Outstanding performance 3 fighting spirit 1 technique 2 gold stars. On average a sumo wrestler weighs around 325 pounds 1474 kg.
Giant Japanese Sumo Wrestler Sumo Yama
Sumo wrestler height and weight. 44 makuuchi 1 jūryō special prizes. Wrestlers shown in bold are currently active. Sumo champion with 130 pound and 9½ inch height advantage takes on smaller wrestler with a surprise result yokozuna grand champion hakuho sho took on smallest fighter in the division. He is shorter and weighs significantly less than the vast majority of sumo wrestlers in the upper ranks but has learned to use his. 158 kg 348 lb. Unlike many other contact sports such as boxing and wrestling there are no weight divisions in sumo wrestling.
Yamamotoyama is the heaviest japanese born sumo wrestler ever. Yokozuna may 2007 championships. Only wrestlers weighing 200 kilograms 440 lb or over are included. 1 asashōryū up to date as of june 30 2020. 炎鵬 晃 born 18 october 1994 as yūya nakamura 中村 友哉 is a japanese professional sumo wrestler from ishikawa prefecturehe made his debut in march 2017 and wrestles for miyagino stablehis highest rank has been maegashira 4. Sumo originated in japan the only country where it is.
Striking one another is a form of competitive full contact wrestling where a rikishi wrestler attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet usually by throwing shoving or pushing him down. The following is a list of the heaviest professional sumo wrestlers. But they can be as heavy as 500 pounds 226 kg or more. Rank ring name max. 192 cm 6 ft 4 in weight.