Sumo
Japanese form of full-contact wrestling
相撲 · 角力 · 스모
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Created
- 642
- Type
- combat sport, budō, martial arts, Shinto ritual, type of sport
Styles and branches of Sumo
Sumo techniques
Notable Sumo athletes and practitioners
- Taihō Kōki Japan
- Chiyonofuji Mitsugu Japan
- Akebono Tarō United States
- Hakuhō Shō Mongolia
- Asashōryū Akinori Mongolia
- Rikidōzan Empire of Japan
- Kaido Höövelson Estonia
- Epp Mäe Estonia
- Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi Georgia
- John Tenta Canada
- Haku Tonga
- Kisenosato Yutaka Japan
- Kakuryū Rikisaburō Mongolia
- Kitanoumi Toshimitsu Japan
- Kotoōshū Katsunori Japan
- Harumafuji Kōhei Mongolia
- Kaiō Hiroyuki Japan
- Kokkai Futoshi Georgia
- Svitlana Iaromka Ukraine
- Hōshōryū Tomokatsu Mongolia
- Kotomitsuki Keiji Japan
- Hitachiyama Taniemon Japan
- Chiyotaikai Ryūji Japan
- Musashimaru Kōyō United States
- Aonishiki Arata Ukraine
- Gagamaru Masaru Georgia
- Kōji Kitao Japan
- Asahifuji Seiya Japan
- Nomi no Sukune Japan
- Kagamisato Kiyoji Japan
- Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi Japan
- Mienoumi Tsuyoshi Japan
- Asanoyama Hiroki Japan
- Wakanohana Kanji II Japan
- Kotozakura Masakatsu I Japan
- Kitanofuji Katsuaki Japan
393 people in this reference practise Sumo.
Equipment and weapons
- mawashi
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q40561 (CC0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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