumo wrestlers
The following is an alphabetical list of prominent active professional sumo wrestlers.
- Please refer to Professional sumo divisions for more information about the separate divisions.
- Please refer to makuuchi for more information about top division ranks.
List
Wrestlers can be listed in the order of their rank as of the current May 2015 banzuke by clicking the Current rank sorting button.
Ranks in bold indicate a wrestler is debuting at a career high rank.
Ring name | Current rank | Debut | Stable | Birthplace | Career and other notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aminishiki Ryūji | Maegashira 2 West | 1997-1 | Isegahama | Aomori | six time sekiwake, brother of Asōfuji, winner of five Technique prizes |
Amuuru Mitsuhiro | Maegashira 16 West | 2002-5 | Onomatsu | Russia, Lesozavodsk | best rank maegashira 14, only ethnic Russian remaining in sumo, injury plagued career, has string of winning tournaments since return from serious injury |
Aoiyama Kōsuke | Maegashira 6 West | 2009-5 | Tagonoura | Bulgaria, Elhovo | two time sekiwake, second Bulgarian after Kotoōshū to enter makuuchi, and to reach sekiwake |
Arawashi Tsuyoshi | Maegashira 12 East | 2003-1 | Minezaki | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | best rank maegashira 8, took over 11 years to reach makuuchi |
Asasekiryū Tarō | Jūryō 3 East | 2000-1 | Takasago | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | two time sekiwake, father held equivalent of komusubi in Mongolian wrestling |
Chiyomaru Kazuki | Maegashira 13 West | 2007-7 | Kokonoe | Kagoshima | best rank maegashira 11, jūryō champion, older brother of komusubi Chiyoōtori |
Chiyonokuni Toshiki | Makushita 18 West | 2006-5 | Kokonoe | Mie | best rank maegashira 8, jūryō champion |
Chiyoōtori Yūki | Maegashira 4 East | 2008-5 | Kokonoe | Kagoshima | best rank komusubi, jūryō champion, stablemates with older brother Chiyomaru |
Chiyotairyū Hidemasa | Jūryō 2 West | 2011-5 | Kokonoe | Tokyo | best rank komusubi, jūryō champion, university yokozuna |
Daidō Kenji | Jūryō 8 West | 2005-3 | Onomatsu | Tokyo | best rank maegashira 8, former amateur wrestler at Senshu University |
Endō Shōta | Maegashira 9 West | 2013-3 | Oitekaze | Ishikawa | best rank maegashira 1, two time amateur yokozuna, debuted at a high makushita 10, took championship in his jūryō debut |
Fujiazuma Kazuyoshi | Maegashira 13 East | 2003-3 | Tamanoi | Tokyo | best rank maegashira 4, first makuuchi wrestler produced by former ōzeki Tochiazuma |
Gagamaru Masaru | Maegashira 6 East | 2005- | 11Kise | Georgia, Tbilissi | best rank komusubi, known for wide gerth, third Georgian in makuuchi |
Gōeidō Gōtarō | Ōzeki 2 West | 2005-1 | Sakaigawa | Ōsaka | newest ōzeki, at rank of sekiwake for a modern record 14 consecutive tournaments, chief rival of Tochiōzan since high school |
Hakuhō Shō | Yokozuna 1 East | 2001-3 | Miyagino | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | holds the record for the most top division championships of all time, and for most wins in a calendar year at 86 |
Harumafuji Kōhei | Yokozuna 1 West | 2001-1 | Isegahama | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | third consecutive Mongolian to reach yokozuna rank, awarded 5 Technique prizes, winner of six tournaments to date |
Homarefuji Yoshiyuki | Maegashira 9 East | 2008-1 | Isegahama | Aomori | best rank maegashira 7, from the same town as Mainoumi and the same high school as Masatsukasa |
Ichinojō Takashi | Komusubi West | 2014-1 | Minato | Mongolia, Arkhangai | best rank sekiwake, second foreign born makushita tsukedashi, champion in jūryō debut tournament |
Ikioi Shōta | Maegashira 10 East | 2005-3 | Isenoumi | Ōsaka | best rank komusubi, only wrestler from his stable in top division, jūryō champion |
Jōkōryū Takayuki | Maegashira 15 East | 2011-7 | Kise | Tokyo | best rank komusubi, former high school and college champion, holds the record for the most consecutive wins from entry into sumo, and the fastest rise to the top division |
Kaisei Ichirō | Maegashira 11 East | 2006-9 | Tomozuna | Brazil, São Paulo | best rank maegashira 1, first Brazilian in top division |
Kakuryū Rikisaburō | Yokozuna 2 East | 2001- | 11Izutsu | Mongolia, Sükhbaatar aimag | newest yokozuna, only sekitori wrestler from his stable, known for his diligence |
Kisenosato Yutaka | Ōzeki 1 East | 2002-3 | Tagonoura | Ibaraki | currently longest serving ōzeki, made top division at just 18, had a contentious rivalry with yokozuna Asashōryū |
Kitataiki Akeyoshi | Maegashira 5 East | 1998-3 | Kitanoumi | Tokyo | best rank maegashira 2, took ten years to reach top division |
Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro | Ōzeki 1 West | 2002-1 | Sadogatake | Fukuoka | first Japanese ōzeki after Kaiō's retirement, known for signature "hug and chug" style |
Kotoyūki Kazuyoshi | Maegashira 15 West | 2008-3 | Sadogatake | Kagawa | best rank maegashira 9, jūryō champion, first Kagawa native to reach makuuchi since 1958 |
Kyokushūhō Kōki | Maegashira 11 West | 2007-5 | Ōshima | Mongolia | best rank maegashira 10, was able to join the stable of his idol, fellow countryman Kyokutenhō |
Kyokutenhō Masaru | Maegashira 14 West | 1992-3 | Ōshima | Mongolia, Nalaikh | three time sekiwake, only remaining member of first wave of Mongolians to enter sumo, oldest top division championship holder in the history of modern sumo, oldest wrestler by several years currently in top division |
Masunoyama Tomoharu | Makushita 1 East | 2006-7 | Chiganoura | Chiba | best rank maegashira 4, half Filipino, first wrestler from his stable to make top division |
Myōgiryū Yasunari | Sekiwake West | 2009-5 | Sakaigawa | Hyōgo | five time sekiwake, promising rise slowed due to injury in his jūryō debut |
Okinoumi Ayumi | Maegashira 10 West | 2005-1 | Hakkaku | Shimane | best rank sekiwake, first top division wrestler from Shimane Prefecture in 88 years |
Ōsunaarashi Kintarō | Maegashira 3 West | 2012-3 | Ōtake | Egypt, Dakahlia Governorate | again at best rank maegashira 3, first wrestler in history from African continent, first Arab |
Sadanofuji Akihiro | Maegashira 7 West | 2003-1 | Sakaigawa | Nagasaki | once released as Iwakiyama's tsukebito so he could concentrate on his wrestling |
Sadanoumi Takashi | Maegashira 3 East | 2003-5 | Sakaigawa | Kumamoto | best rank maegashira 2, took 11 years to reach makuuchi, repeated father's own feat of earning a Fighting Spirit prize in his top division debut. |
Sagatsukasa Hiroyuki | Makushita 9 East | 2005-1 | Irumagawa | Shizuoka | best rank maegashira 9, 1998 high school sumo yokozuna, one of the shortest recent sekitori |
Satoyama Kōsaku | Jūryō 4 East | 2004-3 | Onoe | Kagoshima | best rank maegashira 12, still uses own rare surname as his ring name. |
Shōhōzan Yūya | Jūryō 3 West | 2006-3 | Matsugane | Fukuoka | four time komusubi, bounced back from a two tournament suspension for baseball gambling to take makushita championship twice in a row |
Shōtenrō Taishi | Jūryō 6 West | 2001-3 | Fujishima | Mongolia, Khovd aimag | best rank maegashira 2, former junior wrestling champion at Mongolian Naadam festival |
Sōkokurai Eikichi | Maegashira 7 East | 2003-9 | Arashio | China, Inner Mongolia | reinstated after dismissal for match-fixing nullified in court |
Takanoiwa Yoshimori | Maegashira 16 East | 2009-1 | Takanohana | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | best rank maegashira 11, jūryō champion, second from Takanohana stable to reach makuuchi |
Takarafuji Daisuke | Maegashira 1 East | 2009-1 | Isegahama | Aomori | best rank maegashira 1, former amateur at Kinki University |
Takayasu Akira | Maegashira 8 West | 2005-3 | Tagonoura | Ibaraki | two time komusubi, still wrestles under real name, first sekitori born in the Heisei era, half Filipino |
Takekaze Akira | Maegashira 8 East | 2002-5 | Oguruma | Akita | best rank sekiwake, collegiate champion, only top division wrestler from Akita prefecture |
Tamaasuka Daisuke | Jūryō 6 East | 1998-3 | Kataonami | Aichi | best rank maegashira 9, two time jūryō winner |
Tamawashi Ichirō | Maegashira 5 West | 2004-1 | Kataonami | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | best rank komusubi, originally studied to work in hotel industry |
Tenkaihō Takayuki | Jūryō 2 East | 2007-1 | Onoe | Kumamoto | best rank maegashira 8, highest ranked wrestler at Onoe stable since Baruto's retirement |
Terunofuji Haruo | Sekiwake East | 2011-7 | Isegahama | Mongolia | two time sekiwake, sent to Japan when his judo coach, Hakuhō's father, recognized his potential |
Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi | Maegashira 1 West | 2006-3 | Kasugano | Georgia, Mtskheta | four time komusubi, fellow countryman of Kokkai, working way back up ranks after injury absence |
Tochiōzan Yūichirō | Komusubi East | 2005-1 | Kasugano | Kōchi | seven time sekiwake, longtime rival of Gōeidō |
Tokitenkū Yoshiaki | Jūryō 1 East | 2002-7 | Tokitsukaze | Mongolia, Töv aimag | three time komusubi, consistent maegashira performer |
Tokushōryū Makoto | Maegashira 4 West | 2009-1 | Kise | Nara | in school years he was teammates with future top division regulars Tochiōzan, Takarafuji and others. |
Tosayutaka Yūya | Jūryō 14 West | 2007-3 | Tokitsukaze | Kōchi | best rank maegashira 1, first wrestler from his stable to reach the top division since the Tokitsukaze stable hazing scandal, working way back up ranks after long injury absence |
Toyohibiki Ryūta | Maegashira 12 West | 2005-1 | Sakaigawa | Yamaguchi | best rank maegashira 2, on rise to top division, suffered only one make-koshi |
Toyonoshima Daiki | Maegashira 2 East | 2002-1 | Tokitsukaze | Kōchi | four time sekiwake, one of shortest wrestlers, performance in top division exceeded all expectations |
Wakanosato Shinobu | Jūryō 7 West | 1992-3 | Tagonoura | Aomori | seventeen time sekiwake, makuuchi veteran who holds record for most consecutive tournaments in junior sanyaku ranks |
Yoshiazuma Hiroshi | Makushita 35 East | 1996-1 | Tamanoi | Kumamoto | best rank maegashira 12, slowest rise ever to makuuchi |
Yoshikaze Masatsugu | Maegashira 14 East | 2004-1 | Oguruma | Ōita | best rank komusubi, college sumo champion |