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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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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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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...
- 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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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...
- 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...
- to win the championship, he
solidified his
chances of
being promoted to
makuuchi, sumo's top division, for the
March tournament.
After the tournament, Aonishiki...
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promotion to the top
division (
makuuchi) for the
first time in his 13-year
professional career. Tamashōhō is the
first new
makuuchi wrestler for
Kataonami stable...
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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...
- second-highest division, jūryō, in
January 2021 and
reached the top division,
makuuchi, in
January 2022. His
highest rank has been sekiwake. He has
earned one...
