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The following is a list of the heaviest professional sumo wrestlers. Only wrestlers weighing 200 kilograms (440 lb) or over are included. Wrestlers shown in bold are still active as of January 2023. Ōrora (left), the heaviest sumo wrestler ever, fights eighth-heaviest Kainowaka Yamamotoyama is the heaviest Japanese-born sumo wrestler ever ...
Wight was born February 8, 1972, in Aiken, South Carolina.He was born with acromegaly, a disease of the endocrine system that causes accelerated growth. [17] By the age of twelve, he was 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) tall, weighed 220 lb (100 kg), and had chest hair.
Tolulope "Jordan" Omogbehin [3] (born May 16, 1994) is a Nigerian professional wrestler and former college basketball player. He is signed to WWE, where he performs under the ring name Omos. He also performs for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a member of the Team 2000X stable. He is the tallest wrestler on both Noah and WWE's active rosters. [4]
Michael Stanco (August 2, 1968 – August 21, 2014) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Maximum Capacity, and is billed in many independent promotions as the "World's Largest Athlete". [2]
Wrestlers can be listed in the order of their rank as of the most current January/Hatsu 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.
At 265 kg (584 lb), Yamamotoyama is the heaviest Japanese-born sumo wrestler in history, [2] and is also thought to be the heaviest Japanese person ever. [1] In April 2011, he was told to retire by the Japan Sumo Association after he and several other wrestlers were found to be involved in match-fixing. He currently participates in sumo ...
The World Heavyweight Championship is a men's professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the Raw brand division. It is one of three men's world titles on WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship , which are jointly held and ...
Ōrora had a huge weight advantage over nearly all his opponents—his 190 kg (420 lb) advantage over the 83 kg (183 lb) wrestler Ohara in January 2012 was the largest disparity ever in a professional sumo bout, though in this bout he was beaten by the smaller wrestler when stepping out of the ring during a throw attempt. [15]