List of active sumo wrestlers
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The following is an alphabetical list of prominent active professional sumo wrestlers.
- Please refer to Professional sumo divisions for more information about the separate divisions.
- Please refer to makuuchi for more information about top division ranks.
List
Wrestlers' ring names in Japanese are listed beneath their roman letter equivalents.
Wrestlers can be listed in the order of their rank as of the most current January 2016 banzuke by clicking the Current rank sorting button.
Ranks in bold indicate a wrestler is debuting at a career high rank.
| Ring name | Current rank | Debut | Stable | Birthplace | Career and other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aminishiki 安美錦 |
Maegashira 1 East | 1997-1 | Isegahama | Aomori | six time sekiwake, brother of Asōfuji, winner of five Technique prizes |
| Amuuru 阿夢露 |
Maegashira 11 West | 2002-5 | Onomatsu | Russia, Lesozavodsk | best rank maegashira 5, only ethnic Russian remaining in sumo, injury plagued career, had string of winning tournaments on return from serious injury |
| Aoiyama 碧山 |
Maegashira 2 West | 2009-5 | Kasugano | Bulgaria, Elhovo | two time sekiwake, second Bulgarian after Kotoōshū to enter makuuchi, and to reach sekiwake |
| Arawashi 荒鷲 |
Jūryō 4 East | 2003-1 | Minezaki | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | best rank maegashira 8, took over 11 years to reach makuuchi |
| Asasekiryū 朝赤龍 |
Jūryō 8 East | 2000-1 | Takasago | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | two time sekiwake, father held equivalent of komusubi in Mongolian wrestling |
| Chiyomaru 千代丸 |
Jūryō 7 West | 2007-7 | Kokonoe | Kagoshima | best rank maegashira 11, jūryō champion, older brother of komusubi Chiyoōtori |
| Chiyonokuni 千代の国 |
Jūryō 13 West | 2006-5 | Kokonoe | Mie | best rank maegashira 8, career plagued with injuries, jūryō champion |
| Chiyoōtori 千代鳳 |
Maegashira 10 East | 2008-5 | Kokonoe | Kagoshima | one time komusubi, jūryō champion, stablemates with older brother Chiyomaru |
| Chiyotairyū 千代大龍 |
Maegashira 12 East | 2011-5 | Kokonoe | Tokyo | one time komusubi, jūryō champion, university yokozuna |
| Daidō 大道 |
Makushita 2 West | 2005-3 | Onomatsu | Tokyo | best rank maegashira 8, former amateur wrestler at Senshu University |
| Endō 遠藤 |
Maegashira 11 East | 2013-3 | Oitekaze | Ishikawa | best rank maegashira 1, two time amateur yokozuna, debuted at a high makushita 10, took championship in his jūryō debut |
| Fujiazuma 富士東 |
Jūryō 1 West | 2003-3 | Tamanoi | Tokyo | best rank maegashira 4, first makuuchi wrestler produced by former ōzeki Tochiazuma |
| Gagamaru 臥牙丸 |
Maegashira 9 West | 2005-11 | Kise | Georgia, Tbilissi | one time komusubi, known for wide girth, third Georgian in makuuchi |
| Gōeidō 豪栄道 |
Ōzeki 2 West | 2005-1 | Sakaigawa | Ōsaka | at rank of sekiwake for a modern record 14 consecutive tournaments, chief rival of Tochiōzan since high school |
| Hakuhō 白鵬 |
Yokozuna 1 West | 2001-3 | Miyagino | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | holds the record for the most top division championships of all time, and for most wins in a calendar year at 86 |
| Harumafuji 日馬富士 |
Yokozuna 1 East | 2001-1 | Isegahama | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | third consecutive Mongolian to reach yokozuna rank, awarded 5 Technique prizes, winner of six tournaments to date |
| Hidenoumi 英乃海 |
Jūryō 2 West | 2012-5 | Kise | Tokyo | best rank maegashira 13, faced stablemate Hamaguchi in lower division championship playoffs in two consecutive tournaments, a first in sumo history |
| Homarefuji 誉富士 |
Maegashira 15 East | 2008-1 | Isegahama | Aomori | best rank maegashira 6, from the same town as Mainoumi and the same high school as Masatsukasa |
| Ichinojō 逸ノ城 |
Maegashira 3 East | 2014-1 | Minato | Mongolia, Arkhangai | two time sekiwake, second foreign born makushita tsukedashi, champion in jūryō debut tournament |
| Ikioi 勢 |
Komusubi East | 2005-3 | Isenoumi | Ōsaka | two time komusubi, only wrestler from his stable in top division, jūryō champion |
| Jōkōryū 常幸龍 |
Maegashira 14 East | 2011-7 | Kise | Tokyo | one time komusubi, former high school and college champion, holds the record for the most consecutive wins from entry into sumo, and the fastest rise to the top division |
| Kagamiō 鏡桜 |
Jūryō 4 West | 2003-7 | Kagamiyama | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | best rank maegashira 9, first sekitori from his very small stable since the current coach Tagaryū was active in 1991, took jūryō championship after losing two playoffs in previous tournaments |
| Kagayaki [[{{{1}}}]] |
Maegashira 16 East | 2010-3 | Takadagawa | Ishikawa | makuuchi debut |
| Kaisei 魁聖 |
Maegashira 3 West | 2006-9 | Tomozuna | Brazil, São Paulo | best rank maegashira 1, first Brazilian in top division |
| Kakuryū 鶴竜 |
Yokozuna 2 East | 2001-11 | Izutsu | Mongolia, Sükhbaatar aimag | newest yokozuna, only sekitori wrestler from his stable, known for his diligence |
| Kisenosato 稀勢の里 |
Ōzeki 1 East | 2002-3 | Tagonoura | Ibaraki | currently longest serving ōzeki, made top division at just 18, had a contentious rivalry with yokozuna Asashōryū |
| Kitataiki 北太樹 |
Maegashira 15 West | 1998-3 | Kitanoumi | Tokyo | best rank maegashira 2, took ten years to reach top division |
| Kotoshōgiku 琴奨菊 |
Ōzeki 2 East | 2002-1 | Sadogatake | Fukuoka | first Japanese ōzeki after Kaiō's retirement, known for signature "hug and chug" style |
| Kotoyūki 琴勇輝 |
Maegashira 4 West | 2008-3 | Sadogatake | Kagawa | jūryō champion, first Kagawa native to reach makuuchi since 1958 |
| Kyokushūhō 旭秀鵬 |
Maegashira 4 East | 2007-5 | Tomozuna | Mongolia | was able to join the stable of his idol, fellow countryman Kyokutenhō |
| Masunoyama 舛ノ山 |
Sandanme 100 West | 2006-7 | Chiganoura | Chiba | best rank maegashira 4, half Filipino, first wrestler from his stable to make top division |
| Mitakeumi [[{{{1}}}]] |
Maegashira 10 West | 2012-3 | Dewanoumi | Nagano | makuuchi debut, makushita tsukedashi entrant with high expectations |
| Myōgiryū 妙義龍 |
Maegashira 8 East | 2009-5 | Sakaigawa | Hyōgo | seven time sekiwake, promising rise slowed due to injury in his jūryō debut |
| Okinoumi 隠岐の海 |
Maegashira 6 West | 2005-1 | Hakkaku | Shimane | one time sekiwake, first top division wrestler from Shimane Prefecture in 88 years |
| Ōsunaarashi 大砂嵐 |
Maegashira 5 East | 2012-3 | Ōtake | Egypt, Dakahlia Governorate | best rank maegashira 1, first wrestler in history from African continent, first Arab |
| Sadanofuji 佐田の富士 |
Jūryō 2 East | 2003-1 | Sakaigawa | Nagasaki | best rank maegashira 7, once released as Iwakiyama's tsukebito so he could concentrate on his wrestling |
| Sadanoumi 佐田の海 |
Maegashira 9 East | 2003-5 | Sakaigawa | Kumamoto | best rank maegashira 1, took 11 years to reach makuuchi, repeated father's own feat of earning a Fighting Spirit prize in his top division debut. |
| Sagatsukasa 磋牙司 |
Makushita 30 West | 2005-1 | Irumagawa | Shizuoka | best rank maegashira 9, 1998 high school sumo yokozuna, one of the shortest recent sekitori |
| Satoyama 里山 |
Jūryō 6 West | 2004-3 | Onoe | Kagoshima | best rank maegashira 12, known for using a wide variety of techniques, still uses own rare surname as his ring name. |
| Seirō 青狼 |
Jūryō 1 East | 2005-7 | Shikoroyama | Ulan Bator, Mongolia | best rank maegashira 15, first spotted by then yokozuna Asashōryū in his younger years, ring name means "blue wolf" |
| Shōdai [[{{{1}}}]] |
Maegashira 12 West | 2014-3 | Tokitsukaze | Kumamoto | makuuchi debut |
| Shōhōzan 松鳳山 |
Maegashira 1 West | 2006-3 | Nishonoseki | Fukuoka | four time komusubi, bounced back from a two tournament suspension for baseball gambling to take makushita championship twice in a row |
| Shōtenrō 翔天狼 |
Makushita 1 East | 2001-3 | Fujishima | Mongolia, Khovd aimag | best rank maegashira 2, former junior wrestling champion at Mongolian Naadam festival |
| Sōkokurai 蒼国来 |
Maegashira 5 West | 2003-9 | Arashio | China, Inner Mongolia | reinstated after dismissal for match-fixing nullified in court, one of only two Chinese wrestlers, and the only sekitori |
| Takanoiwa 貴ノ岩 |
Maegashira 13 West | 2009-1 | Takanohana | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | best rank maegashira 11, jūryō champion, second from Takanohana stable to reach makuuchi |
| Takarafuji 宝富士 |
Maegashira 2 East | 2009-1 | Isegahama | Aomori | one time komusubi, former amateur at Kinki University |
| Takayasu 高安 |
Maegashira 8 West | 2005-3 | Tagonoura | Ibaraki | two time komusubi, still wrestles under real name, first sekitori born in the Heisei era, half Filipino |
| Takekaze 豪風 |
Maegashira 13 East | 2002-5 | Oguruma | Akita | one time sekiwake, collegiate champion, only top division wrestler from Akita prefecture |
| Tamaasuka 玉飛鳥 |
Makushita 4 East | 1998-3 | Kataonami | Aichi | best rank maegashira 9, two time jūryō winner, has been promoted to makuuchi 7 times |
| Tamawashi 玉鷲 |
Maegashira 7 West | 2004-1 | Kataonami | Mongolia, Ulan Bator | one time komusubi, originally studied to work in hotel industry |
| Tenkaihō 天鎧鵬 |
Jūryō 7 East | 2007-1 | Onoe | Kumamoto | best rank maegashira 8, highest ranked wrestler at Onoe stable since Baruto's retirement |
| Terunofuji 照ノ富士 |
Ōzeki 1 West | 2011-7 | Isegahama | Mongolia | newest ōzeki, sent to Japan when his judo coach, Hakuhō's father, recognized his potential |
| Tochinoshin 栃ノ心 |
Komusubi West | 2006-3 | Kasugano | Georgia, Mtskheta | seven time komusubi, fellow countryman of Kokkai, worked his way back up ranks after injury absence |
| Tochiōzan 栃煌山 |
Sekiwake East | 2005-1 | Kasugano | Kōchi | eleven time sekiwake, longtime rival of Gōeidō |
| Tokintenkū 時天空 |
Jūryō 9 East | 2002-7 | Tokitsukaze | Mongolia, Töv aimag | three time komusubi, two time jūryō champ, won three consecutive championships from his debut |
| Tokushōryū 徳勝龍 |
Maegashira 6 East | 2009-1 | Kise | Nara | best rank maegashira 4, in school years he was teammates with future top division regulars Tochiōzan, Takarafuji and others. |
| Tosayutaka 土佐豊 |
Sandanme 40 West | 2007-3 | Tokitsukaze | Kōchi | best rank maegashira 1, first wrestler from his stable to reach the top division since the Tokitsukaze stable hazing scandal, after working way back up ranks after injury absence, currently again on long injury absence |
| Toyohibiki 豊響 |
Maegashira 14 West | 2005-1 | Sakaigawa | Yamaguchi | best rank maegashira 2, on rise to top division, suffered only one make-koshi, currently has the active record for most makuuchi appearances without a san'yaku promotion |
| Toyonoshima 豊ノ島 |
Maegashira 7 East | 2002-1 | Tokitsukaze | Kōchi | four time sekiwake, one of shortest wrestlers, performance in top division exceeded all expectations |
| Yoshiazuma 芳東 |
Makushita 31 West | 1996-1 | Tamanoi | Kumamoto | best rank maegashira 12, slowest rise ever to makuuchi |
| Yoshikaze 嘉風 |
Sekiwake West | 2004-1 | Oguruma | Ōita | first time sekiwake, college sumo champion, previously held record for most makuuchi appearances without a san'yaku promotion |
