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Makuuchi (also called Makunouchi)
The word maku means curtain, as in a theater curtain, and makuuchi
means "in front of the curtain" |
Yokozuna (Grand Champion)
*Ozeki (Champion)
*Sekiwake
*Komusubi
Maegashira (rank 1-15) |
*these three ranks are together known as sanyaku
Each division is divided into east and west, with east being the
slightly higher rank. So maegashira would be ranked from No.1 East
to No.15 West. |
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Makushita (literally "below the curtain") |
(rank 1-30) |
The wrestlers in these divisions are called deshi, or apprentices,
and their main job is to look after and learn from the sekitori.
The numbers of wrestlers in the lower ranks seems to change so I put
numbers from a banzuke I have from1995. |