sekitori 関取
A wrestler in the top two divisions, makuuchi and jūryō, who's paid a salary.
Sekitori are the wrestlers in the top two divisions, makuuchi and jūryō, and there are 70 of them. They're paid a monthly salary, while everyone below gets an allowance and is effectively an apprentice. Sekitori fight 15 bouts a tournament against seven for the rest. They also get a private room and junior wrestlers to attend them.
Related words
- makuuchi 幕内
- The top division: 42 wrestlers, from yokozuna down to the maegashira.
- jūryō 十両
- The second division, and the lowest that's paid a salary.
- tsukebito 付け人
- A junior wrestler who works as a sekitori's personal attendant.
- ōichō-mage 大銀杏髷
- The ginkgo-leaf topknot sekitori wear in tournaments.