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 January/Hatsu 2024 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 |
West Maegashira #2 | 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 11 | 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 |
East Makushita 51 | 2007-3 | Oshiogawa | July 7, 1991 | Kagawa |
best rank maegashira 13, jūryō champion, former personal attendant to Takekaze |
| Aoiyama 碧山 |
West Maegashira 17 | 2009-5 | Kasugano | June 19, 1986 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Elhovo, Bulgaria |
two-time sekiwake, second Bulgarian after Kotoōshū to enter makuuchi and to reach sekiwake |
| Asabenkei 朝弁慶 |
East Sandanme 19 | 2007-3 | Takasago | February 12, 1989 | Kanagawa |
best rank jūryō 7 |
| Asagyokusei 朝玉勢 |
West Makushita 17 | 2016-1 | Takasago | May 29, 1993 | Mie |
best rank jūryō 12 |
| Asanoyama 朝乃山 |
West Maegashira 7 | 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 1 | 2020-11 | Isegahama | September 3, 2002 | Shizuoka |
At best rank achieved, name comes from hometown of Atami has contended for yūshō in first few appearances |
| Azumaryū 東龍 |
East Makushita 13 | 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 |
West Maegashira 16 | 2014-1 | Fujishima | December 6, 1995 | Ibaraki |
best rank maegashira 14, former Saitama Sakae Captain |
| Chiyoarashi 千代嵐 |
West Makushita 16 | 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 12 | 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 5 | 2009-7 | Kokonoe | July 20, 1991 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
best rank maegashira 2, employs a variety of moves |
| Churanoumi 美ノ海 |
East Maegashira 13 | 2016-3 | Kise | May 6, 1993 | Okinawa |
at best rank, Okinawa native |
| Daiamami 大奄美 |
East Jūryō 1 | 2016-1 | Oitekaze | December 15, 1992 | Kagoshima |
best rank maegashira 11, jūryō champion, makushita tsukedashi |
| Daieishō 大栄翔 |
West Sekiwake | 2012-3 | Oitekaze | November 10, 1993 | Saitama |
eight-time sekiwake, one of several sekitori from populous Saitama prefecture, makuuchi championship winner in January 2021 |
| Daishōhō 大翔鵬 |
West Jūryō 9 | 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 20 | 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 |
West Maegashira 13 | 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 83 | 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 |
East Sandanme 30 | 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 3 | 2021-3 | Takekuma | April 7, 1998 | Osaka |
at best rank, former Chuo University amateur, stablemaster is former ōzeki Gōeidō |
| Hakuōhō 伯桜鵬 |
West Makushita 5 | 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 8 | 2016-3 | Sakaigawa | April 20, 2000 | Nagasaki |
again at best rank, ring name comes from hometown, island city Hirado |
| Hokuseihō 北青鵬 |
East Maegashira 8 | 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 Maegashira 3 | 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 1 | 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 |
East Maegashira 7 | 2017-1 | Hanaregoma | October 1, 1993 | Hokkaido |
at best rank, jūryō champion, Abi style thrusting skills |
| Kagayaki 輝 |
East Jūryō 7 | 2010-3 | Takadagawa | June 1, 1994 | Ishikawa |
best rank maegashira 4, Ishikawa native along with Endō |
| Kaisho 魁勝 |
East Makushita 29 | 2013-3 | Asakayama | January 28, 1995 | Aichi |
highest rank Jūryō 2, first sekitori from his stable |
| Kihō 輝鵬 |
West Makushita 42 | 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 |
East Maegashira 6 | 2021-9 | Kise | June 24, 1997 |  Kazakhstan |
best rank maegashira 5, only ever Kazakh rikishi |
| Kirishima 霧島 |
East Ōzeki 1 | 2015-5 | Michinoku | April 24, 1996 | Sükhbaatar aimag, Mongolia |
two-time sekiwake, two-time lower division champ |
| Kitaharima 北磻磨 |
West Makushita 2 | 2002-5 | Yamahibiki | July 28, 1986 | Hyōgo |
best rank maegashira 15, took 85 tournaments to reach makuuchi |
| Kitanowaka 北の若 |
West Jūryō 3 | 2019-3 | Hakkaku | November 12, 2000 | Yamagata Prefecture |
best rank maegashira 17, former high school yokozuna |
| Kotoekō 琴恵光 |
West Jūryō 4 | 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 10 | 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 | 2015-11 | Sadogatake | November 19, 1997 | Chiba |
three-time sekiwake, lower division champ, namesake son of former Kotonowaka, who is now his stable head |
| Kotoshōhō 琴勝峰 |
East Maegashira 14 | 2017-11 | Sadogatake | August 26, 1999 | Chiba |
best rank maegashira 3, jūryō champ |
| Kyokutaisei 旭大星 |
West Makushita 45 | 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 9 | 2011-5 | Tatsunami | July 24, 1995 | Kagoshima |
two-time sekiwake, former jūryō champ, from small island of Amami-Ōshima |
| Midorifuji 翠富士 |
East Maegashira 2 | 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 |
East 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 1 | 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 |
West Maegashira 12 | 2009-5 | Sakaigawa | October 22, 1986 | Hyōgo |
seven-time sekiwake, promising rise slowed due to injury in his jūryō debut |
| Nishikifuji 錦富士 |
East Jūryō 2 | 2016-9 | Isegahama | July 22, 1996 | Aomori |
best rank maegashira 3, jūryō champion |
| Nishikigi 錦木 |
West Maegashira 5 | 2006-3 | Isenoumi | August 25, 1990 | Iwate |
one-time komusubi, 2nd member of Isenoumi stable in top division after Ikioi |
| Ōhō 王鵬 |
West Maegashira 11 | 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 |
West Maegashira 15 | 2023-5 | Nishonoseki | June 7, 2000 | Ishikawa |
makuuchi debut, successful amateur champion on high school and university stages |
| Ōnoshō 阿武咲 |
West Maegashira 14 | 2013-1 | Ōnomatsu | July 4, 1996 | Aomori |
two-time komusubi, only wrestler in makuuchi from once prominent Ōnomatsu |
| Ōshōma 欧勝馬 |
West Jūryō 5 | 2021-11 | Naruto | April 9, 1997 | Töv Province, Mongolia |
best rank jūryō 3, former college yokozuna, won a makushita and jūryō championship in the same year |
| Rōga 狼雅 |
East Jūryō 3 | 2018-11 | Futagoyama | March 2, 1999 |  Tuva, Russia |
best rank maegashira 16, 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 5 | 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 |
West Maegashira 10 | 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 8 | 2012-5 | Kise | July 11, 1989 | Mie |
best rank maegashira 3, won two straight jūryō championships |
| Shimazuumi 島津海 |
East Maegashira 17 | 2012-3 | Hanaregoma | May 18, 1996 | Kagoshima |
at best rank, took 10 years to reach sekitori |
| Shirokuma 白熊 |
West Jūryō 6 | 2022-5 | Nishonoseki | May 25, 1999 | Fukushima |
at best rank, name means polar bear, yet to have a make-koshi |
| Shishi 獅司 |
West Jūryō 7 | 2020-1 | Ikazuchi | January 16, 1997 |  Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
best rank jūryō 6, first Ukrainian to reach the status of sekitori in the history of the sport |
| Shōdai 正代 |
West Maegashira 4 | 2014-3 | Tokitsukaze | November 5, 1991 | Kumamoto |
former ōzeki, one-time makuuchi champion, rose very quickly through the ranks |
| Shōnannoumi 湘南乃海 |
West 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 |
West Ōzeki 2 | 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 |
East Makushita 3 | 2014-1 | Tokiwayama | February 10, 1996 | Kumamoto |
best rank Jūryō 4, former personal attendant to Takakeishō |
| Takanoshō 隆の勝 |
East Maegashira 12 | 2010-3 | Tokiwayama | November 14, 1994 | Chiba |
five-time sekiwake, former runner up for jūryō championship |
| Takarafuji 宝富士 |
East Maegashira 16 | 2009-1 | Isegahama | February 18, 1987 | Aomori |
one-time sekiwake, former amateur at Kinki University |
| Takayasu 高安 |
East Komusubi | 2005-5 | Tagonoura | February 28, 1990 | Ibaraki |
former ōzeki, first sekitori born in the Heisei era, half Filipino |
| Tamashōhō 玉正鳳 |
East Jūryō 4 | 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 |
East Maegashira 10 | 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 33 | 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 |
East Maegashira 4 | 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 |
West Jūryō 2 | 2019-5 | Tamanoi | April 17, 1996 | Tokyo |
makuuchi debut, former amateur at Toyo University |
| Tomokaze 友風 |
East Maegashira 15 | 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 |
East Maegashira 11 | 2014-1 | Oitekaze | July 27, 1991 | Tokyo |
best rank maegashira 7, Nihon University graduate, jūryō champion |
| Tsushimanada 對馬洋 |
East Makushita 2 | 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 Komusubi | 2015-5 | Kise | June 22, 1992 | 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 若元春 |
East Maegashira 1 | 2011-11 | Arashio | October 5, 1993 | Fukushima |
3-time sekiwake, middle of three brothers in the same stable |
| Wakatakakage 若隆景 |
West Makushita 1 | 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 6 | 2017-5 | Oshiogawa | July 8, 1994 | Hokkaidō |
best rank maegashira 10 |
| Yoshiazuma 芳東 |
West Jonidan 7 | 1996-1 | Tamanoi | May 26, 1977 | Kumamoto |
best rank maegashira 12, third-slowest rise ever to makuuchi |
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