Makushita: Third Division
current as of November 2012 banzuke
Ring name | Current rank | Debut | Stable | Birthplace | Career and other notes |
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Bushūyama Takashi | 111 East | 1999-1 | Fujishima | Aomori | former maegashira 3, second slowest progress to top division for any former collegiate champ |
Kimikaze Toshiji | 17 East | 2009-1 | Oguruma | Tokyo | former maegashira 13, jūryō champion |
Ryūō Noboru | 118 West | 2000-3 | Miyagino | zMongolia | former maegashira 8, specializes in pushing techniques which is a rarity among Mongolian wrestlers |
Tosayutaka Yūya | 443 West | 2007-3 | Tokitsukaze | Kōchi | former maegashira 1, first wrestler from his stable to reach the top division since the Tokitsukaze stable hazing scandal |
Towanoyama Yoshimitsu | 223 East | 1993-a11 | Dewanoumi | Tokyo | former maegashira 13, yet through unlucky twist of fate has never had a makuuchi bout |
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