makuuchi
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thumb|A match with the 69th Hakuhō Shō|Hakuhō defeating Dejima as the 68th Asashōryū watches in the background
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Professional sumo divisions
- Part of
- sekitori
- Has part
- maegashira
- Country
- Japan
- Image
- Japo Tokyo 0524.jpg
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- next lower rank
- jūryō
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Encyclopedic overview
26 sectionsContents
- Overview
- {{tlit|ja|Yokozuna}}
- History
- Criteria for promotion
- Becoming
- Retiring
- Notices
- {{tlit|ja|Yokozuna}} ceremonies and traditions
- Active {{tlit|ja|yokozuna}}
- {{tlit|ja|Ōzeki}}
- Promotion to {{translit|ja|ōzeki}}
- Demotion from {{translit|ja|ōzeki}}
- Benefits of being an {{tlit|ja|ōzeki}}
- List of active {{tlit|ja|ōzeki}}
- List of active former {{tlit|ja|ōzeki}}
- {{tlit|ja|Sekiwake}}
- List of active {{tlit|ja|sekiwake}}
- Wrestlers with most {{tlit|ja|sekiwake}} appearances in history
- {{tlit|ja|Komusubi}}
- List of active {{tlit|ja|komusubi}}
- Wrestlers with most {{tlit|ja|komusubi}} appearances in history
- {{tlit|ja|Maegashira}}
- Wrestlers with most {{tlit|ja|maegashira}} appearances without a {{tlit|ja|san'yaku}} title
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|A match with the 69th Hakuhō Shō|Hakuhō defeating Dejima as the 68th Asashōryū watches in the background
, or , is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Since 2004 its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers (), ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous tournaments.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “makuuchi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.