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Jūryō wrestlers, like those in the top makuuchi division, receive a regular monthly salary as well as other perks associated with having become a sekitori, or a member of the two upper divisions in sumo. Sumo wrestlers ranked in the divisions below jūryō are considered to be in training and receive a small allowance instead of a salary.
The Emperor's Cup has been awarded to the winner of top division tournaments since 1925. This is a list of wrestlers who have won the top division (makuuchi) championship in professional sumo since 1909, when the current championship system was established.
Wrestlers can be listed in the order of their rank as of the most current March/Haru 2025 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.
Toggle Best top division win ratios subsection. 3.1 All time. 3.2 Modern era. 4 Most bouts. ... This is a list of records held by wrestlers of professional sumo.
former sekiwake, all-time top ten for a number of sumo records, including most top division wins, most top division appearances and most tournaments ranked in the top division. Buyūzan: 1997-3 2007-11 Maegashira 1 Musashigawa: former amateur champion, another top division wrestler from Musashigawa stable: Tamarikidō: 1997-3 2010-1 Maegashira ...
The dohyō-iri is a ceremonial presentation of all the top-division wrestlers that is held before the competitive bouts of the day. The normal ceremony for top-division wrestlers is to be introduced and form a circle around the wrestling ring (dohyō) wearing specially decorated heavy silk "aprons", called keshō-mawashi.
By 2020, over 250 wrestlers have been promoted to the rank of ōzeki throughout the entire history of the sport. [1] Wrestlers who went on to be promoted to yokozuna are tabulated in the list of yokozuna. [2] Active wrestlers (September 2024) are indicated by italics. The number of top division yūshō (championships) won by each ōzeki is also ...
Asashio Tarō IV (Japanese: 朝潮 太郎, born Suehiro Nagaoka (長岡 末弘); 9 December 1955 – 2 November 2023) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Muroto, Kōchi, Japan. His highest rank was ōzeki. A former amateur champion, he turned professional in 1978. He won one top division tournament championship and was a runner-up on four other ...