List of active sumo wrestlers
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.
List
Wrestlers can be listed in the order of their rank as of the most current September 2018 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 on the West.
Ranks in bold indicate a wrestler is debuting at a career-high rank.
| Ring name | Current rank | Debut | Stable | Birthdate | Hometown | Career and other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abi 阿炎 |
Maegashira 4 West | 2013-7 | Shikoroyama | May 4, 1994 |  |
best rank maegashira 2,known for distinctive tsuppari |
| Akiseyama 明瀬山 |
Jūryō 3 West | 2008-1 | Kise | July 18, 1985 | |
best rank maegashira 16, had close friendship with fellow amateur yokozuna Kiyoseumi |
| Amakaze 天風 |
Makushita 49 East | 2007-3 | Oguruma | July 7, 1991 | |
best rank maegashira 13, jūryō champion, former personal attendant to Takekaze |
| Aminishiki 安美錦 |
Jūryō 1 West | 1997-1 | Isegahama | October 3, 1978 | |
six-time sekiwake, brother of Asōfuji, winner of six Technique prizes, recently beat own record as oldest wrestler ever to return to makuuchi |
| Aoiyama 碧山 |
Maegashira 10 East | 2009-5 | Kasugano | June 19, 1986 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
two-time sekiwake, second Bulgarian after Kotoōshū to enter makuuchi and to reach sekiwake |
| Arawashi 荒鷲 |
Jūryō 1 East | 2003-1 | Minezaki | August 21, 1986 |  |
best rank maegashira 2, took over 11 years to reach makuuchi |
| Asanoyama 朝乃山 |
Maegashira 5 West | 2016-3 | Takasago | March 1, 1994 | |
sandanme tsukedashi |
| Chiyomaru 千代丸 |
Maegashira 14 West | 2007-7 | Kokonoe | April 17, 1991 | |
best rank maegashira 5, jūryō champion, older brother of komusubi Chiyoōtori |
| Chiyonokuni 千代の国 |
Maegashira 4 East | 2006-5 | Kokonoe | July 10, 1990 | |
best rank maegashira 1, has come back multiple times from injuries, jūryō champion |
| Chiyoōtori 千代鳳 |
Makushita 25 East | 2008-5 | Kokonoe | October 11, 1992 | |
one-time komusubi, jūryō champion, stablemates with older brother Chiyomaru |
| Chiyoshōma 千代翔馬 |
Maegashira 15 East | 2009-9 | Kokonoe | July 20, 1991 | |
best rank maegashira 2, most recent successful Mongolian makuuchi wrestler |
| Chiyotairyū 千代大龍 |
Maegashira 2 West | 2011-5 | Kokonoe | November 14, 1988 | |
two time komusubi, jūryō champion, university yokozuna |
| Daiamami 大奄美 |
Jūryō 4 East | 2016-1 | Oitekaze | December 15, 1992 | |
jūryō champion, makushita tsukedashi |
| Daieishō 大栄翔 |
Maegashira 10 West | 2012-3 | Oitekaze | November 10, 1993 | |
best rank maegashira 3, only sekitori from populous Saitama prefecture |
| Daishōmaru 大翔丸 |
Maegashira 9 West | 2014-3 | Oitekaze | July 10, 1991 | |
best rank maegashira 5, former amateur yokozuna, followed previous year's amateur yokozuna, Endō into Oitekaze |
| Endō 遠藤 |
Maegashira 3 West | 2013-3 | Oitekaze | October 19, 1990 | |
one time komusubi, two-time amateur yokozuna, debuted at a high makushita 10, took championship in his jūryō debut |
| Fujiazuma 富士東 |
Makushita 19 West | 2003-3 | Tamanoi | April 19, 1987 | |
best rank maegashira 4, first makuuchi wrestler coached by former ōzeki Tochiazuma |
| Gagamaru 臥牙丸 |
Jūryō 12 East | 2005-11 | Kise | February 23, 1987 |  |
one-time komusubi, known for wide girth, third Georgian in makuuchi |
| Gōeidō 豪栄道 |
Ōzeki 1 East | 2005-1 | Sakaigawa | April 6, 1986 | |
held rank of sekiwake for a modern record 14 consecutive tournaments, one-time makuuchi champion, chief rival of Tochiōzan since high school |
| Hakuhō 白鵬 |
Yokozuna 1 West | 2001-3 | Miyagino | March 11, 1985 | |
holds the records for most top division championships, most career wins, and most wins in a calendar year at 86 |
| Hanakaze 華吹 |
Jonidan 78 East | 1986-3 | Tatsunami | May 28, 1970 | |
best rank sandanme 18, holds record for longest serving wrestler in centuries long history of sumo |
| Hidenoumi 英乃海 |
Jūryō 6 East | 2012-5 | Kise | June 11, 1989 | |
best rank maegashira 12, faced stablemate Hamaguchi in lower division championship playoffs in two consecutive tournaments, a first in sumo history |
| Hokutōfuji 北勝富士 |
Maegashira 9 East | 2015-5 | Hakkaku | July 15, 1992 | |
best rank maegashira 1, jūryō champion, equalled second-fastest rise to top division since 1958 |
| Homarefuji 誉富士 |
Makushita 6 West
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2008-1 | Isegahama | May 6, 1985 | |
best rank maegashira 6, from the same town as Mainoumi and the same high school as Masatsukasa |
| Ichinojō 逸ノ城 |
Sekiwake West | 2014-1 | Minato | April 7, 1993 | |
five-time sekiwake, champion in jūryō debut tournament, only Mongolian sumo wrestler raised as a nomad |
| Ikioi 勢 |
Maegashira 1 East | 2005-3 | Isenoumi | October 11, 1986 | |
one-time sekiwake, jūryō champion |
| Ishiura 石浦 |
Maegashira 16 West | 2013-1 | Miyagino | January 10, 1990 | |
best rank maegashira 8, third wrestler from Tottori Prefecture to reach top division since WWII |
| Jōkōryū 常幸龍 |
Jūryō 14 East | 2011-7 | Kise | August 7, 1988 | |
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 |
Makushita 12 East | 2003-7 | Kagamiyama | February 9, 1988 | |
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 輝 |
Maegashira 6 East | 2010-3 | Takadagawa | June 1, 1994 | |
best rank maegashira 4, Ishikawa native along with Endō, beginning to make an impact in makuuchi |
| Kaisei 魁聖 |
Maegashira 1 West | 2006-9 | Tomozuna | December 18, 1986 |  |
one-time sekiwake, first Brazilian in top division |
| Kakuryū 鶴竜 |
Yokozuna 1 East | 2001-11 | Izutsu | August 10, 1985 | |
fourth Mongolian yokozuna, only sekitori wrestler from his stable, known for his diligence |
| Kisenosato 稀勢の里 |
Yokozuna 2 East | 2002-3 | Tagonoura | July 3, 1986 | |
newest and only Japanese yokozuna, made top division at just 18, has been runner-up twelve times and has won two championships |
| Kotoshōgiku 琴奨菊 |
Maegashira 8 West | 2002-1 | Sadogatake | January 30, 1984 | |
former ōzeki, in 2016 became first Japanese-born makuuchi champion since Tochiazuma in 2006, known for signature "hug and chug" style |
| Kotoyūki 琴勇輝 |
Maegashira 16 East | 2008-3 | Sadogatake | April 2, 1991 | |
one-time sekiwake, jūryō champion, first Kagawa native to reach makuuchi since 1958 |
| Kyokushūhō 旭秀鵬 |
Jūryō 4 West | 2007-5 | Tomozuna | August 9, 1988 | |
best rank maegashira 4, was able to join the stable of his idol, fellow countryman Kyokutenhō |
| Kyokutaisei 旭大星 |
Maegashira 11 West | 2008-3 | Tomozuna | October 18, 1989 | |
best rank maegashira 8, was the subject of a documentary when first inducted into sumo |
| Masunoyama 舛ノ山 |
Sandanme 74 East | 2006-7 | Chiganoura | November 1, 1991 | |
best rank maegashira 4, half Filipino, first wrestler from his stable to make top division, working way back up ranks after multiple injury leaves put him the lowest any former makuuchi had ever dropped |
| Mitakeumi 御嶽海 |
Sekiwake East | 2015-3 | Dewanoumi | December 25, 1992 | |
seven-time sekiwake, makushita tsukedashi entrant with high expectations, half-Filipino |
| Myōgiryū 妙義龍 |
Maegashira 5 East | 2009-5 | Sakaigawa | October 22, 1986 | |
seven-time sekiwake, promising rise slowed due to injury in his jūryō debut |
| Nishikigi 錦木 |
Maegashira 12 West | 2006-3 | Isenoumi | August 25, 1990 | |
best rank maegashira 6, 2nd member of Isenoumi stable in top division after Ikioi |
| Okinoumi 隠岐の海 |
Maegashira 12 East | 2005-1 | Hakkaku | July 29, 1985 | |
two-time sekiwake, first top division wrestler from Shimane Prefecture in 88 years |
| Ōnoshō 阿武咲 |
Maegashira 6 West | 2013-1 | Ōnomatsu | July 4, 1996 | |
two-time komusubi, only wrestler in makuuchi from once dominant Ōnomatsu |
| Ryūden 竜電 |
Maegashira 13 East | 2006-5 | Takadagawa | November 10, 1990 | |
best rank maegashira 7, has won championships in four lower divisions |
| Sadanoumi 佐田の海 |
Maegashira 11 East | 2003-5 | Sakaigawa | May 11, 1987 | |
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 11 East | 2005-1 | Irumagawa | December 21, 1981 | |
best rank maegashira 9, 1998 high school sumo yokozuna, one of the shortest recent sekitori |
| Satoyama 里山 |
Makushita 21 East | 2004-3 | Onoe | May 31, 1981 | |
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 9 West | 2005-7 | Shikoroyama | August 18, 1988 | |
best rank maegashira 14, first spotted by then yokozuna Asashōryū in his younger years, ring name means "blue wolf" |
| Shōdai 正代 |
Maegashira 3 East | 2014-3 | Tokitsukaze | November 5, 1991 | |
one-time sekiwake, three different division championship, one in jūryō, has risen very quickly through the ranks |
| Shōhōzan 松鳳山 |
Maegashira 7 East | 2006-3 | Nishonoseki | February 9, 1984 | |
five-time komusubi, bounced back from a two tournament suspension for baseball gambling to take makushita championship twice in a row |
| Sōkokurai 蒼国来 |
Makushita 9 East | 2003-9 | Arashio | January 9, 1984 |  |
best rank maegashira 2, jūryō champion, reinstated after dismissal for match-fixing nullified in court, one of only two Chinese wrestlers, and the only sekitori |
| Takakeishō 貴景勝 |
Komusubi West | 2014-11 | Takanohana | August 5, 1996 | |
two-time komusubi, has risen very steadily through ranks, jūryō champion |
| Takanoiwa 貴ノ岩 |
Maegashira 13 West | 2009-1 | Takanohana | February 26, 1990 | |
best rank maegashira 2, jūryō champion, second from Takanohana stable to reach makuuchi |
| Takanoshō 隆の勝 |
Maegashira 14 East | 2010-3 | Takanohana | November 4, 1994 | |
makuuchi debut, runner up for jūryō championship |
| Takarafuji 宝富士 |
Maegashira 8 East | 2009-1 | Isegahama | February 18, 1987 | |
one-time sekiwake, former amateur at Kinki University |
| Takayasu 高安 |
Ōzeki 1 West | 2005-3 | Tagonoura | February 28, 1990 | |
first sekitori born in the Heisei era, half Filipino |
| Takekaze 豪風 |
Jūryō 6 West | 2002-5 | Oguruma | June 21, 1979 | |
one-time sekiwake, collegiate champion, second oldest re-promotee to makuuchi |
| Tamawashi 玉鷲 |
Komusubi East | 2004-1 | Kataonami | November 16, 1984 | |
four-time sekiwake, originally studied to work in hotel industry |
| Tenkaihō 天鎧鵬 |
Makushita 11 West | 2007-1 | Onoe | October 14, 1984 | |
best rank maegashira 8, teammate of Yamamotoyama at Nihon University |
| Terunofuji 照ノ富士 |
Makushita 47 East | 2011-7 | Isegahama | November 29, 1991 | |
former ōzeki, one-time makuuchi champion, sent to Japan when judo coach, Hakuhō's father, recognized potential |
| Tochinoshin 栃ノ心 |
Ōzeki 2 West | 2006-3 | Kasugano | October 13, 1987 | |
newest ōzeki, highest ranked Georgian and only one to win a makuuchi championship, won four consecutive lower-division championships while working way back up ranks after long injury absence |
| Tochiōzan 栃煌山 |
Maegashira 7 West | 2005-1 | Kasugano | March 9, 1987 | |
eleven-time sekiwake, longtime rival of Gōeidō |
| Tokushinhō 徳真鵬 |
Makushita 10 East | 2007-3 | Kise | May 13, 1984 | |
highest rank Jūryō 6, one of the ten heaviest sumo wrestlers of all time |
| Tokushōryū 徳勝龍 |
Jūryō 11 East | 2009-1 | Kise | August 22, 1986 | |
best rank maegashira 4, in school years he was teammates with future top division regulars Tochiōzan, Takarafuji and others. |
| Toyohibiki 豊響 |
Makushita 3 East | 2005-1 | Sakaigawa | November 16, 1984 | |
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 |
Makushita 1 West | 2002-1 | Tokitsukaze | June 26, 1983 | |
five-time sekiwake, one of shortest wrestlers, performance in top division exceeded all expectations |
| Ura 宇良 |
Sandanme 91 East | 2015-5 | Kise | June 22, 1992 | |
best rank maegashira 4, a fan favorite, won gold medal at World Combat Games as amateur, on extended injury leave |
| Wakaichirō 若一郎 |
Sandanme 77 West | 2016-11 | Musashigawa | July 7, 1998 | |
has African-American father and Japanese mother, raised in Texas and Nagasaki |
| Yoshiazuma 芳東 |
Sandanme 42 West | 1996-1 | Tamanoi | May 26, 1977 | |
best rank maegashira 12, third-slowest rise ever to makuuchi |
| Yoshikaze 嘉風 |
Maegashira 15 West | 2004-1 | Oguruma | March 19, 1982 | |
four-time sekiwake, college sumo champion, previously held record for most makuuchi appearances without a san'yaku promotion |
| Yutakayama 豊山 |
Maegashira 2 East | 2016-3 | Tokitsukaze | September 22, 1993 | |
sandanme tsukedashi, third wrestler from his stable to take this ring name |
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