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 can be listed in the order of their rank as of the most current January 2022 banzuke, by clicking the 'Current rank' sorting button.
The East side of the banzuke is regarded as more prestigious than the West side and those ranked on the East will generally have had a slightly better record in the previous tournament than those with the same rank on the West.
Ranks in bold indicate a wrestler is debuting at a career-high rank.
| Ring name | Current rank | Debut | Stable | Birthdate | Hometown | Career and other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abi 阿炎 |
West Maegashira 6 | 2013-5 | Shikoroyama | May 4, 1994 |  Saitama
|
four-time komusubi, known for distinctive tsuppari, won successive lower division championships after a three tournament suspension for repeatedly breaking COVID-19 rules |
| Akiseyama 明瀬山 |
West Makushita 30 | 2008-1 | Kise | July 18, 1985 | Aichi
|
best rank maegashira 12, had close friendship with fellow amateur yokozuna Kiyoseumi |
| Akua 天空海 |
West Maegashira 10 | 2010-11 | Tatsunami | June 11, 1990 | Ibaraki
|
made his makuuchi debut at age 30, known for move |
| Amakaze 天風 |
East Makushita 49 | 2007-3 | Oguruma | July 7, 1991 | Kagawa
|
best rank maegashira 13, jūryō champion, former personal attendant to Takekaze |
| Aoiyama 碧山 |
East Maegashira 16 | 2009-5 | Kasugano | June 19, 1986 |  Elhovo, Bulgaria
|
two-time sekiwake, second Bulgarian after Kotoōshū to enter makuuchi and to reach sekiwake |
| Asabenkei 朝弁慶 |
West Makushita 10 | 2007-3 | Takasago | February 12, 1989 | Kanagawa
|
best rank jūryō 7 |
| Asagyokusei 朝玉勢 |
West Makushita 14 | 2016-1 | Takasago | May 29, 1993 | Mie
|
best rank jūryō 12 |
| Asanoyama 朝乃山 |
East Jūryō 4 | 2016-3 | Takasago | March 1, 1994 | Toyama
|
former ozeki and makuuchi champion, sandanme tsukedashi, currently serving a 6-tournament suspension for repeatedly violating COVID-19 rules |
| Azumaryū 東龍 |
West Jūryō 5 | 2009-1 | Tamanoi | May 12, 1987 |  Govi-Altai Province, Mongolia
|
best rank maegashira 14, former amateur at Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences |
| Chiyomaru 千代丸 |
East Maegashira 13 | 2007-7 | Kokonoe | April 17, 1991 | Kagoshima
|
best rank maegashira 5, jūryō champion, older brother of former komusubi Chiyoōtori |
| Chiyonokuni 千代の国 |
East Maegashira 9 | 2006-5 | Kokonoe | May 29, 1991 | Mie
|
best rank maegashira 1, has come back multiple times from injuries, two-time jūryō champion |
| Chiyoshōma 千代翔馬 |
West Maegashira 5 | 2009-7 | Kokonoe | July 20, 1991 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
|
best rank maegashira 2 |
| Chiyotairyū 千代大龍 |
West Maegashira 12 | 2011-5 | Kokonoe | November 14, 1988 | Tokyo
|
two-time komusubi, jūryō champion, university yokozuna |
| Daiamami 大奄美 |
East Jūryō 3 | 2016-1 | Oitekaze | December 15, 1992 | Kagoshima
|
best rank maegashira 11, jūryō champion, makushita tsukedashi |
| Daieishō 大栄翔 |
West Komusubi | 2012-3 | Oitekaze | November 10, 1993 | Saitama
|
one time sekiwake, one of several sekitori from populous Saitama prefecture, makuuchi championship winner in January 2021 |
| Daishōhō 大翔鵬 |
West Jūryō 7 | 2013-3 | Oitekaze | August 28, 1994 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
|
best rank maegashira 9, seven straight winning records in the jūryō division |
| Daishōmaru 大翔丸 |
West Jūryō 6 | 2014-3 | Oitekaze | July 10, 1991 | Ōsaka
|
best rank maegashira 5, former amateur yokozuna, followed previous year's amateur yokozuna, Endō into Oitekaze |
| Endō 遠藤 |
West Maegashira 3 | 2013-3 | Oitekaze | October 19, 1990 | Ishikawa
|
four-time komusubi, two-time amateur yokozuna, debuted at a high makushita 10, took championship in his jūryō debut |
| Enhō 炎鵬 |
West Jūryō 10 | 2017-3 | Miyagino | October 18, 1994 | Ishikawa
|
best rank maegashira 4, fan favorite, known for his short stature and strong underarm throw |
| Fujiazuma 富士東 |
West Makushita 23 | 2003-3 | Tamanoi | April 19, 1987 | Tokyo
|
best rank maegashira 4, first makuuchi wrestler coached by former ōzeki Tochiazuma |
| Hanakaze 華吹 |
West Jonidan 89 | 1986-3 | Tatsunami | May 28, 1970 | Tokyo
|
best rank sandanme 18, longest serving wrestler in centuries long history of sumo |
| Hidenoumi 英乃海 |
East Maegashira 8 | 2012-5 | Kise | June 11, 1989 | Tokyo
|
best rank maegashira 6, faced stablemate Hamaguchi in lower division championship playoffs in two consecutive tournaments, a first in sumo history |
| Hokutōfuji 北勝富士 |
West Maegashira 4 | 2015-5 | Hakkaku | July 15, 1992 | Saitama
|
three-time komusubi, jūryō champion, equalled second-fastest rise to top division since 1958 |
| Hōshōryū 豊昇龍 |
East Maegashira 6 | 2017-11 | Tatsunami | May 22, 1999 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
|
best rank maegashira 1, known for throwing and tripping techniques, the nephew of Asashōryū. |
| Ichinojō 逸ノ城 |
West Maegashira 2 | 2014-1 | Minato | April 7, 1993 | Arkhangai, Mongolia
|
seven-time sekiwake, champion in jūryō debut tournament, only Mongolian sumo wrestler raised as a nomad |
| Ichiyamamoto 一山本 |
West Maegashira 14 | 2017-1 | Nishonoseki | October 1, 1993 | Hokkaido Prefecture
|
jūryō champion, Abi style thrusting skills |
| Ishiura 石浦 |
East Maegashira 12 | 2013-1 | Miyagino | January 10, 1990 | Tottori
|
best rank maegashira 8, third wrestler from Tottori Prefecture to reach top division since WWII |
| Jōkōryū 常幸龍 |
West Makushita 3 | 2011-7 | Kise | August 7, 1988 | 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 |
| Kagayaki 輝 |
East Jūryō 1 | 2010-3 | Takadagawa | June 1, 1994 | Ishikawa
|
Best rank maegashira 4, Ishikawa native along with Endō |
| Kaisei 魁聖 |
West Maegashira 17 | 2006-9 | Tomozuna | December 18, 1986 |  São Paulo, Brazil
|
one-time sekiwake, first Brazilian in top division |
| Kiribayama 霧馬山 |
West Maegashira 1 | 2015-5 | Michinoku | April 24, 1996 | Sükhbaatar aimag, Mongolia
|
one time komusubi, two time lower division champ |
| Kitaharima 北はり磨 |
West Makushita 15 | 2002-5 | Yamahibiki | July 28, 1986 | Hyōgo
|
highest rank Maegashira 15, took 85 tournaments to reach makuuchi |
| Kotoekō 琴恵光 |
East Maegashira 17 | 2007-3 | Sadogatake | November 20, 1991 | Miyazaki
|
best rank maegashira 4, first top division wrestler from Miyazaki Prefecture since Kaneshiro in 1985 |
| Kotonowaka 琴ノ若 |
East Maegashira 14 | 2015-11 | Sadogatake | November 19, 1997 | Chiba
|
best rank maegashira 3, lower division champ, namesake son of former Kotonowaka, who is now his stable head |
| Kotoshōhō 琴勝峰 |
West Jūryō 2 | 2017-11 | Sadogatake | August 26, 1999 | Chiba
|
best rank maegashira 3, jūryō champ |
| Kyokushūhō 旭秀鵬 |
East Makushita 1 | 2007-5 | Tomozuna | August 9, 1988 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
|
best rank maegashira 4, was able to join the stable of his idol, fellow countryman Kyokutenhō |
| Kyokutaisei 旭大星 |
West Makushita 5 | 2008-3 | Tomozuna | October 18, 1989 | Hokkaidō
|
best rank maegashira 8, was the subject of a documentary when first inducted into sumo |
| Meisei 明生 |
East Komusubi | 2011-5 | Tatsunami | July 24, 1995 | Kagoshima
|
again at best rank of west sekiwake, jūryō champ, from small island of Amami-Ōshima |
| Midorifuji 翠富士 |
West Jūryō 8 | 2016-9 | Isegahama | August 30, 1996 | Shizuoka
|
best rank maegashira 10, jūryō champion, won the technique prize in January 2021 on his makuuchi debut, best known for his katasukashi technique |
| Mitakeumi 御嶽海 |
East Sekiwake | 2015-3 | Dewanoumi | December 25, 1992 | Nagano
|
on top ten list for junior sanyaku appearances, makushita tsukedashi entrant with high expectations who has two top division championships, half-Filipino |
| Mitoryū 水戸龍 |
East Jūryō 7 | 2017-5 | Nishikido | April 25, 1994 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
|
best rank jūryō 1, first foreigner to win the Amateur Yokozuna title, became highest ranking member of his stable upon joining it |
| Myōgiryū 妙義龍 |
East Maegashira 10 | 2009-5 | Sakaigawa | October 22, 1986 | Hyōgo
|
seven-time sekiwake, promising rise slowed due to injury in his jūryō debut |
| Nishikigi 錦木 |
East Jūryō 2 | 2006-3 | Isenoumi | August 25, 1990 | Iwate
|
best rank maesgashira 2, 2nd member of Isenoumi stable in top division after Ikioi |
| Okinoumi 隠岐の海 |
East Maegashira 4 | 2005-1 | Hakkaku | July 29, 1985 | Shimane
|
two-time sekiwake, first top division wrestler from Shimane Prefecture in 88 years |
| Ōhō 王鵬 幸之介 |
East Maegashira 18 | 2018-1 | Ōtake | February 14, 2000 | Tokyo
|
makuuchi debut, son of Takatoriki and grandson of Taihō |
| Ōnoshō 阿武咲 |
East Maegashira 5 | 2013-1 | Ōnomatsu | July 4, 1996 | Aomori
|
two-time komusubi, only wrestler in makuuchi from once prominent Ōnomatsu |
| Ryūden 竜電 |
East Makushita 5 | 2006-5 | Takadagawa | November 10, 1990 | Yamanashi
|
one-time komusubi, has won championships in four lower divisions, suspended for three tournaments in 2021 for repeatedly violating COVID-19 restrictions |
| Sadanoumi 佐田の海 |
East Maegashira 11 | 2003-5 | Sakaigawa | May 11, 1987 | 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. |
| Shimanoumi 志摩ノ海 |
West Maegashira 9 | 2012-5 | Kise | July 11, 1989 | Mie
|
best rank maegashira 3, two straight jūryō championships |
| Shōdai 正代 |
West Ōzeki | 2014-3 | Tokitsukaze | November 5, 1991 | Kumamoto
|
one time makuuchi champion, rose very quickly through the ranks |
| Shōhōzan 松鳳山 |
West Jūryō 3 | 2006-3 | Nishonoseki | February 9, 1984 | Fukuoka
|
five-time komusubi, bounced back from a two tournament suspension for baseball gambling to take makushita championship twice in a row |
| Takakeishō 貴景勝 |
East Ōzeki | 2014-11 | Tokiwayama | August 5, 1996 | Hyōgo
|
re-promoted to Ōzeki after injury-caused demotion, two-time makuuchi champ, managed to stay above fray in the multiple Takanohana stable scandals, jūryō champion |
| Takakento 貴健斗 |
East Makushita 3 | 2014-1 | Tokiwayama | February 10, 1996 | Kumamoto
|
best rank Jūryō 4, former personal attendant to Takakeishō |
| Takanoshō 隆の勝 |
West Sekiwake | 2010-3 | Tokiwayama | November 4, 1994 | Chiba
|
five time sekiwake, former runner up for jūryō championship |
| Takarafuji 宝富士 |
West Maegashira 7 | 2009-1 | Isegahama | February 18, 1987 | Aomori
|
one-time sekiwake, former amateur at Kinki University |
| Takayasu 高安 |
East Maegashira 7 | 2005-5 | Tagonoura | February 28, 1990 | Ibaraki
|
former ōzeki, first sekitori born in the Heisei era, half Filipino |
| Tamawashi 玉鷲 |
East Maegashira 3 | 2004-1 | Kataonami | November 16, 1984 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
|
eight-time sekiwake, at age 34 became second oldest wrestler to win first makuuchi championship, originally studied to work in hotel industry |
| Terunofuji 照ノ富士 |
East Yokozuna | 2011-7 | Isegahama | November 29, 1991 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
|
after reaching rank of ōzeki dropped four divisions due to health problems but fought his way back up to become 73rd yokozuna in 2021, has won five championships, originally sent to Japan when judo coach, Hakuhō's father, recognized potential |
| Terutsuyoshi 照強 |
West Maegashira 11 | 2010-3 | Isegahama | January 17, 1995 | Hyōgo
|
best rank maegashira 3, one of the shortest sekitori at 169cm, born on same day as the Great Hanshin earthquake |
| Tobizaru 翔猿 |
West Maegashira 8 | 2015-1 | Oitekaze | April 24, 1992 | Tokyo
|
best rank maegashira 2, younger brother of Hidenoumi |
| Tochinoshin 栃ノ心 |
West Maegashira 15 | 2006-3 | Kasugano | October 13, 1987 |  Mtskheta, Georgia
|
former ōzeki, highest ranked Georgian and only one to win a makuuchi championship, won four consecutive lower-division championships while working way back up ranks after long injury absence |
| Tokushōryū 徳勝龍 |
East Jūryō 10 | 2009-1 | Kise | August 22, 1986 | Nara
|
best rank maegashira 2, won an upset makuuchi championship from the last position in the top division rankings |
| Tomokaze 友風 |
East Makushita 15 | 2017-5 | Oguruma | December 2, 1994 | Kanagawa
|
best rank maegashira #3, made top division in just 11 tournaments, achieved 13 successive kachi-koshi from debut |
| Tsurugishō 剣翔 |
West Maegashira 16 | 2014-1 | Oitekaze | July 27, 1991 | Tokyo
|
best rank maegashira 7, Nihon University graduate, jūryō champion |
| Ura 宇良 |
East Maegashira 2 | 2015-5 | Kise | June 22, 1992 | Ōsaka
|
a fan favorite, won gold medal at World Combat Games as amateur, has had two extended absences due to knee injuries, has won five lower division championships |
若元春 |
East Maegashira 15 | 2011-11 | Arashio | October 5, 1993 | Fukushima
|
makuuchi debut, middle of three brothers in the same stable |
| Wakatakakage 若隆景 |
East Maegashira 1 | 2017-3 | Arashio | December 6, 1994 | Fukushima
|
one time komusubi, youngest of three brothers in the same stable, sandanme tsukedashi |
| Yago 矢後 |
West Jūryō 14 | 2017-5 | Oguruma | July 8, 1994 | Hokkaidō
|
best rank maegashira 10 |
| Yoshiazuma 芳東 |
East Sandanme 16 | 1996-1 | Tamanoi | May 26, 1977 | Kumamoto
|
best rank maegashira 12, third-slowest rise ever to makuuchi |
| Yutakayama 豊山 |
West Maegashira 13 | 2016-3 | Tokitsukaze | September 22, 1993 | Niigata
|
best rank maegashira 1, sandanme tsukedashi, third wrestler from his stable to take this ring name |
See also[]
- List of past sumo wrestlers
- List of non-Japanese sumo wrestlers
- List of sumo elders
- 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
External links[]
Categories:
- Lists of sumo wrestlers