List of active sumo wrestlers
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The following is an alphabetical list of active sumo wrestlers who currently have articles on Wikipedia, and/or who are currently ranked in the top makuuchi division. They are separated by the division in which they are currently active. Wrestlers can be listed in the order of their rank (such as shown on a banzuke) by clicking the Current rank sorting button.
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[edit] Makuuchi: Top Division
current as of January 2012 banzuke
| Ring name | Current rank | Debut | Stable | Birthplace | Career and other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aminishiki Ryūji | Maegashira 1 West | 1997-1 | Isegahama | Aomori | former sekiwake, brother of Asōfuji, winner of five Technique prizes |
| Aoiyama Kōsuke | Maegashira 7 West | 2009-5 | Tagonoura | Bulgaria | current rank is highest achieved, second Bulgarian after Kotoōshū to enter makuuchi |
| Aran Hakutora | Maegashira 7 East | 2007-1 | Mihogaseki | Russia | former sekiwake, only current Russian sekitori, shares all time record with Kotoōshū for fastest rise to top division |
| Asasekiryū Tarō | Maegashira 15 East | 2000-1 | Takasago | Mongolia | former sekiwake, father held equivalent of komusubi in Mongolian wrestling |
| Baruto Kaito | Ōzeki East | 2004-5 | Onoe | Estonia | only current Estonian wrestler, tied for 3rd fastest rise to top division |
| Chiyonokuni Toshiki | Maegashira 13 East | 2006-5 | Kokonoe | Mie | makuuchi debut |
| Daidō Kenji | Maegashira 9 West | 2005-3 | Onomatsu | Tokyo | current rank is highest achieved, former amateur wrestler at Senshu University |
| Fujiazuma Kazuyoshi | Maegashira 11 East | 2003-3 | Tamanoi | Tokyo | former maegashira 7, first makuuchi wrestler produced by former ozeki Tochiazuma |
| Gagamaru Masaru | Maegashira 10 West | 2005-11 | Kitanoumi | Georgia | former maegashira 3, third Georgian in makuuchi, originally from now-defunct Kise stable |
| Gōeidō Gōtarō | Maegashira 2 West | 2005-1 | Sakaigawa | Ōsaka | former sekiwake, only Ōsaka native in top two divisions, chief rival of Tochiōzan since high school |
| Hakuhō Shō | Yokozuna East | 2001-3 | Miyagino | Mongolia | currently sole yokozuna, was fourth youngest ōzeki ever, holds record for most wins in a calendar year |
| Harumafuji Kōhei | Ōzeki West | 2001-1 | Isegahama | Mongolia | only non-yokozuna to win a championship in the last 15 tournaments, awarded 5 Technique prizes to date |
| Hōmashō Noriyuki | Maegashira 4 East | 2004-3 | Shikoroyama | Yamaguchi | former komusubi, first wrestler to make top division from former sekiwake Terao's relatively newly established stable |
| Kaisei Ichirō | Maegashira 16 East | 2006-9 | Tomozuna | Brazil | former maegashira 5, reached makuuchi May 2011, first Brazilian in top division |
| Kakuryū Rikisaburō | Sekiwake East | 2001-11 | Izutsu | Mongolia | five-time sekiwake, only sekitori wrestler from his stable |
| Kisenosato Yutaka | Ōzeki West | 2002-3 | Naruto | Ibaraki | newest ōzeki, made top division at just 18 |
| Kitataiki Akeyoshi | Maegashira 3 East | 1998-3 | Kitanoumi | Tokyo | again at highest rank achieved, took ten years to reach top division |
| Kotoōshū Katsunori | Ōzeki East | 2002-11 | Sadogatake | Bulgaria | only European to win a top division championship, tied for all time record for fastest progress to top division |
| Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro | Ōzeki West | 2002-1 | Sadogatake | Fukuoka | known for signature "hug and chug" style, rival from junior high school with Toyonoshima |
| Kyokushūhō Kōki | Maegashira 15 West | 2007-5 | Ōshima | Mongolia | makuuchi debut |
| Kyokutenhō Masaru | Maegashira 6 West | 1992-3 | Ōshima | Mongolia | former sekiwake, only remaining member of first wave of Mongolians to enter sumo, recently fought his way back to sanyaku from jūryō |
| Miyabiyama Tetsushi | Komusubi East | 1998-7 | Fujishima | Ibaraki | former promotion to ōzeki controversial, rose to top division so fast that he competed in his first top division tournaments with no top-knot |
| Myōgiryū Yasunari | Maegashira 5 East | 2009-5 | Sakaigawa | Hyōgo | currently at highest rank achieved, promising rise through ranks was slowed due to a knee injury early in his jūryō debut that would put him out for 3 consecutive touraments |
| Nionoumi Shinji | Maegashira 16 West | 2002-3 | Kitanoumi | Shiga | makuuchi debut |
| Okinoumi Ayumi | Maegashira 2 East | 2005-1 | Hakkaku | Shimane | former maegashira 1, first top division wrestler from Shimane Prefecture in 88 years |
| Sadanofuji Akihiro | Maegashira 11 West | 2003-1 | Sakaigawa | Nagasaki | currently at highest rank achieved, once released as Iwakiyama's tsukibito so he could concentrate on his wrestling |
| Sagatsukasa Hiroyuki | Maegashira 14 West | 2005-1 | Irumagawa | Shizuoka | former maegashira 9, was named the 1998 high school sumo yokozuna, one of the shortest sekitori |
| Shōhōzan Yūya | Maegashira 8 East | 2006-3 | Matsugane | Fukuoka | currently at highest rank achieved, bounced back from a two tournament suspension for baseball gambling to take makushita championship twice in a row |
| Takanoyama Shuntaro | Maegashira 14 East | 2001-11 | Naruto | Czech Republic | currently at highest rank achieved, first and currently only wrestler from the Czech Republic |
| Takayasu Akira | Maegashira 3 West | 2005-3 | Naruto | Ibaraki | currently at highest rank achieved, still wrestles under real name, first sekitori born in the Heisei era |
| Takekaze Akira | Maegashira 1 East | 2002-5 | Oguruma | Akita | former komusubi, collegiate champion, only top division wrestler from Akita prefecture |
| Tenkaihō Takayuki | Maegashira 13 West | 2007-1 | Onoe | Kumamoto | makuuchi debut |
| Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi | Maegashira 9 East | 2006-3 | Kasugano | Georgia | three-time komusubi, fellow countryman of Kokkai |
| Tochinowaka Michihiro | Maegashira 4 West | 2007-1 | Kasugano | Hyogo | current rank is highest achieved, has Korean background but Japanese citizenship, uses his stablemaster's old shikona |
| Tochiōzan Yūichirō | Maegashira 8 West | 2005-1 | Kasugano | Kōchi | two-time sekiwake, longtime rival of Gōeidō |
| Tokitenkū Yoshiaki | Maegashira 10 East | 2002-7 | Tokitsukaze | Mongolia | former komusubi, consistent maegashira performer |
| Tosayutaka Yūya | Maegashira 12 West | 2007-3 | Tokitsukaze | Kōchi | former maegashira 1, first wrestler from his stable to reach the top division since the Tokitsukaze stable hazing scandal |
| Toyohibiki Ryūta | Maegashira 5 West | 2005-1 | Sakaigawa | Yamaguchi | former maegashira 2, on rise to top division, suffered only one make-koshi |
| Toyonoshima Daiki | Sekiwake West | 2002-1 | Tokitsukaze | Kōchi | three-time sekiwake, one of shortest wrestlers, performance in top division exceeded all expectations |
| Wakakōyū Masaya | Komusubi West | 1999-3 | Onomatsu | Chiba | current rank is highest achieved, second top division wrestler from Onomatsu stable after Katayama |
| Yoshiazuma Hiroshi | Maegashira 12 East | 1996-3 | Tamanoi | Kumamoto | current rank is highest achieved, second oldest makuuchi debutant since World War II at 34 years and three months |
| Yoshikaze Masatsugu | Maegashira 6 East | 2004-1 | Oguruma | Ōita | former maegashira 1, college sumo champion |
[edit] Jūryō: Second Division
current as of January 2012 banzuke
| Ring name | Current rank | Debut | Stable | Birthplace | Career and other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bushūyama Takashi | 7 East | 1999-1 | Fujishima | Aomori | former maegashira 3, second slowest progress to top division for any former collegiate champ |
| Hōchiyama Kōkan | 1 West | 2000-3 | Sakaigawa | Aomori | former maegashira 14, after soaring through jūryō into top division, was soon demoted and has struggled in lower divisions |
| Kimurayama Mamoru | 5 West | 2004-3 | Kasugano | Wakayama | former maegashira 7, one time amateur champion, only sekitori from Wakayama prefecture |
| Kokkai Futoshi | 4 East | 2001-5 | Oitekaze | Georgia | former komusubi, first Caucasian wrestler to make top division, shikona comes from Japanese name of the Black Sea of his home country |
| Shōtenrō Taishi | 5 East | 2001-3 | Fujishima | Mongolia | former maegashira 2, former junior wrestling champion at Mongolian Naadam festival |
| Takamisakari Seiken | 6 West | 1999-3 | Azumazeki | Aomori | former komusubi, very popular with crowds for his energetic wrestling and spirited pre-bout ritual |
| Tamaasuka Daisuke | 8 West | 1998-3 | Kataonami | Aichi | former maegashira 9, after initial success has been mostly relegated to lower divisions |
| Tamawashi Ichirō | 1 East | 2004-1 | Kataonami | Mongolia | former maegashira 3, originally studied to work in hotel industry |
| Wakanosato Shinobu | 2 West | 1992-3 | Naruto | Aomori | former sekiwake, makuuchi veteran who holds record for most consecutive tournaments in junior sanyaku ranks |
[edit] Makushita: Third Division
current as of January 2012 banzuke
| Ring name | Current rank | Debut | Stable | Birthplace | Career and other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamanishiki Tatsurō | 20 East | 1999-3 | Oitekaze | Kumamoto | former maegashira 11, has struggled in lower divisions, has changed his ring name a number of times between his surname and his current one |
| Kakizoe Tōru | 16 West | 2001-9 | Fujishima | Ōita | former komusubi, uses own rare surname as his shikona |
| Ryūō Noboru | 18 West | 2000-3 | Miyagino | Mongolia | former maegashira 8, specializes in pushing techniques which is a rarity among Mongolian wrestlers |
| Sakumayama Takayuki | 15 East | 2011-7 | Kitanoumi | Tokyo | former high school and college champion, holds the record for the most consecutive wins from entry into sumo |
| Satoyama Kosaku | 1 East | 2004-3 | Onoe | Kagoshima | former maegashira 12, still uses own rare surname as his ring name. |
| Towanoyama Yoshimitsu | 12 East | 1993-11 | Dewanoumi | Tokyo | former maegashira 13, yet through unlucky twist of fate has never had a makuuchi bout |
[edit] Sandanme: Fourth Division
currently no wrestlers with articles in this division
[edit] Jonidan: Fifth Division
current as of January 2012 banzuke
| Ring name | Current rank | Debut | Stable | Birthplace | Career and other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryūhō Masayoshi | 28 East | 1993-3 | Michinoku | Okinawa | former maegashira 16, spent 9 years in unsalaried ranks |
[edit] See also
- Glossary of sumo terms
- List of past sumo wrestlers
- List of sumo record holders
- List of sumo tournament top division winners
- List of sumo tournament second division winners
- List of sumo stables
- List of years in sumo
- List of yokozuna
