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 November/Kyūshū 2023 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 |
East Komusubi | 2013-5 | Shikoroyama | May 4, 1994 |  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 天空海 |
East Jūryō 10 | 2010-11 | Tatsunami | June 11, 1990 | Ibaraki
|
best rank maegashira 10, made his makuuchi debut at age 30, known for kakenage move |
| Amakaze 天風 |
West Makushita 40 | 2007-3 | Oshiogawa | July 7, 1991 | Kagawa
|
best rank maegashira 13, jūryō champion, former personal attendant to Takekaze |
| Aoiyama 碧山 |
East Jūryō 1 | 2009-5 | Kasugano | June 19, 1986 |  Elhovo, Bulgaria
|
two-time sekiwake, second Bulgarian after Kotoōshū to enter makuuchi and to reach sekiwake |
| Asabenkei 朝弁慶 |
West Sandanme 5 | 2007-3 | Takasago | February 12, 1989 | Kanagawa
|
best rank jūryō 7 |
| Asagyokusei 朝玉勢 |
West Makushita 9 | 2016-1 | Takasago | May 29, 1993 | Mie
|
best rank jūryō 12 |
| Asanoyama 朝乃山 |
East Maegashira 1 | 2016-3 | Takasago | March 1, 1994 | Toyama
|
former ozeki and makuuchi champion, sandanme tsukedashi, served a 6-tournament suspension for repeatedly violating COVID-19 rules |
| Atamifuji 熱海富士 |
West Maegashira 8 | 2020-11 | Isegahama | September 3, 2002 | Shizuoka
|
At best rank achieved |
| Azumaryū 東龍 |
West Jūryō 14 | 2009-1 | Tamanoi | May 12, 1987 |  Govi-Altai Province, Mongolia
|
best rank maegashira 11, former amateur at Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences |
| Bushozan 武将山 |
East Jūryō 2 | 2014-1 | Fujishima | December 6, 1995 | Ibaraki
|
best rank maegashira 14, former Saitama Sakae Captain |
| Chiyoarashi 千代嵐 |
West Makushita 19 | 2007-3 | Kokonoe | July 12, 1991 | Chiba
|
best rank jūryō 10, recently returned to jūryō after eight and a half years |
| Chiyomaru 千代丸 |
East Jūryō 8 | 2007-7 | Kokonoe | April 17, 1991 | Kagoshima
|
best rank maegashira 5, jūryō champion, older brother of former komusubi Chiyoōtori |
| Chiyoshōma 千代翔馬 |
East Jūryō 6 | 2009-7 | Kokonoe | July 20, 1991 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
|
best rank maegashira 2, employs a variety of moves |
| Churanoumi 美ノ海 |
West Maegashira 15 | 2016-3 | Kise | May 6, 1993 | Okinawa
|
makuuchi debut |
| Daiamami 大奄美 |
East Jūryō 4 | 2016-1 | Oitekaze | December 15, 1992 | Kagoshima
|
best rank maegashira 11, jūryō champion, makushita tsukedashi |
| Daieishō 大栄翔 |
East Sekiwake 1 | 2012-3 | Oitekaze | November 10, 1993 | Saitama
|
seven-time sekiwake, one of several sekitori from populous Saitama prefecture, makuuchi championship winner in January 2021 |
| Daishōhō 大翔鵬 |
East Jūryō 7 | 2013-3 | Oitekaze | August 28, 1994 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
|
best rank maegashira 9, seven straight winning records in the jūryō division |
| Daishōmaru 大翔丸 |
East Makushita 28 | 2014-3 | Oitekaze | July 10, 1991 | Ōsaka
|
best rank maegashira 5, former amateur yokozuna, followed previous year's amateur yokozuna, Endō into Oitekaze |
| Endō 遠藤 |
East Maegashira 8 | 2013-3 | Oitekaze | October 19, 1990 | Ishikawa
|
four-time komusubi, two-time amateur yokozuna, debuted at a high makushita 10, took championship in his jūryō debut |
| Enhō 炎鵬 |
East Sandanme 22 | 2017-3 | Miyagino | October 18, 1994 | Ishikawa
|
best rank maegashira 4, fan favorite, known for his short stature and strong underarm throw |
| Fujiazuma 富士東 |
West Sandanme 15 | 2003-3 | Tamanoi | April 19, 1987 | Tokyo
|
best rank maegashira 4, first makuuchi wrestler coached by former ōzeki Tochiazuma |
| Gōnoyama 豪ノ山 |
East Maegashira 4 | 2021-3 | Takekuma | April 7, 1998 | Osaka
|
at best rank, former Chuo University amateur, stablemaster is former ōzeki Gōeidō |
| Hakuōhō 伯桜鵬 |
West Jūryō 6 | 2023-1 | Miyagino | August 22, 2003 | Tottori
|
best rank maegashira 9, former high school yokozuna promoted to jūryō just one tournament after his professional debut |
| Hidenoumi 英乃海 |
West Jūryō 11 | 2012-5 | Kise | June 11, 1989 | 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 平戸海 |
West Maegashira 11 | 2016-3 | Sakaigawa | April 20, 2000 | Nagasaki
|
Best rank maegashira 9, ring name comes from hometown, island city Hirado |
| Hokuseihō 北青鵬 |
East Maegashira 7 | 2020-3 | Miyagino | November 12, 2001 | Hokkaido
|
best rank maegashira 6, has extremely long reach which he utilizes to get to the belt, won his first 21 matches in professional sumo |
| Hokutōfuji 北勝富士 |
West Komusubi | 2015-5 | Hakkaku | July 15, 1992 | Saitama
|
Four-time komusubi, jūryō champion, equalled second-fastest rise to top division since 1958 |
| Hōshōryū 豊昇龍 |
West Ōzeki 2 | 2017-11 | Tatsunami | May 22, 1999 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
|
Five time sekiwake, known for throwing and tripping techniques, the nephew of Asashōryū. |
| Ichiyamamoto 一山本 |
West Maegashira 14 | 2017-1 | Hanaregoma | October 1, 1993 | Hokkaido
|
best rank maegashira 8, jūryō champion, Abi style thrusting skills |
| Kagayaki 輝 |
East Jūryō 3 | 2010-3 | Takadagawa | June 1, 1994 | Ishikawa
|
best rank maegashira 4, Ishikawa native along with Endō |
| Kaisho 魁勝 |
East Makushita 10 | 2013-3 | Asakayama | January 28, 1995 | Aichi
|
highest rank Jūryō 2, first sekitori from his stable |
| Kihō 輝鵬 |
East Makushita 2 | 2022-9 | Miyagino | April 10, 1999 | Kumamoto
|
best rank jūryō 13, amateur yokozuna, first recruit from Miyagino stable since Hakuhō took over the stable |
| Kinbōzan 金峰山 |
West Maegashira 7 | 2021-9 | Kise | June 24, 1997 |  Kazakhstan
|
best rank maegashira 5, only ever Kazakh rikishi |
| Kirishima 霧島 |
West Ōzeki 1 | 2015-5 | Michinoku | April 24, 1996 | Sükhbaatar aimag, Mongolia
|
two time sekiwake, two-time lower division champ |
| Kitaharima 北磻磨 |
East Makushita 11 | 2002-5 | Yamahibiki | July 28, 1986 | Hyōgo
|
best rank Maegashira 15, took 85 tournaments to reach makuuchi |
| Kitanowaka 北の若 |
East Maegashira 17 | 2019-3 | Hakkaku | June 7, 2000 | Yamagata Prefecture
|
best rank Jūryō 2, former high school yokozuna |
| Kotoekō 琴恵光 |
West Maegashira 10 | 2007-3 | Sadogatake | November 20, 1991 | Miyazaki
|
best rank maegashira 4, first top division wrestler from Miyazaki Prefecture since Kaneshiro in 1985 |
| Kōtokuzan 荒篤山 |
East Makushita 14 | 2009-9 | Arashio | March 11, 1994 | Kanagawa
|
best rank maegashira 16, born in the Philippines, given name is Jasper |
| Kotonowaka 琴ノ若 |
East Sekiwake 2 | 2015-11 | Sadogatake | November 19, 1997 | Chiba
|
first time sekiwake, lower division champ, namesake son of former Kotonowaka, who is now his stable head |
| Kotoshōhō 琴勝峰 |
West Jūryō 1 | 2017-11 | Sadogatake | August 26, 1999 | Chiba
|
best rank maegashira 3, jūryō champ |
| Kyokutaisei 旭大星 |
West Makushita 35 | 2008-3 | Tomozuna | October 18, 1989 | Hokkaidō
|
best rank maegashira 8, was the subject of a documentary when first inducted into sumo |
| Meisei 明生 |
West Maegashira 2 | 2011-5 | Tatsunami | July 24, 1995 | Kagoshima
|
two-time sekiwake, former jūryō champ, from small island of Amami-Ōshima |
| Midorifuji 翠富士 |
West Maegashira 5 | 2016-9 | Isegahama | August 30, 1996 | 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 御嶽海 |
West Maegashira 9 | 2015-3 | Dewanoumi | December 25, 1992 | 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 水戸龍 |
West Jūryō 4 | 2017-5 | Nishikido | April 25, 1994 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
|
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 妙義龍 |
East Maegashira 9 | 2009-5 | Sakaigawa | October 22, 1986 | Hyōgo
|
seven-time sekiwake, promising rise slowed due to injury in his jūryō debut |
| Nishikifuji 錦富士 |
West Maegashira 16 | 2016-9 | Isegahama | July 22, 1996 | Aomori
|
best rank maegashira 3, jūryō champion |
| Nishikigi 錦木 |
West Maegashira 4 | 2006-3 | Isenoumi | August 25, 1990 | Iwate
|
one time komusubi, 2nd member of Isenoumi stable in top division after Ikioi |
| Ōhō 王鵬 |
East Maegashira 12 | 2018-1 | Ōtake | February 14, 2000 | Tokyo
|
best rank maegashira 6, son of Takatoriki and grandson of Taihō, one of three brothers in sumo |
| Ōnosato 大の里 |
East Jūryō 5 | 2023-5 | Nishonoseki | June 7, 2000 | Ishikawa
|
at best rank, successful amateur champion on high school and university stages |
| Ōnoshō 阿武咲 |
East Maegashira 5 | 2013-1 | Ōnomatsu | July 4, 1996 | Aomori
|
two-time komusubi, only wrestler in makuuchi from once prominent Ōnomatsu |
| Ōshōma 欧勝馬 |
West Jūryō 3 | 2021-11 | Naruto | April 9, 1997 | Töv Province, Mongolia
|
best rank jūryō 3, former high school yokozuna, won a makushita and jūryō championship in the same year |
| Rōga 狼雅 |
East Maegashira 16 | 2018-11 | Futagoyama | March 2, 1998 |  Tuva, Russia
|
at best rank, first foreigner to claim the title of high school yokozuna, won a jonokuchi and a jonidan championship the same year |
| Ryūden 竜電 |
East Maegashira 10 | 2006-5 | Takadagawa | November 10, 1990 | Yamanashi
|
one-time komusubi, has won championships in four lower divisions, suspended for three tournaments in 2021 for repeatedly violating COVID-19 restrictions |
| Sadanoumi 佐田の海 |
East Maegashira 11 | 2003-5 | Sakaigawa | May 11, 1987 | 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. |
| Shimanoumi 志摩ノ海 |
East Jūryō 12 | 2012-5 | Kise | July 11, 1989 | Mie
|
best rank maegashira 3, won two straight jūryō championships |
| Shishi 獅司 |
West Jūryō 5 | 2020-1 | Ikazuchi | January 16, 1997 |  Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
|
first Ukrainian to reach the status of sekitori in the history of the sport |
| Shōdai 正代 |
East Maegashira 2 | 2014-3 | Tokitsukaze | November 5, 1991 | Kumamoto
|
former ōzeki, one-time makuuchi champion, rose very quickly through the ranks |
| Shōnannoumi 湘南乃海 |
East Maegashira 6 | 2014-3 | Takadagawa | April 8, 1998 | Kanagawa
|
best rank maegashira 5, rose steadily through the ranks. Third tournament in the jūryō division |
| Takakeishō 貴景勝 |
East Ōzeki 1 | 2014-11 | Tokiwayama | August 5, 1996 | 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 貴健斗 |
West Jūryō 9 | 2014-1 | Tokiwayama | February 10, 1996 | Kumamoto
|
best rank Jūryō 4, former personal attendant to Takakeishō |
| Takanoshō 隆の勝 |
West Maegashira 6 | 2010-3 | Tokiwayama | November 4, 1994 | Chiba
|
five-time sekiwake, former runner up for jūryō championship |
| Takarafuji 宝富士 |
East Maegashira 13 | 2009-1 | Isegahama | February 18, 1987 | Aomori
|
one-time sekiwake, former amateur at Kinki University |
| Takayasu 高安 |
East Maegashira 3 | 2005-5 | Tagonoura | February 28, 1990 | Ibaraki
|
former ōzeki, first sekitori born in the Heisei era, half Filipino |
| Tamashōhō 玉正鳳 |
West Jūryō 7 | 2011-9 | Kataonami | June 27, 1993 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
|
best rank jūryō 1, second slowest foreign wrestler (68 tournaments) to reach the status of sekitori, has been in five different stables |
| Tamawashi 玉鷲 |
West Maegashira 12 | 2004-1 | Kataonami | November 16, 1984 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
|
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 |
East Yokozuna | 2011-7 | Isegahama | November 29, 1991 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
|
after reaching ōzeki, dropped four divisions due to health problems but fought back up to become 73rd yokozuna in 2021, seven-time makuuchi champion, originally sent to Japan when judo coach, Hakuhō's father, recognized potential |
| Terutsuyoshi 照強 |
East Makushita 17 | 2010-3 | Isegahama | January 17, 1995 | Hyōgo
|
best rank maegashira 3, one of the shortest sekitori at 169cm, born on same day as the Great Hanshin earthquake |
| Tobizaru 翔猿 |
West Maegashira 3 | 2015-1 | Oitekaze | April 24, 1992 | Tokyo
|
3-time komusubi, known for unorthodox approaches in the ring, younger brother of Hidenoumi |
| Tōhakuryū 東白龍 |
East Maegashira 15 | 2019-5 | Tamanoi | April 17, 1996 | Tokyo
|
makuuchi debut, former amateur at Toyo University |
| Tomokaze 友風 |
East Maegashira 14 | 2017-5 | Nishonoseki | December 2, 1994 | Kanagawa
|
best rank maegashira 3, made top division in just 11 tournaments, achieved 13 successive kachi-koshi from debut |
| Tsurugishō 剣翔 |
West Maegashira 13 | 2014-1 | Oitekaze | July 27, 1991 | Tokyo
|
best rank maegashira 7, Nihon University graduate, jūryō champion |
| Tsushimanada 對馬洋 |
West Makushita 4 | 2016-11 | Sakaigawa | June 27, 1993 | Nagasaki
|
best rank jūryō 9 first wrestler from his hometown to be promoted sekitori in 45 years |
| Ura 宇良 |
West Maegashira 1 | 2015-5 | Kise | June 22, 1992 | Ōsaka
|
returns to best rank maegashira 1, 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 若元春 |
West Sekiwake 1 | 2011-11 | Arashio | October 5, 1993 | Fukushima
|
3-time sekiwake, middle of three brothers in the same stable |
| Wakatakakage 若隆景 |
East Makushita 6 | 2017-3 | Arashio | December 6, 1994 | Fukushima
|
4-time sekiwake with 1 makuuchi championship, youngest of three brothers in the same stable, sandanme tsukedashi |
| Yago 矢後 |
East Makushita 9 | 2017-5 | Oshiogawa | July 8, 1994 | Hokkaidō
|
best rank maegashira 10 |
| Yoshiazuma 芳東 |
East Sandanme 76 | 1996-1 | Tamanoi | May 26, 1977 | Kumamoto
|
best rank maegashira 12, third-slowest rise ever to makuuchi |
See also
- List of past sumo wrestlers
- List of non-Japanese sumo wrestlers
- List of sumo elders
- List of sumo record holders
- List of sumo tournament top division champions
- List of sumo tournament second division champions
- List of sumo stables
- List of years in sumo
- List of yokozuna