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The following is a list of the heaviest professional sumo wrestlers. Only wrestlers weighing 200 kilograms (440 lb) or over are included. Wrestlers shown in bold are still active as of January 2023. Ōrora (left), the heaviest sumo wrestler ever, fights eighth-heaviest Kainowaka Yamamotoyama is the heaviest Japanese-born sumo wrestler ever ...
Professional sumo wrestlers are required to be at least 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) tall. [49] Some aspiring sumo athletes have silicone implants added to the tops of their heads to reach the necessary height. [49] The average height for a sumo wrestler is 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in), far above the national average in Japan.
Tobizaru is below the average size for an elite sumo wrestler, being the second lightest sekitori when he reached jūryō in 2017, and he stands just 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) tall. [25] He is an oshi-sumo specialist, preferring to push his opponents rather than grab the mawashi or belt.
Enhō Yūya (Japanese: 炎鵬 友哉, born 18 October 1994 as Yūya Nakamura (中村 友哉)) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ishikawa Prefecture.He made his debut in March 2017 and was a member of Miyagino stable, under the guidance of former yokozuna Hakuhō, until his transfer to Isegahama stable in March 2024.
As of 2021, he is USA Sumo's head coach and sumo ambassador. [16] He regularly appears in commercials on US television which require a sumo wrestler. [12] He runs the Yamamoto Sumo Dojo in Los Angeles. [7] Also in 2021, he was married in the USA. In 2022, Nick DiGiovanni, an American chef, cooked a 5-course meal for him. In 2023 he published a ...
Sumo (Japanese: 相撲, Hepburn: sumō, Japanese pronunciation:, lit. ' striking one another ') [1] is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a rikishi (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by throwing, shoving or pushing him down).
Akebono was one of the tallest sumo wrestlers ever, at 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) tall, and also one of the heaviest with a peak weight of 233 kg (514 lb) in March 1999. [10] He was also one of the most aggressive and ferocious sumo wrestlers.
Mainoumi Shūhei (born 17 February 1968 as Shūhei Nagao) is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan.His highest rank was komusubi. During the 1990s he was one of the most popular wrestlers in sumo due to his wide variety of techniques and great fighting spirit in battling opponents nearly twice his size.