[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Salary increase-you should keep this one somewhere safe..

[Robert Brown]

So, a little less than $250,000 a year in salary for the sports biggest
stars, maybe double that with prize money.  Those wrestlers in the lower
ranks don't even get a salary.  Compare that to the millions even
average players in other sports make.  Somebody is getting wealthy and it
isn't the rikishi.

Kodauyama

On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 8:09 AM Jeff A <jpaitv at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Date: Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 4:33 AM
> Subject: [Sumo news] - Salary increase-you should keep this one somewhere
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> To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>
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>
> The Kyokai announced on the 30th, at a board meeting held at the Ryogoku
> Kokugikan in Tokyo, that it will revise the salaries and allowances of
> rikishi starting from the January tournament next year. Monthly salaries
> will be increased by approximately 10%. Yokozuna will increase from the
> current 3 million yen to 3.3 million yen, Ozeki from 2.5 million yen to
> 2.75 million yen, and Sanyaku from 1.8 million yen to 2 million yen. This
> is the first revision of the salaries of Sekitori in eight years, since
> 2019. Rikishi Makushita and below will also see a 6-9% increase in their
> tournament allowances, as well as increases in their win bonuses and
> kachikoshi  bonuses. The aim is to improve the treatment of all rikishi and
> the head of public relations, Fujishima Oyakata explained, "We compared it
> with other sports. The prize money for a Makuuchi yusho is 20 million yen,
> and it's worth that much." This is the first revision of the prize money
> for the yusho and the prize money for the three special prizes in 33 years,
> since 1994. In the previous revision, the prize money for a Makuuchi yusho
> was raised from 5 million yen to 10 million yen.
>
> ◆Revised monthly salaries for rikishi from the January 2027 tournament
> (163 yen to the dollar)
>
> Yokozuna: 3 million yen → 3.3 million yen (+300,000 yen)
>
> Ozeki: 2.5 million yen → 2.75 million yen (+250,000 yen)
>
> Sanyaku: 1.8 million yen → 2 million yen (+200,000 yen)
>
> Makuuchi: 1.4 million yen → 1.55 million yen (+150,000 yen)
>
> Juryo: 1.1 million yen → 1.2 million yen (+100,000 yen)
>
>
>
> ◆Yusho Prize money:
>
> Makuuchi: 10 million yen → 20 million yen (+10 million yen)
>
> Juryo: 2 million yen → 3 million yen (+1 million yen)
>
> Makushita: 500,000 yen → 700,000 yen (+200,000 yen)
>
> Sandanme: 300,000 yen → 500,000 yen (+200,000 yen)
>
> Jonidan: 200,000 yen → 300,000 yen (+100,000 yen)
>
> Jonokuchi: 100,000 yen → 200,000 yen (+100,000 yen)
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