Sekitori

Sekitori

A sekitori (関取) is a sumo wrestler who is ranked in one of the top two professional divisions: makuuchi and juryo.

Currently there are 70 "rikishi" in these divisions. The benefits of being a "sekitori" compared to lower ranked wrestlers include:
* to receive a salary and bonus (others merely receive an allowance)
* to have one's own supporter's club
* to wear high quality men's kimono and other items of attire
* to have a private room in the training stable
* to be able to get married and live away from the training stable
* to have junior "rikishi" to effectively act as their personal servants
* to wear a silk "mawashi" with stiffened cords (called "sagari") in tournament bouts
* to participate in the ring entrance ceremony and wear "kesho-mawashi"
* to wear the more elaborate "oicho chonmage" hairstyle on formal occasions
* to become an elder in the Sumo Association if one is "sekitori" for long enough

The name literally translates to having taken the barrier, as only a relatively small fraction of those who enter professional sumo achieve "sekitori" status.


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