- A
shikona (****anese: 四股名 or 醜名) is a sumo wrestler's ring name. The
tradition of ring
names in sumo
dates back to the Edo period,
where they were used...
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violent young man who
joins the
world of
professional sumo
under the
shikona, or ring name, Enno for the sake of money. The name of the
series was chosen...
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wrestling names called shikona (醜名) or 四股名.
While a
shikona can be the wrestler's own surname, most upper-division
rikishi have a
shikona different from their...
- Ryūichi
Yamamoto (山本 龍一,
Yamamoto Ryūichi, born May 8, 1984),
known by his
shikona Yamamotoyama Ryūta (山本山 龍太), or
simply Yama, is a ****anese
retired sumo...
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former sumo wrestler,
raised in St. Louis, Missouri, who
competed under the
shikona Sentoryū
Henri (戦闘竜 扁利). The
first wrestler from the US
mainland to reach...
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Tashiro (****anese: 田代 良徳,
Tashiro Yoshinori), also
known by his ring name or
shikona of Tōōyama
Katsunori (****anese: 東桜山 勝徳), is a ****anese
retired sumo wrestler...
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Graziano Takaloo Steve Hearon In ****an, sumo
wrestlers use a ring name
called shikona (****anese: 四股名 or 醜名).
Other martial artists use 'martial names' or 'warrior...
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Unusually for a top-class sumo wrestler, he uses his
given name as his
shikona.
Meisei was born in Setouchi, a town on
Amami Ōshima, one of the Ryukyu...
- ****agoyama
stable in
September 2018
under a
business visa. Rōga was
given his
shikona, or ring name,
because it is a
combination of the
first kanji (雅) from...
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Hidenoumi (秀ノ海 渡累,
Hidenoumi Wataru), born
November 20, 1965, and
known by his
shikona Hidenoumi (秀ノ海) is a ****anese
retired sumo
wrestler from the city of Kaizuka...
