makuuchi
Top sumo tier
Makuuchi is the top division in professional sumo wrestling, comprising the sport's elite wrestlers.
The division includes roughly 42 wrestlers, ranked from yokozuna (grand champion) at the top through various grades down to maegashira at the bottom.
Tournaments feature makuuchi bouts as the main event: He was finally promoted to makuuchi after years in the lower divisions.
Japanese heavyweight wrestling
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- demotionReduction in status
- rankingOrdered position assignment
- eliteSuperior select group
salaried · tournament · wrestlers · yokozuna · honbasho
Informal spoken salutation
- stableSecure and unchanging
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- topknotHair gathered atop head
ceremonial · retirement · stablemaster · tradition · discipline · regimen · weight · diet
sumo
Japanese heavyweight wrestling
elite · salaried · tournament · wrestlers · yokozuna · honbasho
heya
Informal spoken salutation
- stableSecure and unchanging
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
topknot · ceremonial · retirement · stablemaster · tradition · discipline · regimen · weight · diet · attendant
ring
Closed curve shape
pusher · grappler · rematch · decision · east-west · face-off · crouch
- Japanese wrestlingsumo wrestling, yokozuna, honbasho, heya, stables
- sumoyokozuna, sumo wrestler, grand champion, stablemate, east side