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 into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous tournaments.
Tōki Susumu is a former sumo wrestler from Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. He is now a sumo coach.
A toshiyori (年寄) is a sumo elder of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA). Also known as oyakata, former wrestlers who reached a sufficiently high rank are the only people eligible. The benefits are considerable, as only toshiyori are allowed to run and coach in sumo stables, known as heya, and they are also the only former wrestlers given retirement pay.
Ryūko Seihō was a sumo wrestler with the Hanakago beya, an actor and a celebrity in Japan. He was born in Ōta, Tokyo. His highest rank in sumo was komusubi.
Kokonoe stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Takasago group of stables. It was formed in 1967 and is located in Ishiwara, Sumida, Tokyo. As of January 2019 it had 18 sumo wrestlers, five of whom were of sekitori rank. It is the most successful stable in terms of total yūshō won by its wrestlers, with 52.
Chiyotenzan Daihachirō is a former sumo wrestler from Osaka, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi.
Tokitenkū Yoshiaki was a sumo wrestler.
Wakanami Jun was a sumo wrestler from Iwai, Ibaraki, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. He won a top division tournament championship in March 1968. He was also a sumo coach.
Maenoyama Tarō is a former sumo wrestler from Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He began his career in 1961, reaching the top makuuchi division in 1966. His highest rank was ōzeki which he held from 1970 until 1972. He retired in 1974 and became head coach of the Takadagawa stable. He left the Sumo Association in 2010 upon turning 65.
Takadagawa stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki ichimon or group of stables. It was formed in 1974 by former ōzeki Maenoyama, and was originally in the Takasago group of stables, but was excommunicated from that group in 1998 due to disagreement over group nominations to the Japan Sumo Association's board of directors. The stable does not have any foreigners as of 2012, but a series of wrestlers from Taiwan were recruited in the late 1980s and a Mongolian, Maenoyu, was at the stable from 2004 until 2007. Maenoyama handed over control to former sekiwake Akinoshima in 2009, as he was approaching the mandatory retirement age.
Kenkō Satoshi was a sumo wrestler from Osaka, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi.
The Tokitsukaze stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers in Japan, one of the Tokitsukaze group of stables. It was founded in 1769 and was dominant during the Taishō period.
Naminohana Kazutaka is a former sumo wrestler from Namioka, Aomori, Japan. He was active from 1984 until 1997 and his highest rank was komusubi. He fought for Futagoyama stable and won one special prize for Fighting Spirit. After retiring at age 28 because of injury he went into the restaurant business.
Daizen Takahiro is a former sumo wrestler from Osaka, Osaka, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1981, and reached the top division in November 1991. His highest rank was komusubi and he earned two kinboshi. After his retirement in 2003 he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association and a coach at Nishonoseki stable. Upon the closure of his stable in 2013 he moved to Kasugano stable.
Ōyutaka Masachika is a former sumo wrestler from Horinouchi, Niigata, Japan. He made his professional debut in November 1973, and reached the top division in May 1982. His highest rank was komusubi. He retired in January 1987, and as of 2016 he is an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Arashio. He is also the head of the Arashio stable, which he founded in 2002. His son fought for the stable under the shikona Chikarayama, retiring in January 2017.
Sadanoumi Kōji is a former sumo wrestler from Sakai, Osaka, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1972, and reached the top division in November 1980. His highest rank was komusubi. He retired in July 1988 and became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Tagonoura. He left the Sumo Association in August 1999. He is the father of the current sekitori wrestler of the same name, Sadanoumi Takashi.
Banryūyama Takaharu is a former sumo wrestler from Tatsuno, Hyōgo, Japan. He made his professional debut in November 1966, and reached the top division in March 1975. His highest rank was komusubi. He retired in November 1984 and became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Matsuchiyama. Upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65 in May 2016 he was re-hired as a consultant for five more years.
Wakafutase Tadayuki, born Tadateru Tojima, was a sumo wrestler from Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. He made his professional debut in September 1960, and reached the top division in March 1966. His highest rank was komusubi. Upon retirement from active competition he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association. He took over as a head coach at Asahiyama stable in October 1975 and died while still an active oyakata. He was succeeded as head coach by former ōzeki Daiju.
Hokutofuji Daiki, is a sumo wrestler from Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan. His debut in maezumō was in March 2015, and his first makuuchi division honbasho was the Kyūshū tournament in November 2016. His highest rank has been komusubi. He has five kinboshi or gold stars for a defeat of a yokozuna and one special prize for Technique.
