List of active sumo wrestlers
The following is an alphabetical list of all active professional sumo wrestlers in the top makuuchi division, and all those currently in lower divisions who have a Wikipedia article.
- Please refer to Professional sumo divisions for more information about the separate divisions.
List
Wrestlers' ring names in Japanese are listed beneath their roman letter equivalents.
Wrestlers can be listed in the order of their rank as of the most current May 2016 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 安美錦 |
Maegashira 3 West | 1997-1 | Isegahama | Aomori | six time sekiwake, brother of Asōfuji, winner of six Technique prizes |
| Amuuru 阿夢露 |
Maegashira 12 West | 2002-5 | Onomatsu | Russia, Lesozavodsk | best rank maegashira 5, only ethnic Russian remaining in sumo, injury plagued career, had string of winning tournaments on return from serious injury |
| Aoiyama 碧山 |
Maegashira 3 East | 2009-5 | Kasugano | Bulgaria, Elhovo | two time sekiwake, second Bulgarian after Kotoōshū to enter makuuchi, and to reach sekiwake |
| Arawashi 荒鷲 |
Jūryō 3 West | 2003-1 | Minezaki | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | best rank maegashira 8, took over 11 years to reach makuuchi |
| Asasekiryū 朝赤龍 |
Jūryō 8 West | 2000-1 | Takasago | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | two time sekiwake, father held equivalent of komusubi in Mongolian wrestling |
| Chiyomaru 千代丸 |
Jūryō 12 East | 2007-7 | Kokonoe | Kagoshima | best rank maegashira 11, jūryō champion, older brother of komusubi Chiyoōtori |
| Chiyonokuni 千代の国 |
Jūryō 3 East | 2006-5 | Kokonoe | Mie | best rank maegashira 8, career plagued with injuries, jūryō champion |
| Chiyoōtori 千代鳳 |
Maegashira 11 East | 2008-5 | Kokonoe | Kagoshima | one time komusubi, jūryō champion, stablemates with older brother Chiyomaru |
| Chiyotairyū 千代大龍 |
Maegashira 16 East | 2011-5 | Kokonoe | Tokyo | one time komusubi, jūryō champion, university yokozuna |
| Daieishō 大栄翔 |
Maegashira 9 West | 2012-3 | Oitekaze | Saitama | only sekitori from populous Saitama prefecture |
| Daishōmaru 大翔丸 |
Maegashira 13 East | 2014-3 | Oitekaze | Ōsaka | 2nd consecutive appearance in makuuchi |
| Endō 遠藤 |
Maegashira 15 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 富士東 |
Jūryō 7 East | 2003-3 | Tamanoi | Tokyo | best rank maegashira 4, first makuuchi wrestler produced by former ōzeki Tochiazuma |
| Gagamaru 臥牙丸 |
Maegashira 15 East | 2005-11 | Kise | Georgia, Tbilissi | one time komusubi, known for wide girth, third Georgian in makuuchi |
| Gōeidō 豪栄道 |
Ōzeki 1 West | 2005-1 | Sakaigawa | Ōsaka | held rank of sekiwake for a modern record 14 consecutive tournaments, chief rival of Tochiōzan since high school |
| Hakuhō 白鵬 |
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 日馬富士 |
Yokozuna 2 East | 2001-1 | Isegahama | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | third consecutive Mongolian to reach yokozuna rank, awarded 5 Technique prizes, winner of six tournaments to date |
| Hidenoumi 英乃海 |
Maegashira 13 West | 2012-5 | Kise | Tokyo | best rank maegashira 12, faced stablemate Hamaguchi in lower division championship playoffs in two consecutive tournaments, a first in sumo history |
| Homarefuji 誉富士 |
Jūryō 1 East | 2008-1 | Isegahama | Aomori | best rank maegashira 6, from the same town as Mainoumi and the same high school as Masatsukasa |
| Ichinojō 逸ノ城 |
Maegashira 2 West | 2014-1 | Minato | Mongolia, Arkhangai | two time sekiwake, second foreign born makushita tsukedashi, champion in jūryō debut tournament |
| Ikioi 勢 |
Sekiwake West | 2005-3 | Isenoumi | Ōsaka | first time sekiwake, only wrestler from his stable in top division, jūryō champion |
| Jōkōryū 常幸龍 |
Jūryō 11 West | 2011-7 | Kise | Tokyo | one time 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 |
| Kagamiō 鏡桜 |
Jūryō 12 West | 2003-7 | Kagamiyama | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | best rank maegashira 9, first sekitori from his very small stable since the current coach Tagaryū was active in 1991, took jūryō championship after losing two playoffs in previous tournaments |
| Kaisei 魁聖 |
Komusubi East | 2006-9 | Tomozuna | Brazil, São Paulo | first time komusubi, first Brazilian in top division |
| Kakuryū 鶴竜 |
Yokozuna 1 West | 2001-11 | Izutsu | Mongolia, Sükhbaatar aimag | newest yokozuna, only sekitori wrestler from his stable, known for his diligence |
| Kisenosato 稀勢の里 |
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 北太樹 |
Jūryō 6 West | 1998-3 | Yamahibiki | Tokyo | best rank maegashira 2, took ten years to reach top division |
| Kotoshōgiku 琴奨菊 |
Ōzeki 2 East | 2002-1 | Sadogatake | Fukuoka | first Japanese born makuuchi champion since Tochiazuma in 2006, known for signature "hug and chug" style |
| Kotoyūki 琴勇輝 |
Sekiwake East | 2008-3 | Sadogatake | Kagawa | first time sekiwake, jūryō champion, first Kagawa native to reach makuuchi since 1958 |
| Kyokushūhō 旭秀鵬 |
Maegashira 8 East | 2007-5 | Tomozuna | Mongolia | best rank maegashira 4, was able to join the stable of his idol, fellow countryman Kyokutenhō |
| Masunoyama 舛ノ山 |
Sandanme 93 East | 2006-7 | Chiganoura | Chiba | best rank maegashira 4, half Filipino, first wrestler from his stable to make top division, working way back up ranks from long injury leave |
| Mitakeumi 御嶽海 |
Maegashira 8 West | 2015-3 | Dewanoumi | Nagano | makushita tsukedashi entrant with high expectations |
| Myōgiryū 妙義龍 |
Maegashira 1 East | 2009-5 | Sakaigawa | Hyōgo | seven time sekiwake, promising rise slowed due to injury in his jūryō debut |
| Nishikigi 錦木徹也 |
Maegashira 14 East | 2006-3 | Isenoumi | Iwate | makuuchi debut, 2nd member of Isenoumi stable in top division after Ikioi |
| Okinoumi 隠岐の海 |
Komusubi West | 2005-1 | Hakkaku | Shimane | one time sekiwake, first top division wrestler from Shimane Prefecture in 88 years |
| Ōsunaarashi 大砂嵐 |
Maegashira 7 West | 2012-3 | Ōtake | Egypt, Dakahlia Governorate | best rank maegashira 1, jūryō champion, first wrestler in history from African continent, first Arab |
| Sadanofuji 佐田の富士 |
Jūryō 4 West | 2003-1 | Sakaigawa | Nagasaki | best rank maegashira 7, once released as Iwakiyama's tsukebito so he could concentrate on his wrestling |
| Sadanoumi 佐田の海 |
Maegashira 10 East | 2003-5 | Sakaigawa | Kumamoto | best rank maegashira 1, took 11 years to reach makuuchi, repeated father's own feat of earning a Fighting Spirit prize in his top division debut. |
| Sagatsukasa 磋牙司 |
Makushita 42 East | 2005-1 | Irumagawa | Shizuoka | best rank maegashira 9, 1998 high school sumo yokozuna, one of the shortest recent sekitori |
| Satoyama 里山 |
Jūryō 1 West | 2004-3 | Onoe | Kagoshima | best rank maegashira 12, known for using a wide variety of techniques, still uses own rare surname as his ring name. |
| Seirō 青狼 |
Maegashira 14 West | 2005-7 | Shikoroyama | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | first spotted by then yokozuna Asashōryū in his younger years, ring name means "blue wolf" |
| Shōdai 正代直也 |
Maegashira 2 East | 2014-3 | Tokitsukaze | Kumamoto | three different division championship, one in jūryō, has risen very quickly through the ranks |
| Shōhōzan 松鳳山 |
Maegashira 11 West | 2006-3 | Nishonoseki | Fukuoka | four time komusubi, bounced back from a two tournament suspension for baseball gambling to take makushita championship twice in a row |
| Shōtenrō 翔天狼 |
Makushita 7 East | 2001-3 | Fujishima | Mongolia, Khovd aimag | best rank maegashira 2, former junior wrestling champion at Mongolian Naadam festival |
| Sōkokurai 蒼国来 |
Maegashira 9 East | 2003-9 | Arashio | China, Inner Mongolia | best rank maegashira 4, reinstated after dismissal for match-fixing nullified in court, one of only two Chinese wrestlers, and the only sekitori |
| Takanoiwa 貴ノ岩 |
Maegashira 6 East | 2009-1 | Takanohana | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | jūryō champion, second from Takanohana stable to reach makuuchi |
| Takarafuji 宝富士 |
Maegashira 1 West | 2009-1 | Isegahama | Aomori | two time komusubi, former amateur at Kinki University |
| Takayasu 高安 |
Maegashira 5 West | 2005-3 | Tagonoura | Ibaraki | two time komusubi, still wrestles under real name, first sekitori born in the Heisei era, half Filipino |
| Takekaze 豪風 |
Maegashira 12 East | 2002-5 | Oguruma | Akita | one time sekiwake, collegiate champion, only top division wrestler from Akita prefecture |
| Tamaasuka 玉飛鳥 |
Jūryō 14 West | 1998-3 | Kataonami | Aichi | best rank maegashira 9, two time jūryō winner, has been promoted to makuuchi 7 times |
| Tamawashi 玉鷲 |
Maegashira 6 West | 2004-1 | Kataonami | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | one time komusubi, originally studied to work in hotel industry |
| Tenkaihō 天鎧鵬 |
Jūryō 14 East | 2007-1 | Onoe | Kumamoto | best rank maegashira 8, highest ranked wrestler at Onoe stable since Baruto's retirement |
| Terunofuji 照ノ富士 |
Ōzeki 2 West | 2011-7 | Isegahama | Mongolia | newest ōzeki, one time makuuchi champion, sent to Japan when his judo coach, Hakuhō's father, recognized his potential |
| Tochinoshin 栃ノ心 |
Maegashira 4 West | 2006-3 | Kasugano | Georgia, Mtskheta | seven time komusubi, fellow countryman of Kokkai, worked his way back up ranks after injury absence |
| Tochiōzan 栃煌山 |
Maegashira 5 East | 2005-1 | Kasugano | Kōchi | eleven time sekiwake, longtime rival of Gōeidō |
| Tokitenkū 時天空 |
Makushita 46 West | 2002-7 | Tokitsukaze | Mongolia, Töv aimag | three time komusubi, two time jūryō champ, won three consecutive championships from his debut |
| Tokushōryū 徳勝龍 |
Maegashira 10 West | 2009-1 | Kise | Nara | best rank maegashira 4, in school years he was teammates with future top division regulars Tochiōzan, Takarafuji and others. |
| Toyohibiki 豊響 |
Jūryō 2 East | 2005-1 | Sakaigawa | Yamaguchi | best rank maegashira 2, on rise to top division, suffered only one make-koshi, currently has the active record for most makuuchi appearances without a san'yaku promotion |
| Toyonoshima 豊ノ島 |
Maegashira 7 East | 2002-1 | Tokitsukaze | Kōchi | five time sekiwake, one of shortest wrestlers, performance in top division exceeded all expectations |
| Yoshiazuma 芳東 |
Sandanme 12 East | 1996-1 | Tamanoi | Kumamoto | best rank maegashira 12, slowest rise ever to makuuchi |
| Yoshikaze 嘉風 |
Maegashira 4 East | 2004-1 | Oguruma | Ōita | one time sekiwake, college sumo champion, previously held record for most makuuchi appearances without a san'yaku promotion |
See also
- Glossary of sumo terms
- List of past sumo wrestlers
- List of sumo record holders
- List of sumo tournament top division champions
- List of sumo tournament second division champions
- List of sumo stables
- List of years in sumo
- List of yokozuna
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