Rikishi

A rikishi (Japanese: 力士code: ja is deprecated ) is a professional sumo wrestler. The Japanese characters making up the name mean "strong man". The people who take part in sumo wrestling are very strong and big.

During their careers, the sumo wrestlers live in "stables" kept by a former wrestler. The former wrestler makes sure the new wrestlers who live there live a very strict life.

Gallery

Gallery
97 Rikishi of the Edo Period by Utagawa Kuniteru II

Rikishi Media

Haniwa of a sumo wrestler
Ōzeki Asashio Tarō I with his keshō-mawashi bearing the "sparrows and bamboo" (take ni suzume) crest of the Date clan, as he wrestled under the Uwajima Domain.
Low-ranking wrestlers carrying a sekitori's belongings (Ryōgoku Kokugikan entrance in 2009)
Haguroyama's retirement ceremony (danpatsu shiki) in 1954.
Former yokozuna Takanohana (left) and Kitanoumi as toshiyori, or elders (2013).
Former yokozuna Akebono (left) after his retirement and Yutaka Yoshie in Hustle (2008).

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