Yagura 0 Posted January 12, 2006 Hello everybody. Does anybody know the current figures for rikishi salaries. I have only data of the 90s and would like to know the real salaries. This is what I have: Monthly Yokozuna 2,107,000 Ozeki 1,753,000 Sekiwake 1,264,000 Maegashira 977,000 Juryo 773,000 Makushita 120,000 Sandanme 85,000 Jonidan 75,000 Jonokuchi 70,000 25,000 yen for all sekitori after every Tokyo tournament. 150,000 yen to each Yokozuna before a Tokyo basho Bonuses after a tournament Yokozuna 200,000 Ozeki 150,000 Sekiwake 50,000 Komusubi 50,000 Yusho wages Makuuchi 750,000 Juryo 550,000 Makushita 250,000 Sandanme 100,000 Jonidan 100,000 Jonokuchi 50,000 Sansho wages: 550,000 yen And what about "hoshokin"? Is it yet working? How does this system exactly work? Thanks to all of you. Regards. Yagura Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 20,225 Posted January 12, 2006 (edited) The few things I know are as follows, others can probably supply a more comprehensive answer: Yokozuna 2,107,000 Last year's yokozuna salary was a total of 2,820,000 yen per month, as per Jonosuke. I could swear there was a post somewhere a couple of months ago confirming that this remains the yokozuna salary for 2006, but darned if I can find that post right now... The other sekitori salaries, taken from this post by Zentoryu: Ozeki 2,347,000 (five-sixth of a Yokozuna salary) Sanyaku 1,693,000 (three-fifth of a Yokozuna salary) Maegashira 1,309,000 Juryo 1,036,000 These are from 2001, but given that the Yokozuna still gets paid the same, these should also still be correct. Makushita 120,000 Sandanme 85,000 Jonidan 75,000 Jonokuchi 70,000 I suspect these are still the same, but I'm not sure. Bonuses after a tournamentYokozuna 200,000 Ozeki 150,000 Sekiwake 50,000 Komusubi 50,000 Note that these are only for completed tournaments. AFAIK the payments are one-third for 1 to 5 days competed, two-thirds for 6 to 10 days, and full payment for 11+ days. Yusho wages Unless they've changed recently, I believe these are: Makuuchi 10,000,000 Juryo 2,000,000 Makushita 500,000 Sandanme 300,000 Jonidan 200,000 Jonokuchi 100,000 (Taken from the not-existent-anymore site of Akinomaki...I'd add an archive.org link, but those guys seem to have traffic problems right now.) Sansho wages 2,000,000 per sansho, AFAIK. And what about "hoshokin"? Is it yet working? How does this system exactly work? Nearly everything you've ever wanted to know about hosho-kin can be found here, courtesy of Zentoryu once more. That reminds me...now that Kitazakura is back in Makuuchi, perhaps we can finally settle the long-standing question of how the lower-division kyukin numbers are worked out...assuming Nikkan has an accurate total for him this time. Edited January 12, 2006 by Asashosakari Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yagura 0 Posted January 14, 2006 (edited) You are very kind, thanks a lot for all the info. (Showing off...) Only one more comment, it is pretty surprising how the wages for getting a Yusho in Makuuchi grow from 750.000 y to 10.000.000... thats more than 1000% in ten years. I can imagine how Asashoryu (Showing respect...) would like to get again six out of six (Clapping wildly...) Edited January 14, 2006 by Yagura Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asashosakari 20,225 Posted January 14, 2006 (edited) Only one more comment, it is pretty surprising how the wages for getting a Yusho in Makuuchi grow from 750.000 y to 10.000.000... thats more than 1000% in ten years. Where did you find that 750,000 yen number? As far as I know, it was 5,000,000 yen until it was doubled in 1994. It would be strange if a makuuchi yusho was ever only 3x as valuable as a makushita yusho... Edit: Ah, found something that looks vaguely familiar to your list (although even that post puts the makuuchi yusho at 2,000,000 yen) - note that the poster was quoting from a book published in 1985. Edited January 14, 2006 by Asashosakari Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zentoryu 154 Posted January 14, 2006 (edited) Only one more comment, it is pretty surprising how the wages for getting a Yusho in Makuuchi grow from 750.000 y to 10.000.000... thats more than 1000% in ten years. It's been 10,000,000 yen for the last 13 years (since at least 1993) and had been in the millions going back into the 80's. EDIT: Beaten to the punch by Asa again... Edited January 14, 2006 by Zentoryu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
