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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.
The following articles contain lists of sumo wrestlers: List of active sumo wrestlers; List of heaviest sumo wrestlers; List of komusubi; List of ōzeki; List of non-Japanese sumo wrestlers; List of past sumo wrestlers; List of sekiwake; List of sumo elders; List of sumo record holders; List of yokozuna
The Emperor's Cup has been awarded to the winner of top division tournaments since 1925. This is a list of wrestlers who have won the top division (makuuchi) championship in professional sumo since 1909, when the current championship system was established.
As of November 2014, the monument carries the names of Tanikaze (63 consecutive wins), Umegatani (58), Tachiyama (56), Futabayama (69), Chiyonofuji (53) and Hakuhō (63). This is a list of records held by wrestlers of professional sumo. Only performances in official tournaments or honbasho are included here.
was expelled from sumo in 2011 due to alleged match-fixing but reinstated after winning a court case, became Arashio oyakata: Yoshikaze: 2004-1 2019-9 Sekiwake Oguruma: four-time sekiwake, college sumo champion, at one time held record for most makuuchi appearances without a san'yaku promotion: Hōmashō: 2004-3 2015-1 Komusubi Shikoroyama
The first list of yokozuna (with 17 names in total) was compiled by the 12th yokozuna Jinmaku Kyūgorō in 1900 but was not regarded as official until 1926 when it was published by the newly formed Japan Sumo Association and updated to 31 names. Since that time, 42 more yokozuna have been promoted.
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).
List of active sumo wrestlers; List of komusubi; List of Mongolian sumo wrestlers; List of non-Japanese sumo wrestlers; List of ōzeki; List of past sumo wrestlers; List of sekiwake; List of sumo elders