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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 ...
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.
His height of 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) and weight of 90 kg (200 lb; 14 st) make him among the lightest sumo wrestlers in the modern era. In November 2008 he climbed as high as makushita 13, beating his previous high of makushita 15 set in November 2005, and he moved up to makushita 9 in January 2009.
From 1996 to 1997, Yarbrough competed in professional wrestling for Catch Wrestling Association in Germany, where he had gimmick matches based around his sumo career. He took part in a sumo tournament against the entire staff of the promotion, being declared winner after beating everybody except August Smisl and Terminator Mastino .
Yoshiazuma Hiroshi (Japanese: 芳東 洋, born 26 May 1977 as Hiroshi Ishihara (石原 洋, Ishihara Hiroshi)) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kashima, Kumamoto. He made his professional debut in January 1996 and reached the top division in September 2011.
Hōshōryū comes from a prestigious wrestling family, his father (the eldest brother) and uncles all having wrestling backgrounds. In addition to former yokozuna Asashōryū , he also counts among his uncles Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar a Mongolian politician but former Olympic freestyle wrestling athlete, and Dolgorsürengiin Serjbüdee , who ...
In June of 2021, Yamamotoyama was featured in the OFFCANNY YouTube video, we became sumo wrestlers. 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.
Ōrora had a huge weight advantage over nearly all his opponents—his 190 kg (420 lb) advantage over the 83 kg (183 lb) wrestler Ohara in January 2012 was the largest disparity ever in a professional sumo bout, though in this bout he was beaten by the smaller wrestler when stepping out of the ring during a throw attempt. [15]