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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
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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
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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](/proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F5%2F5d%2FFarsari_sumo.jpg%2F120px-Farsari_sumo.jpg)
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
![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](./File:Farsari_sumo.jpg)
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)
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Yobidashi
Hideo, Tate-yobidashi
Oyakata
Unryū Kyūkichi, 10th Yokozuna, as a toshiyori (elder)- Ōnokuni Yasushi (1991 -)
Sakahoko Nobushige (1992-), as a shimpan (umpire)
Daishoyama Naoki (1995-)
Mitoizumi Masayuki (2000-)
Takanohana Kōji (2003-)
Takanohana (2)
Musoyama Masashi (2004-)
Asahiyutaka
Minatofuji
Wakashimazu
Mienoumi
Asanowaka
Kotonowaka
Masurao
Oginohana
Oshio
Kasugafuji
Tochinowaka
Gojoro
Kitaseumi
Kushimaumi
Tochisakae
Ganyu- Chiyonofuji
Akinoshima
Kaiketsu
Kitanoumi
Kitanoumi (2)
Oikari
Koboyama
Daitetsu
Tomonohana
Terao
Tokitsuumi
Kotoinazuma
Kurosegawa
Aogiyama
Takanonami- Asahifuji
- Hokutoumi
Takamisugi
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Other ex-rikishi
Mainoumi Shugei, ex-komusubi
Venues
Ryogoku Kokugikan (new Ryogoku Kokugikan), current venue in Tokyo (since 1985)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, venue in Osaka
Nagoya Rainbow Hall, venue in Nagoya
Fukuoka International Center, venue in Fukuoka
Sumo scoreboard
Box seat
Former venues
Tomioka Hachiman Shrine, a former venue in Edo (Tokyo), Edo period.
Ekoin, a former venue in Edo during Edo period and Meiji period.
Kuramae Kokugikan, a former venue in Tokyo (1954–1984)
Stables
Asahiyama (defunct, not 2016 one)
Asahiyama (2)
Arashio
Arashio (2)
Arashio (3)
Asakayama
Asakayama (2)
Asakayama (3)
Azumazeki
Azumazeki (2)
Azumazeki (3)
Chiganoura
Dewanoumi
Fujishima (formerly Musashigawa)
Fujishima (2)
Fujishima (3)
Futagoyama- Futagoyama (2)
Hakkaku
Irumagawa
Irumagawa (2)
Isegahama (former Ajigawa)
Isenoumi
Izutsu
Kagamiyama
Kasugano
Kasugayama
Kasugayama (2)
Kasugayama (3)
Kasugayama (4)
Kataonami
Kise
Kokonoe
Kokonoe (2)
Michinoku
Michinoku (2)
Minato
Minato (2)
Minezaki
Miyagino
Mihogaseki
Musashigawa (new one)
Nishiiwa
Nishiiwa (2)
Nishonoseki (formerly Matsugane)
Nishonoseki (2)
Nishonoseki (3)
Naruto
Naruto (2)
Nishikido
Nishikido (2)
Oitekaze
Oguruma
Onoe
Onoe (2)
Onomatsu
Oshima
Otake
Sadagatake
Shibatayama
Shikihide
Shikihide (2)
Shikoroyama
Tagonoura (formerly Naruto)
Tagonoura (2)
Tagonoura (3)
Takadagawa
Takanohana
Takasago
Tamanoi
Tatsunami
Tokitsukaze
Tomozuna
Yamahibiki (formerly Kitanoumi)
Yamahibiki (2)
Yamahibiki (3)
Terms
Dohyō
Gyōji
Shimpan (Shōbu-shimpan)
Yobidashi
Chikara-mizu
Shiko
Dohyō-iri
Dohyō-iri
Dohyō-iri
Mono-ii
Nobori
Sumō moji (Sumo lettering style), a type of Edo moji (Edo lettering style)
