Makuuchi (幕内), or makunouchi (幕の内), is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers (rikishi), ordered...
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Professional sumo divisions (section Makuuchi)
ranked in order of hierarchy from highest to lowest, are as follows: Makuuchi (幕内), or makunouchi (幕の内), is the top division. It is fixed at 42 wrestlers...
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This is a list of wrestlers who have won the top division (makuuchi) championship in professional sumo since 1909, when the current championship system...
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Takerufuji Mikiya (section Makuuchi)
stood out in 2024 by earning promotion straight into sumo's top division (makuuchi) after just one tournament in the second-highest jūryō division. In March...
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division in January 1997, and the top makuuchi division two years after that. He had an explosive start to his makuuchi career, winning three special prizes...
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Rōga Tokiyoshi (section Makuuchi promotion)
Jōhoku High School's sumo club, where he became classmate with future makuuchi-ranked wrestler Takerufuji. In his third year, he defeated NSSU Kashiwa...
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Hakuōhō Tetsuya (section Makuuchi)
announced that he had made the unusual decision to become the tsukebito of makuuchi wrestler Hokuseihō because he wanted to experience this role himself and...
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Kitanowaka Daisuke (section Makuuchi promotion)
distinguished himself by winning his first makuuchi victory on his birthday and by performing his first makuuchi ring-entering ceremony using a keshō-mawashi...
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wrestler from Fukushima. He made his debut in March 2017 and reached the top makuuchi division in November 2019. He wrestles for Arashio stable, where he is...
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Terunofuji Haruo (section Makuuchi division)
championship in his debut as a sekitori in September 2013. He took the top makuuchi division championship in May 2015, only 25 tournaments after his professional...
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Ōnosato Daiki (section Makuuchi)
of makushita 10 via the makushita tsukedashi system. He reached the top makuuchi division in January 2024 after competing in just four tournaments, and...
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Kotozakura Masakatsu II (section Makuuchi)
sekiwake Kotonowaka. He made his debut in November 2015 and reached the top makuuchi division in March 2020, reaching the san'yaku ranks in January 2023. His...
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Gōnoyama Tōki (section Makuuchi)
one championship in both makushita and jūryō. He was promoted to the top makuuchi division in July 2023. His highest rank has been maegashira 2. Gōnoyama...
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top jūryō wrestlers. Top jūryō wrestlers are often called to bout with makuuchi wrestlers, but their income stays at that of a jūryō. Binzuke (鬢付け) Also...
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Hōshōryū Tomokatsu (section Makuuchi)
November tournament of the same year. In January 2019, Hōshōryū faced former makuuchi wrestler Ura, who was rising through the ranks after being absent from...
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through jūryō division in just one tournament, he made his debut in the top makuuchi division in September 2011. He retired on 24 July 2014. Bojar practised...
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Ōnokatsu Kazuhiro (section Makuuchi promotion)
After a good performance in the July tournament, Ōnokatsu was promoted to makuuchi, professional sumo's top division. Ōnokatsu specializes in grabbing the...
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Hiradoumi Yūki (section Makuuchi career)
strong performance in the July 2022 tournament, he was promoted to the makuuchi division. It was the first time in eleven years that a wrestler from Nagasaki...
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Tokihayate Hideki (section Makuuchi promotion)
this period he participated in numerous training camps with other current makuuchi wrestlers such as Nishikifuji or Ōnoshō, both also from the Tōhoku region...
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Ōshōma Degi (section Makuuchi promotion)
his training, he often asked for advice from upper-division wrestler and makuuchi veteran Tamawashi, who's also from Mongolia. In preparation for the September...
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Tomokaze Sōdai (section Makuuchi)
Kawasaki, Kanagawa. He debuted in sumo wrestling in May 2017 and made his makuuchi debut in March 2019. His highest rank has been maegashira 3. Originally...
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Kirishima Tetsuo (section Makuuchi)
Michinoku stable under the name Kiribayama Tetsuo (霧馬山鐵雄), and reached the top makuuchi division in January 2020. He wrestles for Otowayama stable, where he moved...
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tournaments and two lower division championships he was promoted to the top makuuchi division, becoming the first Kazakhstani to do so. His highest rank to...
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Midorifuji Kazunari (section Makuuchi career)
specialist, he debuted in sumo wrestling in September 2016 and made his makuuchi debut in January 2021. His highest rank has been maegashira 1. He wrestles...
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Asanoyama Hiroki (section Makuuchi career)
wrestles for Takasago stable. He debuted in sumo in March 2016 and made his makuuchi debut in September 2017. His highest rank has been ōzeki. He has earned...
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Daieishō Hayato (section Makuuchi career)
professional career in 2012 at the age of eighteen and reached the top makuuchi division in September 2015. His highest rank to date has been sekiwake...
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alphabetical list of all active professional sumo wrestlers in the top makuuchi division, and all those currently in lower divisions who have a Wikipedia...
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tournaments. The six divisions in sumo, in descending order of prestige, are: makuuchi (幕内) or makunouchi (幕の内). Maximum 42 wrestlers; Further divided into five...
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Prefecture. He made his professional debut in January 2007, and reached the top makuuchi division in January 2009. His highest rank was maegashira 9. At 265 kg...
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Aoiyama Kōsuke (section Makuuchi career)
tournament. Aoiyama's record was enough to allow him promotion to the top makuuchi division for November 2011. He posted an impressive 11–4 record and received...
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