The following is an alphabetical list of all active professional sumo wrestlers in the top makuuchi division, and all those currently in lower divisions who have a Wikipedia article. Please refer to professional sumo divisions for more information about the separate divisions.
Ring name | Current rank | Debut | Stable | Birthdate | Hometown | Career and other notes | ||
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Abi | data-sort-value="c1e" | East Sekiwake 1 | 2013-5 | Shikoroyama | Saitama | one-time sekiwake, known for distinctive tsuppari, won successive lower division championships after a three tournament suspension for repeatedly breaking COVID-19 rules | ||
Akua | data-sort-value="g5e" | East Makushita 5 | 2010-11 | Tatsunami | Ibaraki | best rank maegashira 10, made his makuuchi debut at age 30, known for kakenage move | ||
Amakaze | data-sort-value="g38e" | East Makushita 38 | 2007-3 | Oshiogawa | Kagawa | best rank maegashira 13, jūryō champion, former personal attendant to Takekaze | ||
Aoiyama | data-sort-value="f11w" | West Jūryō 11 | 2009-5 | Kasugano | Elhovo | two-time sekiwake, second Bulgarian after Kotoōshū to enter makuuchi and to reach sekiwake | ||
Asabenkei | data-sort-value="h79w" | West Sandanme 79 | 2007-3 | Takasago | Kanagawa | best rank jūryō 7 | ||
Asagyokusei | data-sort-value="g59e" | East Makushita 59 | 2016-1 | Takasago | Mie | best rank jūryō 12 | ||
Asakōryū | data-sort-value="f4w" | West Jūryō 4 | 2021-5 | Takasago | Osaka | best rank jūryō 4, went to same high school as his stablemaster Asasekiryū | ||
Asanoyama | data-sort-value="e12e" | East Maegashira 12 | 2016-3 | Takasago | Toyama | former ozeki and makuuchi champion, sandanme tsukedashi, served a 6-tournament suspension for repeatedly violating COVID-19 rules | ||
Atamifuji | data-sort-value="e1w" | West Maegashira 1 | 2020-11 | Isegahama | Shizuoka | Best rank maegashira 1, name comes from hometown of Atami, contended for yūshō in first two appearances | ||
Bushōzan | data-sort-value="e16w" | West Maegashira 16 | 2014-1 | Fujishima | Ibaraki | best rank maegashira 14, former Saitama Sakae Captain | ||
Chiyomaru | data-sort-value="g6e" | East Makushita 6 | 2007-7 | Kokonoe | Kagoshima | best rank maegashira 5, jūryō champion, older brother of former komusubi Chiyoōtori | ||
Chiyoshōma | data-sort-value="e15e" | East Maegashira 15 | 2009-7 | Kokonoe | Ulaanbaatar | best rank maegashira 2, employs a variety of moves | ||
Churanoumi | data-sort-value="e12w" | West Maegashira 12 | 2016-3 | Kise | Okinawa | best rank East Maegashira 13, Okinawa native | ||
Daiamami | data-sort-value="f2w" | West Jūryō 2 | 2016-1 | Oitekaze | Kagoshima | best rank maegashira 11, jūryō champion, makushita tsukedashi | ||
Daieishō | data-sort-value="de" | East Komusubi | 2012-3 | Oitekaze | Saitama | eight-time sekiwake, one of several sekitori from populous Saitama prefecture, makuuchi championship winner in January 2021 | ||
Daishōhō | data-sort-value="f4e" | East Jūryō 4 | 2013-3 | Oitekaze | Ulaanbaatar | best rank maegashira 9, seven straight winning records in the jūryō division | ||
Daishōmaru | data-sort-value="g8e" | East Makushita 8 | 2014-3 | Oitekaze | Ōsaka | best rank maegashira 5, former amateur yokozuna, followed previous year's amateur yokozuna, Endō into Oitekaze | ||
Endō | data-sort-value="e14w" | West Maegashira 14 | 2013-3 | Oitekaze | Ishikawa | four-time komusubi, two-time amateur yokozuna, debuted at a high makushita 10, took championship in his jūryō debut | ||
Enhō | data-sort-value="j13w" | West Jonikuchi 13 | 2017-3 | Miyagino | Ishikawa | best rank maegashira 4, fan favorite, known for his short stature and strong underarm throw | ||
Fujiazuma | data-sort-value="h14w" | West Sandanme 14 | 2003-3 | Tamanoi | Tokyo | best rank maegashira 4, first makuuchi wrestler coached by former ōzeki Tochiazuma | ||
Gōnoyama | data-sort-value="e3w" | West Maegashira 3 | 2021-3 | Takekuma | Osaka | best rank East Maegashira 3, former Chuo University amateur, stablemaster is former ōzeki Gōeidō | ||
Hakuōhō | data-sort-value="f13w" | East Jūryō 13 | 2023-1 | Miyagino | Tottori | best rank maegashira 9, former high school yokozuna promoted to jūryō just one tournament after his professional debut | ||
Hidenoumi | data-sort-value="f9e" | East Jūryō 9 | 2012-5 | Kise | Tokyo | best rank maegashira 6, faced stablemate Hamaguchi in lower division championship playoffs in two consecutive tournaments, a first in sumo history, suspended one tournament in 2022 for illegal gambling | ||
Hiradoumi | data-sort-value="dw" | West Komusubi | 2016-3 | Sakaigawa | Nagasaki | first time komusubi, ring name comes from hometown, island city Hirado | ||
Hokutofuji | data-sort-value="e13e" | East Maegashira 13 | 2015-5 | Hakkaku | Saitama | Four-time komusubi, jūryō champion, equalled second-fastest rise to top division since 1958 | ||
Hōshōryū | data-sort-value="b1w" | West Ōzeki 1 | 2017- | 11Tatsunami | Ulaanbaatar | Five-time sekiwake, known for throwing and tripping techniques, the nephew of Asashōryū. | ||
Ichiyamamoto | data-sort-value="e11e" | East Maegashira 11 | 2017-1 | Hanaregoma | Hokkaido | best rank Maegashira 7, jūryō champion, Abi style thrusting skills | ||
Kagayaki | data-sort-value="e16e" | East Maegashira 16 | 2010-3 | Takadagawa | Ishikawa | best rank maegashira 4, Ishikawa native along with Endō | ||
Kaisho | data-sort-value="g9w" | West Makushita 9 | 2013-3 | Asakayama | Aichi | highest rank Jūryō 2, first sekitori from his stable | ||
Kawazoe | data-sort-value="i23w" | West Jonidan 23 | 2022-9 | Miyagino | Kumamoto | best rank jūryō 13, amateur yokozuna, first recruit from Miyagino stable since Hakuhō took over the stable | ||
Kinbōzan | data-sort-value="e8w" | West Maegashira 8 | 2021-9 | Kise | Almaty | best rank maegashira 5, only ever Kazakh rikishi to reach Makuuchi | ||
Kirishima | data-sort-value="c2e" | East Sekiwake 2 | 2015-5 | Michinoku | Dornod | three-time sekiwake, two-time lower division champ | ||
Kitaharima | data-sort-value="g2e" | West Makushita 2 | 2002-5 | Yamahibiki | Hyōgo | best rank maegashira 15, took 85 tournaments to reach makuuchi | ||
Kitanowaka | data-sort-value="f3e" | East Jūryō 3 | 2019-3 | Hakkaku | Yamagata | best rank maegashira 14, former high school yokozuna | ||
Kōtokuzan | data-sort-value="g3e" | East Makushita 3 | 2009-9 | Arashio | Kanagawa | best rank maegashira 16, born in the Philippines, given name is Jasper | ||
Kotoshōhō | data-sort-value="e7e" | East Maegashira 7 | 2017-11 | Sadogatake | Chiba | best rank maegashira 3, jūryō champ | ||
Kotozakura | data-sort-value="b1e" | East Ozeki 1 | 2015-11 | Sadogatake | Chiba | three-time sekiwake, lower division champ, namesake son of former Kotonowaka, who is now his stable head | ||
Kyokutaisei | data-sort-value="g19e" | East Makushita 19 | 2008-3 | Tomozuna | Hokkaidō | best rank maegashira 8, was the subject of a documentary when first inducted into sumo | ||
Meisei | data-sort-value=e1e | East Maegashira 1 | 2011-5 | Tatsunami | Kagoshima | two-time sekiwake, former jūryō champ, from small island of Amami-Ōshima | ||
Midorifuji | data-sort-value="e10w" | West Maegashira 10 | 2016-9 | Isegahama | Shizuoka | best rank maegashira 1, jūryō champion, won the technique prize in January 2021 on his makuuchi debut, best known for his katasukashi technique | ||
Mitakeumi | data-sort-value="e2w" | West Maegashira 2 | 2015-3 | Dewanoumi | Nagano | former ōzeki, on top ten list for junior sanyaku appearances, makushita tsukedashi entrant with high expectations who has three top division championships, half-Filipino | ||
Mitoryū | data-sort-value="f3w" | West Jūryō 3 | 2017-5 | Nishikido | Ulaanbaatar | best rank maegashira 15, makuuchi debut, first foreigner to win the Amateur Yokozuna title, became highest ranking member of his stable upon joining it | ||
Myōgiryū | data-sort-value="f8w" | West Jūryō 8 | 2009-5 | Sakaigawa | Hyōgo | seven-time sekiwake, promising rise slowed due to injury in his jūryō debut | ||
Nishikifuji 錦富士 | data-sort-value="e17e" | East Maegashira 17 | 2016-9 | Isegahama | Aomori | best rank maegashira 3, jūryō champion | ||
Nishikigi | data-sort-value="e11w" | West Maegashira 11 | 2006-3 | Isenoumi | Iwate | two-time komusubi, 2nd member of Isenoumi stable in top division after Ikioi | ||
Ōhō | data-sort-value="e6w" | West Maegashira 6 | 2018-1 | Ōtake | Tokyo | best rank maegashira 3, son of Takatoriki and grandson of Taihō, one of three brothers in sumo | ||
Ōnosato | data-sort-value="c1w" | West Sekiwake 1 | 2023-5 | Nishonoseki | Ishikawa | at best rank, successful amateur champion on high school and university stages | ||
Ōnoshō | data-sort-value="e5e" | East Maegashira 5 | 2013-1 | Ōnomatsu | Aomori | two-time komusubi, only wrestler in makuuchi from once prominent Ōnomatsu | ||
Ōshōma | data-sort-value="e9e" | East Maegashira 9 | 2021-11 | Naruto | Töv | at best rank, former college yokozuna, won a makushita and jūryō championship in the same year | ||
Rōga | data-sort-value="e15w" | West Maegashira 15 | 2018-11 | Futagoyama | Tuva | again at best rank, first foreigner to claim the title of high school yokozuna, won a jonokuchi and a jonidan championship the same year | ||
Ryūden | data-sort-value="e8e" | East Maegashira 8 | 2006-5 | Takadagawa | Yamanashi | one-time komusubi, has won championships in four lower divisions, suspended for three tournaments in 2021 for repeatedly violating COVID-19 restrictions | ||
Sadanoumi | data-sort-value="e7w" | West Maegashira 7 | 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. | ||
Satonofuji | data-sort-value="i95w" | West Jonidan 95 | 1996-1 | Isegahama | Gunma | best rank makushita 1 | ||
Shimanoumi | data-sort-value="f6e" | East Jūryō 6 | 2012-5 | Mie | best rank maegashira 3, won two straight jūryō championships | |||
Shimazuumi | data-sort-value="f10w" | West Jūryō 10 | 2012-3 | Hanaregoma | Kagoshima | best rank maegashira 12, took 10 years to reach sekitori | ||
Shirokuma | data-sort-value="f8e" | East Jūryō 8 | 2022-5 | Nishonoseki | Fukushima | best rank jūryō 5, name means polar bear, yet to have a make-koshi | ||
Shishi | data-sort-value="f10e" | East Jūryō 10 | 2020-1 | Ikazuchi | Melitopol | best rank jūryō 6, first Ukrainian to reach the status of sekitori in the history of the sport | ||
Shōdai | data-sort-value="e10e" | East Maegashira 10 | 2014-3 | Tokitsukaze | Kumamoto | former ōzeki, one-time makuuchi champion, rose very quickly through the ranks | ||
Shōnannoumi | data-sort-value="e5w" | West Maegashira 5 | 2014-3 | Takadagawa | Kanagawa | best rank maegashira 5, rose steadily through the ranks. Third tournament in the jūryō division | ||
Takakeishō | data-sort-value="b2w" | West Ōzeki 2 | 2014-11 | Tokiwayama | Hyōgo | re-promoted to Ōzeki after injury-caused demotion, three-time makuuchi champ, managed to stay above fray in the multiple Takanohana stable scandals | ||
Takakento | data-sort-value="g44w" | West Makushita 44 | 2014-1 | Tokiwayama | Kumamoto | best rank Jūryō 4, former personal attendant to Takakeishō | ||
Takanoshō | data-sort-value="e6e" | East Maegashira 6 | 2010-3 | Tokiwayama | Chiba | five-time sekiwake, former runner up for jūryō championship | ||
Takarafuji | data-sort-value="e13w" | West Maegashira 13 | 2009-1 | Isegahama | Aomori | one-time sekiwake, former amateur at Kinki University | ||
Takayasu | data-sort-value="e3e" | East Maegashira 3 | 2005-5 | Tagonoura | Ibaraki | former ōzeki, first sekitori born in the Heisei era, half Filipino | ||
Takerufuji | data-sort-value="f2e" | East Jūryō 2 | 2022-9 | Isegahama | Aomori | best rank maegashira 6, took championship on makuuchi debut, a feat not achieved in 110 years | ||
Tamashōhō | data-sort-value="f6w" | West Jūryō 6 | 2011-9 | Kataonami | Ulaanbaatar | best rank jūryō 1, second slowest foreign wrestler (68 tournaments) to reach the status of sekitori, has been in five different stables | ||
Tamawashi | data-sort-value="e9w" | West Maegashira 9 | 2004-1 | Kataonami | Ulaanbaatar | eight-time sekiwake, at age 34 became second oldest wrestler to win first makuuchi championship, originally studied to work in hotel industry | ||
Terunofuji | data-sort-value="ae" | East Yokozuna | 2011-7 | Isegahama | Ulaanbaatar | after reaching ōzeki, dropped four divisions due to health problems but fought back up to become 73rd yokozuna in 2021, nine-time makuuchi champion, originally sent to Japan when judo coach, Hakuhō's father, recognized potential | ||
Tobizaru | data-sort-value="e4e" | East Maegashira 4 | 2015-1 | Oitekaze | Tokyo | 3-time komusubi, known for unorthodox approaches in the ring, younger brother of Hidenoumi | ||
Tōhakuryū | data-sort-value="f5e" | East Jūryō 5 | 2019-5 | Tamanoi | Tokyo | best rank maegashira 15, former amateur at Toyo University | ||
Tokihayate | data-sort-value="f1e" | East Jūryō 1 | 2019-5 | Tokitsukaze | Miyagi | best rank maegashira15, Tokyo University of Agriculture graduate, first sekitori from his home prefecture in 18 years | ||
Tomokaze | data-sort-value="f7e" | East Jūryō 7 | 2017-5 | Kanagawa | best rank maegashira 3, made top division in just 11 tournaments, achieved 13 successive kachi-koshi from debut | |||
Tsurugishō | data-sort-value="f5w" | West Jūryō 5 | 2014-1 | Oitekaze | Tokyo | best rank maegashira 6, Nihon University graduate, jūryō champion | ||
Tsushimanada | data-sort-value="f12w" | West Jūryō 12 | 2016-11 | Sakaigawa | Nagasaki | best rank jūryō 9, first wrestler from his hometown to be promoted sekitori in 45 years | ||
Ura | data-sort-value="e4w" | West Maegashira 4 | 2015-5 | Kise | Ōsaka | first time komusubi, a fan favorite, won gold medal at World Combat Games as amateur, has had two extended absences due to knee injuries, has won five lower division championships | ||
Wakamotoharu | data-sort-value="e2e" | East Maegashira 2 | 2011-11 | Arashio | Fukushima | 3-time sekiwake, middle of three brothers in the same stable | ||
Wakatakakage | data-sort-value="e14e" | East Maegashira 14 | 2017-3 | Arashio | Fukushima | 4-time sekiwake with 1 makuuchi championship, youngest of three brothers in the same stable, sandanme tsukedashi | ||
Yago | data-sort-value="g16e" | East Makushita 16 | 2017-5 | Oshiogawa | Hokkaidō | best rank maegashira 10 | ||
Yoshiazuma | data-sort-value="i16w" | West Jonidan 16 | 1996-1 | Tamanoi | Kumamoto | best rank maegashira 12, third-slowest rise ever to makuuchi |