Rikishi weights

[Guest Kaikitsune]

Kyushu basho 2001 weights were taken from Kyokai`s website. All the other ones refer to the corresponding Sumo World back issue. It is hard to know how accurate and up-to-date their records have been but in any case this is better than nothing. Only rikishi who are active now and in Makuuchi/Juryo are presented in this table. Hence the abundance of missing values.

My intention is to observe Kyokai`s rikishi statistics regularly from now on and hopefully as they update the weights after every Tokyo honbasho (or before rather as the weighing takes place then) I can gather more frequent data. ( I do have many SW issues from 2000 but I haven`t at least yet had the urge to go through those too and include the weights found from those)

Musashimaru has had quite steady weight gain over the years. He was over 230kg at one point though. I like his "excuse" he (perhaps a bit jokingly though) uttered in one recent interview : "They just keep on giving me food!"

Well the statistics can speak for themselves so here you are:

Rikishi	Weight Kyushu01	Hatsu00	Natsu98	Hatsu96	Natsu94
Musashimaru	225,5	224	200	196	188
Towanoyama	193,5
Wakakosho	182	170
Kotonowaka	178	172	177	176	164
Kitazakura	177,5	166
Miyabiyama	177,5	177
Musoyama	177	173	167	167	162
Toki	177	169	159
Daishi	172,5	170	158	166	160
Minatofuji	171	172	166	162	160
Masutsuyoshi	170,5
Kaio	170	169	159	148	157
Harunoyama	169
Kuniazuma	169
Juzan	167,5
Tochinonada	165	164	162
Buyuzan	163,5
Takanonami	163	169	171	166	160
Wakatsutomu	163
Tosanoumi	162	166	153	140
Takanotsuru	161
Wakanoyama	160	164	-	151,5	143
Dejima	159	161	152
Tochisakae	158
Chiyotaikai	157,5	158	157	146
Takanohana	157	160	159	152	140
Daizen	156,5	160	152	157	154
Wakatenro	155,5
Wakatoryu	155
Tamakasuga	153	153	151	144
Gojoro	152,5	143	147	149
Tamanoshima	152,5	151
Higonoumi	152	150	148	141	136
Takatoriki	151,5	149	148	147	144
Akinoshima	151	155	150	154	146
Wakanosato	150,5	155	146
Aogiyama	150	151	149	150	144
Otsukasa	150	148	146	144,5
Tochinohana	149	151
Kotomitsuki	148,5	150
Kotoryu	147,5	148	142	137
Jumonji	147	144
Chiyotenzan	146,5	154	144
Kasuganishiki	146,5
Yotsukasa	146,5	156
Kyokutenho	145	141	140
Takanowaka	144,5	134
Sentoryu	144	136
Tochiazuma	144	150	145
Kyokushuzan	143,5	133	130	114
Shimotori	141,5
Tamarikido	140
Oginishiki	138	138	137	142	135
Asanowaka	137	139	146	150	140
Oikari	136	135	128
Takamisakari	136	138
Tokitsuumi	133	129	125
Hamanishiki	131,5
Kobo	131	140
Asashoryu	130
Wakatoba	130
Hayateumi	125	131
Aminishiki	122	113
Hamanoshima	122	120	126	131	126
Kaiho	121	126	123
Terao	114	111	116	114	116

[Yubiquitoyama 4]

Notable weight changes not mentioned here (that I can think of from the top of my head, meaning they might be slightly off) is Towanoyama (now 193,5 kg) who "only" weighed barely 170kg (or even slightly under) when first entering Juryo (in 1999?). And Kuniazuma (now 169kg) who during his Makushita days (I think this was about 1997 or 1998) weighed as much as 190 kg. I just noticed (when checking) that Kuniazuma and Juzan now have been ranked 9 consecutive basho in Juryo (making them the two who have been in Juryo the longest stretch right now). Spooky how the time flies... If someone had asked me, I'd probably have said 4 or 5 basho...

[Guest Kaikitsune]

Musoyama was at one point tipping the scale at 180kg.

Kaiho`s stablemate Hokutoriki is a newcomer to Juryo. He weighs "pathetic" 95kg (177.5 cm tall so not nearly as short as Mainoumi or Komidori (Furuichi) when he had his brief visit in Juryo) and yet he is tsuki/oshi rikishi! His five winning techniques in Kyushu basho at Ms1 were: oshitaoshi, tsukidashi, tsukidashi, tsukiotoshi and oshidashi

He is outweighed by almost 100kg by Towanoyama who, as far as I remember, carries his weight well and isn`t too clumsy on the dohyo.

"Little salt" was actually quite heavy in 1996 at 150kg! Since then he has dropped some 13kg.

Hayateumi was about 130kg when he was an amateur star. Now he is 125kg. I don`t believe that is what he wants. Probably his gout troubles him quite a lot.