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List of the heaviest sumo wrestlers

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The following is a list of the heaviest professional sumo wrestlers. Only wrestlers weighing 200 kilograms (440 lb) or over are included. Wrestlers shown in bold are still active as of January 2023.

Two sumo wrestlers standing at opposite sides of the ring
Ōrora (left), the heaviest sumo wrestler ever, fights eighth-heaviest Kainowaka
A sumo wrestler facing the camera with another facing away from the camera in front of him
Yamamotoyama is the heaviest Japanese-born sumo wrestler ever
A seated sumo wrestler
Tokushinhō
Rank Ring name Max. weight Stable Highest rank Birth date Birthplace Death date
1 Ōrora Satoshi
大露羅
292.6 kg (645 lb) Yamahibiki (also Kitanoumi) Makushita 43 (1983-04-26) April 26, 1983 (age 41) Soviet Union Zaigrayevo, Buryat ASSR, Soviet Union
2 Konishiki
小錦
287 kg (633 lb) Takasago Ōzeki (1963-12-31) December 31, 1963 (age 60) United States Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
3 Yamamotoyama
山本山
277 kg (611 lb) Onoe Maegashira 9 (1984-05-08) May 8, 1984 (age 40) Japan Saitama, Japan
4 Dewanojo
出羽ノ城
258 kg (569 lb) Dewanoumi Makushita 56 (1993-12-14) December 14, 1993 (age 30) Japan Tochigi, Japan
5 Kenho
謙豊
250 kg (550 lb) Tokitsukaze Makushita 59 (1989-02-10) February 10, 1989 (age 35) Japan Miyagi, Japan
6 Tominohana
富ノ華
241 kg (531 lb) Takadagawa Jonidan 31 (1972-02-15) February 15, 1972 (age 52) Taiwan Keelung, Taiwan
7 Susanoumi
須佐の湖
240 kg (530 lb) Kitanoumi Jūryō 2 (1972-08-30) August 30, 1972 (age 52) Japan Osaka, Japan
8= Kainowaka
魁ノ若
237 kg (522 lb) Tomozuna Makushita 14 (1979-04-20) April 20, 1979 (age 45) Japan Fukuoka, Japan
8= Musashimaru
武蔵丸
237 kg (522 lb) Musashigawa Yokozuna (1971-05-02) May 2, 1971 (age 53) American Samoa American Samoa
10 Akebono
236 kg (520 lb) Azumazeki Yokozuna (1969-05-08)May 8, 1969 United States Waimānalo, Hawaii, United States April 2024(2024-04-00) (aged 54)
11 Tokushinhō
德真鵬
234 kg (516 lb) Kise (also Kitanoumi) Jūryō 6 (1984-05-13) May 13, 1984 (age 40) Japan Mie, Japan
12 Sakaefuji
栄富士
232 kg (511 lb) Sakaigawa Sandanme 72 (1992-08-14) August 14, 1992 (age 32) Japan Tokyo, Japan
13 Hidenoumi
秀ノ海
229 kg (505 lb) Mihogaseki Jūryō 9 (1965-11-20) November 20, 1965 (age 59) Japan Osaka, Japan
14 Mankajo
萬華城
228 kg (503 lb) Oitekaze Makushita 6 (1990-02-10) February 10, 1990 (age 34) Japan Miyazaki, Japan
15 Ichinojō
逸ノ城
227 kg (500 lb) Minato Sekiwake (1993-04-07) April 7, 1993 (age 31) Mongolia Arkhangai, Mongolia
16 Komanokuni
高麗の国
226 kg (498 lb) Shibatayama Makushita 23 (1990-06-29) June 29, 1990 (age 34) Japan Kanagawa, Japan
17= Daiki
大喜
221 kg (487 lb) Azumazeki Jūryō 10 (1973-07-16)16 July 1973 United States Hawaii, United States May 16, 2005(2005-05-16) (aged 31)
17= Takatenshu
貴天秀
221 kg (487 lb) Chiganoura (also Takanohana) Sandanme 9 (1992-09-23) September 23, 1992 (age 32) Japan Saitama, Japan
19 Toyonoumi
豊ノ海
219 kg (483 lb) Futagoyama (also Fujishima) Maegashira 1 (1965-09-22)September 22, 1965 Japan Fukuoka, Japan 20 November 2021(2021-11-20) (aged 56)
20 Fujinawa
藤縄
215.5 kg (475 lb) Isenoumi Jonidan 15 (1974-11-02) November 2, 1974 (age 50) Japan Ibaraki, Japan
21 Ōmatsuda
大松田
214 kg (472 lb) Ōtake Sandanme 15 (1986-08-26) August 26, 1986 (age 38) Japan Hyogo, Japan
22 Maeta
前田
213 kg (470 lb) Shibatayama (also Hanaregoma) Makushita 3 (1982-06-24)June 24, 1982 Japan Yamagata, Japan 26 August 2020(2020-08-26) (aged 38)
23= Ryūtei
龍帝
212 kg (467 lb) Nishonoseki Sandanme 3 (1986-06-02) June 2, 1986 (age 38) China Shandong, China
23= Gagamaru
臥牙丸
212 kg (467 lb) Kise (also Kitanoumi) Komusubi (1987-02-23) February 23, 1987 (age 37) Soviet Union Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
25= Toma
當眞
211 kg (465 lb) Miyagino Sandanme 1 (2000-05-10) May 10, 2000 (age 24) Japan Okinawa, Japan
25= Ōnokuni
大乃国
211 kg (465 lb) Hanaregoma (also Hanakago) Yokozuna (1962-10-09) October 9, 1962 (age 62) Japan Hokkaido, Japan
27 Takaryū [ja]
高立
210 kg (460 lb) Kise Jūryō 13 (1992-03-18) March 18, 1992 (age 32) Japan Ishikawa, Japan
28= Amakaze
天風
208 kg (459 lb) Oguruma Maegashira 13 (1991-07-07) July 7, 1991 (age 33) Japan Kagawa, Japan
28= Higonoryu
肥後ノ龍
208 kg (459 lb) Kise Sandanme 7 (1985-11-19) November 19, 1985 (age 39) Japan Kumamoto, Japan
30 Anju
安寿
207 kg (456 lb) Isegahama Sandanme 94 (1979-05-10) May 10, 1979 (age 45) Japan Miyazaki, Japan
31 Hokutomori
北勝森
206 kg (454 lb) Hakkaku Makushita 11 (1971-09-08) September 8, 1971 (age 53) Japan Aomori, Japan
32= Kaisei
魁聖
205 kg (452 lb) Tomozuna Sekiwake (1986-12-18) December 18, 1986 (age 37) Brazil São Paulo, Brazil
32= Akinoyama
安芸乃山
205 kg (452 lb) Takadagawa Makushita 13 (1992-11-30) November 30, 1992 (age 31) Japan Hiroshima, Japan
34 Takamiyama
髙見山
204 kg (450 lb) Takasago Sekiwake (1944-06-16) June 16, 1944 (age 80) United States Happy Valley, Hawaii, United States
35= Kushimaumi
久島海
203 kg (448 lb) Dewanoumi Maegashira 1 (1965-08-06)6 August 1965 Japan Wakayama, Japan 13 February 2012(2012-02-13) (aged 46)
35= Genkaiho [ja]
玄海鵬
203 kg (448 lb) Hanaregoma (also Hanakago) Jūryō 11 (1960-01-22) January 22, 1960 (age 64) Japan Fukuoka, Japan
35= Yata
矢田
203 kg (448 lb) Onoe Jonokunchi 30 (2000-02-07) February 7, 2000 (age 24) Japan Wakayama, Japan
35= Aoiyama
碧山
203 kg (448 lb) Kasugano (also Tagonoura) Sekiwake (1986-06-19) June 19, 1986 (age 38) People's Republic of Bulgaria Yambol, Bulgaria
39 Towanoyama
鳥羽の山
202 kg (445 lb) Dewanoumi Maegashira 13 (1977-07-10) July 10, 1977 (age 47) Japan Tokyo, Japan
40= Asabenkei
朝弁慶大吉
201 kg (443 lb) Takasago Jūryō 7 (1989-02-12) February 12, 1989 (age 35) Japan Kanagawa, Japan
40= Mitoryū
水戸龍 聖之
201 kg (443 lb) Nishikido Maegashira 15 (1994-04-25) April 25, 1994 (age 30) Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
42= Sadanofuji
佐田の富士
200 kg (440 lb) Sakaigawa Maegashira 2 (1984-12-25) December 25, 1984 (age 39) Japan Nagasaki, Japan
42= Tsurugishō
剣翔 桃太郎
200 kg (440 lb) Oitekaze Maegashira 7 (1991-07-27) July 27, 1991 (age 33) Japan Tokyo, Japan

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