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Literally 'taken the barrier'. Sumo wrestlers ranked jūryō or higher. Sekiwake (関脇) Literally 'next to the barrier'. The third-highest rank of sumo wrestlers. Senshūraku (千秋楽) The final day of a sumo tournament. Senshūraku literally translates as 'many years of comfort.' There are two possible explanations for the origins of this ...
Kawazoe Keita (川副 圭太), born April 10, 1999, is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Uto, Kumamoto.His highest rank is jūryō 13, rank in which he evolved under the shikona, or ring name, Kihō Tomotaka (輝鵬 智貴) before reverting to his legal name for the May 2024 tournament.
Masunoyama Tomoharu (Japanese: 舛乃山 大晴, born November 1, 1990 as Tomoharu Kato (加藤 大晴)) is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Sakae, Chiba.He turned professional in July 2006 and was the first wrestler born in the Heisei era to become a sekitori when he was promoted to the jūryō division in November 2010, alongside Takayasu.
Ohtori spent his two-decade sumo career struggling for wins so he could move up the ranks of Japan’s traditional sport, but now he is fighting to entertain a different crowd: curious tourists ...
This championship victory for a beginner wrestler in the makuuchi division is a feat never achieved in 110 years, a first since Ryōgoku Kajinosuke II won the June 1914 tournament. [31] The win also made Takerufuji the fastest wrestler to win a top-division championship at the time, doing so in 10 tournaments since his debut.
Wrestlers can be listed in the order of their rank as of the most current January/Hatsu 2025 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.
Churanoumi Yoshihisa (Japanese: 美ノ海 義久, born 6 May 1993 as Shinji Kizaki (木﨑 信志, Kizaki Shinji)) is a professional Japanese sumo wrestler from Okinawa Prefecture who debuted in March 2016. He has won three lower-division championships and reached the top makuuchi division in January 2024.
Kotozakura Masakatsu (琴櫻 将傑), born 19 November 1997 as Masakatsu Kamatani (鎌谷 将且, Kamatani Masakatsu), is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Chiba Prefecture. He wrestles for Sadogatake stable, a sumo stable previously run by his grandfather, former yokozuna Kotozakura, and currently run by his father, former sekiwake ...