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 May (Natsu) 2020 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.
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 5 East | 2013-5 | Shikoroyama | May 4, 1994 |  |
four-time komusubi, known for distinctive tsuppari |
| Akiseyama 明瀬山 |
Jūryō 9 East | 2008-1 | Kise | July 18, 1985 | |
best rank maegashira 16, had close friendship with fellow amateur yokozuna Kiyoseumi |
| Amakaze 天風 |
Makushita 36 East | 2007-3 | Oguruma | July 7, 1991 | |
best rank maegashira 13, jūryō champion, former personal attendant to Takekaze |
| Aoiyama 碧山 |
Maegashira 4 West | 2009-5 | Kasugano | June 19, 1986 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
two-time sekiwake, second Bulgarian after Kotoōshū to enter makuuchi and to reach sekiwake |
| Asahishō 旭日松 |
Makushita 31 East | 2005-3 | Tomozuna | July 21, 1989 | |
best rank maegashira 11, has taken up Mitoizumi's trademark salt-throwing routine |
| Asanoyama 朝乃山 |
Ōzeki West | 2016-3 | Takasago | March 1, 1994 | |
one time makuuchi champion, sandanme tsukedashi |
| Azumaryū 東龍 |
Jūryō 3 East | 2009-1 | Tamanoi | May 12, 1987 |  |
best rank maegashira 14, former amateur at Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences |
| Chiyomaru 千代丸 |
Maegashira 15 West | 2007-7 | Kokonoe | April 17, 1991 | |
best rank maegashira 5, jūryō champion, older brother of former komusubi Chiyoōtori |
| Chiyonokuni 千代の国 |
Makushita 12 West | 2006-5 | Kokonoe | July 10, 1990 | |
best rank maegashira 1, has come back multiple times from injuries, two-time jūryō champion |
| Chiyoōtori 千代鳳 |
Jūryō 8 West | 2008-5 | Kokonoe | October 11, 1992 | |
one-time komusubi, jūryō champion, stablemates with older brother Chiyomaru |
| Chiyoshōma 千代翔馬 |
Jūryō 1 West | 2009-7 | Kokonoe | July 20, 1991 | |
best rank maegashira 2 |
| Chiyotairyū 千代大龍 |
Maegashira 8 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 | |
best rank maegashira 11, jūryō champion, makushita tsukedashi |
| Daieishō 大栄翔 |
Komusubi East | 2012-3 | Oitekaze | November 10, 1993 | |
two time komusubi, one of several sekitori from populous Saitama prefecture |
| Daishōhō 大翔鵬 |
Jūryō 10 East | 2013-3 | Oitekaze | August 28, 1994 | |
best rank maegashira 9, seven straight winning records in the jūryō division |
| Daishōmaru 大翔丸 |
Jūryō 7 East | 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 1 East | 2013-3 | Oitekaze | October 19, 1990 | |
four-time komusubi, two-time amateur yokozuna, debuted at a high makushita 10, took championship in his jūryō debut |
| Enhō 炎鵬 |
Maegashira 6 East | 2017-3 | Miyagino | October 18, 1994 | |
best rank maegashira 4, fan favorite, known for his short stature and strong underarm throw |
| Fujiazuma 富士東 |
Jūryō 11 East | 2003-3 | Tamanoi | April 19, 1987 | |
best rank maegashira 4, first makuuchi wrestler coached by former ōzeki Tochiazuma |
| Gagamaru 臥牙丸 |
Sandanme 28 East | 2005-11 | Kise | February 23, 1987 |  |
one-time komusubi, known for wide girth, third Georgian in makuuchi |
| Hakuhō 白鵬 |
Yokozuna East | 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 68 West | 1986-3 | Tatsunami | May 28, 1970 | |
best rank sandanme 18, longest serving wrestler in centuries long history of sumo |
| Hidenoumi 英乃海 |
Jūryō 4 West | 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 5 West | 2015-5 | Hakkaku | July 15, 1992 | |
three-time komusubi, jūryō champion, equalled second-fastest rise to top division since 1958 |
| Ichinojō 逸ノ城 |
Jūryō 5 West | 2014-1 | Minato | April 7, 1993 | |
seven-time sekiwake, champion in jūryō debut tournament, only Mongolian sumo wrestler raised as a nomad |
| Ikioi 勢 |
Maegashira 9 West | 2005-3 | Isenoumi | October 11, 1986 | |
one-time sekiwake, jūryō champion |
| Ishiura 石浦 |
Maegashira 8 East | 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 |
Makushita 4 West | 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 25 West | 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 4 East | 2010-3 | Takadagawa | June 1, 1994 | |
at best rank of maegashira 4 east, Ishikawa native along with Endō, beginning to make an impact in makuuchi |
| Kaisei 魁聖 |
Maegashira 10 East | 2006-9 | Tomozuna | December 18, 1986 |  |
one-time sekiwake, first Brazilian in top division |
| Kakuryū 鶴竜 |
Yokozuna West | 2001-11 | Michinoku | August 10, 1985 | |
fourth Mongolian yokozuna, six makuuchi championships, last sekitori wrestler from former Izutsu stable, known for his diligence |
| Kiribayama 霧馬山 |
Maegashira 3 West | 2015-5 | Michinoku | April 24, 1996 | |
at best rank, 2 time lower division champ |
| Kotoeko 琴恵光 |
Maegashira 16 West | 2007-3 | Sadogatake | November 20, 1991 | |
best rank maegashira 7, first top division wrestler from Miyazaki Prefecture since Kaneshiro in 1985 |
| Kotonowaka 琴ノ若 |
Maegashira 13 West | 2015-11 | Sadogatake | November 19, 1997 | |
lower division champ, namesake son of former Kotonowaka, who is now his stable head |
| Kotoshōgiku 琴奨菊 |
Maegashira 14 East | 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 |
| Kotoshōhō 琴勝峰 |
Maegashira 15 East | 2017-11 | Sadogatake | August 26, 1999 | |
jūryō champ, makuuchi debut |
| Kotoyūki 琴勇輝 |
Maegashira 17 West | 2008-3 | Sadogatake | April 2, 1991 | |
one-time sekiwake, jūryō champion, first Kagawa native to reach makuuchi since 1958 |
| Kyokushūhō 旭秀鵬 |
Jūryō 3 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 |
Jūryō 5 East | 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 17 East | 2006-7 | Chiganoura | November 1, 1991 | |
best rank maegashira 4, half Filipino, first wrestler from his stable to make top division, but then injuries and other health issues cause him to plummet to the lowest division, and he has suffered repeated injuries since |
| Meisei 明生 |
Jūryō 1 East | 2011-5 | Tatsunami | July 24, 1995 | |
former maegashira 2 |
| Mitakeumi 御嶽海 |
Sekiwake West | 2015-3 | Dewanoumi | December 25, 1992 | |
many time sekiwake, makushita tsukedashi entrant with high expectations who has two top division championships, half-Filipino |
| Mitoryū 水戸龍 |
Jūryō 14 West | 2017-5 | Nishikido | April 25, 1994 | |
first foreigner to win the Amateur Yokozuna title, became highest ranking member of his stable upon joining it |
| Myōgiryū 妙義龍 |
Maegashira 10 West | 2009-5 | Sakaigawa | October 22, 1986 | |
seven-time sekiwake, promising rise slowed due to injury in his jūryō debut |
| Nishikigi 錦木 |
Maegashira 16 East | 2006-3 | Isenoumi | August 25, 1990 | |
best rank maesgashira 2, 2nd member of Isenoumi stable in top division after Ikioi |
| Okinoumi 隠岐の海 |
Komusubi West | 2005-1 | Hakkaku | July 29, 1985 | |
two-time sekiwake, first top division wrestler from Shimane Prefecture in 88 years |
| Ōnoshō 阿武咲 |
Maegashira 2 West | 2013-1 | Ōnomatsu | July 4, 1996 | |
two-time komusubi, only wrestler in makuuchi from once prominent Ōnomatsu |
| Ryūden 竜電 |
Maegashira 6 West | 2006-5 | Takadagawa | November 10, 1990 | |
one-time komusubi, has won championships in four lower divisions |
| Sadanoumi 佐田の海 |
Maegashira 12 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 |
Sandanme 5 East | 2005-1 | Irumagawa | December 21, 1981 | |
best rank maegashira 9, 1998 high school sumo yokozuna, one of the shortest recent sekitori |
| Seirō 青狼 |
Makushita 57 East | 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" |
| Shimanoumi 志摩ノ海 |
Maegashira 11 East | 2012-5 | Kise | July 11, 1989 | |
best rank maegashira 6, two straight jūryō championships |
| Shōdai 正代 |
Sekiwake East | 2014-3 | Tokitsukaze | November 5, 1991 | |
three-time sekiwake, first time at east, three different division championship, one in jūryō, has risen very quickly through the ranks |
| Shōhōzan 松鳳山 |
Maegashira 12 West | 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 |
| Takagenji 貴源治 |
Jūryō 13 East | 2013-3 | Chiganoura | May 13, 1997 | |
best rank maegashira 10, jūryō champion, has an identical twin brother Takanofuji, now retired from sumo |
| Takakeishō 貴景勝 |
Ōzeki East | 2014-11 | Chiganoura | August 5, 1996 | |
re-promoted to Ōzeki after injury-caused demotion, one-time makuuchi champ, managed to stay above fray in the multiple Takanohana stable scandals, jūryō champion |
| Takanoshō 隆の勝 |
Maegashira 2 East | 2010-3 | Chiganoura | November 4, 1994 | |
again at best rank, former runner up for jūryō championship |
| Takarafuji 宝富士 |
Maegashira 3 East | 2009-1 | Isegahama | February 18, 1987 | |
one-time sekiwake, former amateur at Kinki University |
| Takayasu 高安 |
Maegashira 13 East | 2005-5 | Tagonoura | February 28, 1990 | |
former ōzeki, first sekitori born in the Heisei era, half Filipino |
| Tamawashi 玉鷲 |
Maegashira 9 East | 2004-1 | Kataonami | November 16, 1984 | |
eight-time sekiwake, at age 34 became second oldest wrestler to win first makuuchi championship, originally studied to work in hotel industry |
| Terunofuji 照ノ富士 |
Maegashira 17 East | 2011-7 | Isegahama | November 29, 1991 | |
former ōzeki working back up ranks, one-time makuuchi champion, sent to Japan when judo coach, Hakuhō's father, recognized potential |
| Terutsuyoshi 照強 |
Maegashira 7 East | 2010-3 | Isegahama | January 17, 1995 | |
best rank maegashira 9, one of the shortest sekitori at 169cm, born on same day as the Great Hanshin earthquake |
| Tochinoshin 栃ノ心 |
Maegashira 11 West | 2006-3 | Kasugano | October 13, 1987 | |
former 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 |
Jūryō 2 West | 2005-1 | Kasugano | March 9, 1987 | |
eleven-time sekiwake, longtime rival of Gōeidō |
| Tokushinhō 徳真鵬 |
Sandanme 4 West | 2007-3 | Kise | May 13, 1984 | |
best rank jūryō 6, one of the ten heaviest sumo wrestlers of all time |
| Tokushōryū 徳勝龍 |
Maegashira 7 West | 2009-1 | Kise | August 22, 1986 | |
best rank maegashira 2, won an upset makuuchi championship from the last position in the top division rankings |
| Tomokaze 友風 |
Makushita 11 West | 2017-5 | Oguruma | December 2, 1994 | |
best rank maegashira #3, made top division in just 11 tournaments, achieved 13 successive kachi-koshi from debut |
| Toyohibiki 豊響 |
Makushita 10 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 |
| Tsurugishō 剣翔 |
Jūryō 7 West | 2014-1 | Oitekaze | July 27, 1991 | |
best rank maegashira 7, Nihon University graduate, jūryō champion |
| Ura 宇良 |
Makushita 19 East | 2015-5 | Kise | June 22, 1992 | |
best rank maegashira 4, a fan favorite, won gold medal at World Combat Games as amateur, has had two extended absences to due to knee injuries |
| Wakatakakage 若隆景 |
Maegashira 14 West | 2017-3 | Arashio | December 6, 1994 | |
best rank maegashira 14, the youngest of three brothers in the same stable, sandanme tsukedashi |
| Yago 矢後 |
Makushita 1 West | 2017-5 | Oguruma | July 8, 1994 | |
best rank maegashira 10 |
| Yoshiazuma 芳東 |
Sandanme 76 East | 1996-1 | Tamanoi | May 26, 1977 | |
best rank maegashira 12, third-slowest rise ever to makuuchi |
| Yutakayama 豊山 |
Maegashira 1 West | 2016-3 | Tokitsukaze | September 22, 1993 | |
at best rank maegashira 1, sandanme tsukedashi, third wrestler from his stable to take this ring name |
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