Professional sumo

English: Professional sumo, also known as the Grand Sumo Tournaments (大相撲 Ōzumō), is organized by the Japan Sumo Association. It is not only one of the sports but there is a side of the succession of the traditional skills and culture of Japan, like Nō and Kabuki.

General images

Tachiai (beginning of a bout)

Tachiai

Yokozuna

1: Akashi Shiganosuke
2: Ayagawa Gorōji
5: Onogawa Kisaburō
6: Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke
7: Inazuma Raigorō
8: Shiranui Dakuemon
9: Hidenoyama Raigorō
10: Unryū Kyūkichi
11: Shiranui Kōemon (left)
12: Jinmaku Kyūgorō
13: Kimenzan Tanigorō (right)
14: Sakaigawa Namiemon
15: Umegatani Tōtarō I
16: Nishinoumi Kajirō I
17: Konishiki Yasokichi I
18: Ōzutsu Man'emon (3rd from left)
19: Hitachiyama Taniemon
20: Umegatani Tōtarō II
21:Wakashima Gonshirō
22: Tachiyama Mineemon
23:Okido Moriemon
24: Ōtori Tanigorō
25: Nishinoumi II (centre)
26: Ōnishiki Uichirō
27: Tochigiyama Moriya
28: Ōnishiki Daigorō
29: Miyagiyama Fukumatsu
30:Nishinoumi Kajirō III
31: Tsunenohana Kan'ichi
32: Tamanishiki Sanemon
33:Musashiyama Takeshi
34: Minanogawa Tōzō
35: Futabayama Sadaji
36: Haguroyama Masaji
37: Akinoumi Setsuo
38: Terukuni Manzō
39: Maedayama Eigorō
41: Chiyonoyama Masanobu
48: Taiho Kōki
53: Kotozakura Masakatsu
58: Chiyonofuji Mitsugu
61: Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi
62: Ōnokuni Yasushi
63: Asahifuji Seiya
64: Akebono Tarō
65: Takanohana Kōji
67: Musashimaru Kōyō
68: Asashōryū Akinori
69: Hakuhō Shō

Rikishi by decade

2010s

2019

Hanakaze
Hoshoryu
Meisei
Onosho
Yago

2018

Enho
Mitoryu
Onosho
Takagenji

2017

Kisenosato
Kisenosato and Goeido
Asanoyama
Daiamami
Hokutofuji
Kotoeko
Rikishin
Ryuden
Takakeisho
Terutsuyoshi
Tsurugisho
Ura
Ura (2)
Ura (3)
Wakaichiro
Yutakayama

2016

Chiyoshoma
Orora

2015

Abi
Amakaze
Daieisho
Daishomaru
Dewanosato
Hidenoumi
Hidenoumi (2)
Ishiura
Kagamio
Kagayaki
Kizenryu
Mitakeumi
Mitakeumi (2)
Seiro
Shodai
Wakanoshima

2014

Akiseyama
Arawashi
Chiyomaru
Chiyoo
Chiyootori
Daieisho
Daikiho (Yamaguchi)
Endo
Ichinojo
Kaonishiki
Kisenosato (1)
Kisenosato (2)
Kisenosato (3)
Kisenosato (4)
Kisenosato (5)
Kyokutaisei
Onosho
Sadanoumi
Sadanoumi (2)
Sakigake
Seiro
Takanoiwa
Terunofuji
Tochihiryu
Tokushoryu

2013

Chiyonokuni
Gagamaru
Goeido
Hakuho
Hakuho (2)
Harumafuji
Harumafuji (2)
Ikioi
Jokoryu
Kaisei
Kaisei (2)
Kotoshogiku
Kyokutenho
Osunaarashi
Osunaarashi (2)
Tochiozan
Toyonoshima
Wakanosato

2012

Amuru
Aoiyama
Asahisho
Azumaryu
Chiyonokuni
Chiyonokuni(2)
Chiyotairyu
Hakuho
Homarefuji
Homasho
Ikioi
Kimikaze
Kitaharima
Kyokushuho
Kyokutenho
Nionoumi
Shironoryu
Sotairyu
Takanoyama
Takayasu
Tenkaiho

2011

Baruto
Chiyoarashi
Chiyozakura
Fujiazuma
Harumafuji
Hishofuji
Hitenryu
Hokutokuni
Kotooshu
Kotoyuki
Masunoyama
Masuraumi
Satoyama
Takarafuji
Takarafuji (2)
Takayasu
Tokushoryu
Tsurugidake
Yoshiazuma

2010

Baruto
Daido
Daimanazuru
Daiyubu
Gagamaru
Gagamaru (2)
Hananosato
Hochiyama
Jumonji
Jumonji (2)
Kaisei
Kanbayashi
Kirinowaka
Kiyoseumi
Kyokunankai
Matsutani
Myogiryu
Nakanokuni
Ryuho
Sakaizawa
Sokokurai
Sokokurai (2)
Sadanofuji
Sadanofuji (2)
Tamarikido
Tochinonada
Tokusegawa
Tokushinho
Tokushinho (2)
Wakakoyu

2000s

2009

See also: May 2009 Sumo Tournament

Asashōryū, Yokozuna
Hakuhō, Yokozuna
Chiyotaikai, Ōzeki
Kaiō, Ōzeki
Kotomitsuki, Ōzeki
Kotoōshū, Ōzeki
Harumafuji, Ōzeki
Aminishiki, Sekiwake–Maegashira
Baruto, Sekiwake
Goeidō, Sekiwake
Kisenosato, Sekiwake–Maegashira
Kakuryū, Komusubi
Tochiōzan, Komusubi
Toyonoshima, Komusubi–Maegashira
Kyokutenhō, Komusubi–Maegashira

Aran, Maegashira
Asasekiryū, Maegashira
Bushūyama, Maegashira
Chiyohakuhō, Maegashira
Dejima, Maegashira
Futenō, Maegashira
Hokutōriki, Maegashira
Hōmashō, Maegashira
Iwakiyama, Maegashira
Kakizoe, Maegashira
Kimurayama, Maegashira
Kokkai, Maegashira
Kotoshōgiku, Maegashira
Miyabiyama, Maegashira
Mokonami, Maegashira
Shimotori, Maegashira
Shōtenrō, Maegashira
Takamisakari, Maegashira
Takekaze, Maegashira
Tamanoshima, Maegashira
Tamawashi, Maegashira
Tochinonada, Maegashira
Tochinoshin, Maegashira
Tokitenkū, Maegashira
Tosayutaka, Maegashira
Toyohibiki, Maegashira
Yamamotoyama, Maegashira
Yoshikaze, Maegashira

Okinoumi, Juryo
Tamaasuka, Juryo

Aoiyama, Jonokuchi

2008

Asashōryū, Yokozuna
Kaiō, Ōzeki
Kotoōshū, Ōzeki
Aminishiki, Sekiwake–Maegashira
Kotoshōgiku, Sekiwake–Maegashira
Toyonoshima, Sekiwake–Maegashira
Asasekiryū, Komusubi–Maegashira
Dejima, Komusubi–Maegashira
Kisenosato, Komusubi–Maegashira

Aran, Maegashira–Jūryō
Baruto, Maegashira
Baruto, Maegashira
Bushūyama, Maegashira–Jūryō
Chiyohakuhō, Maegashira–Jūryō
Futenō, Maegashira
Goeidō, Maegashira
Hakuba, Maegashira–Jūryō
Hokutōriki, Maegashira
Iwakiyama, Maegashira
Kaihō, Maegashira
Kakizoe, Maegashira
Kakuryū, Maegashira
Kasugaō, Maegashira
Kimurayama, Maegashira–Jūryō
Kokkai, Maegashira
Kōryū, Maegashira–Jūryō
Kyokutenhō, Maegashira
Masatsukasa, Maegashira–Jūryō
Miyabiyama, Maegashira
Ōtsukasa, Maegashira–Jūryō
Rohō, Maegashira
Ryūō, Maegashira
Shimotori, Maegashira–Jūryō
Takamisakari, Maegashira
Takamisakari, Maegashira
Takekaze, Maegashira
Tamakasuga, Maegashira–Jūryō
Tamanoshima, Maegashira–Jūryō
Tochinonada, Maegashira
Tochinoshin, Maegashira
Tochiōzan, Maegashira
Tokitenkū, Maegashira
Tosanoumi, Maegashira–Jūryō
Toyohibiki, Maegashira
Yoshikaze, Maegashira
Wakanohō, Maegashira
Wakanosato, Maegashira

Asōfuji, Jūryō
Hoshihikari, Jūryō
Kasuganishiki, Jūryō
Kitataiki, Jūryō
Kitazakura, Jūryō
Kotokasuga, Jūryō
Sagatsukasa, Jūryō
Shirononami, Jūryō
Tamawashi, Jūryō
Tosayutaka, Jūryō
Toyozakura, Jūryō
Ushiomaru, Jūryō
Wakakirin, Jūryō
Wakatenro, Jūryō
Yamamotoyama, Jūryō

Hochiyama, Makushita
Kaisei, Makushita
Katayama, Makushita
Surugatsukasa, Makushita
Takanoyama, Makushita
Toyonokuni, Makushita
Towanoyama, Makushita

2007

Hakuhō, Yokozuna
Ama, Komusubi–Sekiwake
Kokkai, Maegashira
Oga, Jūryō

2006

Kaiō, Ōzeki
Kotoōshū, Ōzeki
Kotomitsuki, Sekiwake
Takamisakari, Maegashira

2005

Asashōryū, Yokozuna
Chiyotaikai, Ōzeki

2004

Asashōryū, Yokozuna
Tochiazuma, Ōzeki

2001

Akebono, Yokozuna

1990s

1996

Konishiki, Maegashira

1940s

Maedayama Eigorō, Yokozuna
Rikidōzan Mitsuhiro, Sekiwake

1930s

Minanogawa Tōzō, Yokozuna
Futabayama Sadaji, Yokozuna

1920s

Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Yokozuna
Hitachiiwa Eitarō, Ōzeki

1910s

Tachiyama Mineemon, 22nd Yokozuna
Okido Moriemon, 23rd Yokozuna
Ōtori Tanigorō, 24th Yokozuna
Onishiki Uichiro, 26th Yokozuna
Tochigiyama Moriya, 27th Yokozuna
Onishiki Daigoro, 28th Yokozuna

1900s

Hitachiyama, Yokozuna
Umegatani Tōtarō II, Yokozuna

1890s

Konishiki Yasokichi I, Yokozuna
Hitachiyama, Maegashira

1880s

A sumo match showing rikishi [wrestlers], a gyōji [referee] and an audience, Japan, c. 1886, hand-coloured albumen print on a decorated album page by Adolfo Farsari

1860s

Shiranui Kōemon (left) and Kimenzan Tanigorō (right), both Yokozuna

unknown

Sakaigawa Namiemon, 14th Yokozuna
Umegatani Tōtarō I, 15th Yokozuna
Nishinoumi Kajirō I, 16th Yokozuna
Nishinoumi Kajirō II, 25th Yokozuna
Araiwa Kamenosuke, Ōzeki
Shimizugawa Motokichi, Ōzeki
Tamatsubaki Kentaro, Sekiwake

Other personnel

Gyōji

Shikimori Shiichiro
37th Shikimori Inosuke (May 2007–March 2008), and 35th Kimura Shounosuke (May 2008– )
36th Kimura Shounosuke
39th Shikimori Inosuke
39th Shikimori Inosuke (2)