Strongest Wrestlers in Hinomaru Sumo – Ranked!

Hinomaru Sumo never received the recognition it deserved due to its choice of sport – sumo wrestling.

While the series started with a pretty formulaic premise, as the story progressed, it stood out due to its fantastic art that perfectly conveyed the intensity of the sport.

Each and every character felt extremely real and remained with the readers even after the series ended.

To the delight of the manga readers and sports anime fanatics, Hinomaru Sumo received an anime in 2018. The show was packed with powerful matches and emotional moments, both of which contributed to its success.

Every bout had us on the edge of our seats, which made Hinomaru Sumo one of the best action and sport based anime.

Unfortunately, it did not get a second season due to its lack of popularity.

But, in the end, despite not getting the attention and recognition it deserved, Hinomaru Sumo fulfilled its goal of showing how incredible the sport of sumo-wrestling is.

For the manga readers who would like to revisit the characters, and the anime fans who don’t mind the spoilers, I have made a list of the strongest wrestlers in Hinomaru Sumo, so let’s dive right in!

17. Batomf Batbayar aka Hakurou Shou

Batomf is a member of the Tottori Hakurou High School’s sumo club and is widely regarded for his Mongolian grappling techniques. He mixes these with more traditional sumo throwing forms to create his distinct style.

By doing so, he makes up for the weaknesses in Mongolian wrestling, as well as improves and specializes in fighting close range.

Batomf is the first-ever foreign high school student to take the only foreigner’s spot as a first-year, and even defend it in his second year.

He later became a pro-wrestler under the name ‘Hakurou Shou,’ which is actually the professional name of the current ( real-life) Japanese Yokozuna, who is also a Mongolian and is considered to be the greatest in the history of professional sumo.

16. Kirihito Tsuji aka Onikiri Yasutsuna

Kirihito is the one who taught sumo to Hinomaru, and when paired up, both of them were given the titles of Twin Swords – the fierce Onimaru Kunitsuna, and the calm Onikiri Yasutsuna.

Kirihito can only last around 20 seconds per bout, after which he will become extremely weak.

Despite such a handicap, he made his competitive debut in the final of Inter High’s team competition, which helped him eventually reach the maegashira status.

While he can use his intelligence and creativity to help not only himself but all the team members to progress, as soon as opponents figure out his fast-paced counter-attacking style, all they have to do is wait for him to lose stamina.

While his techniques are still on par with most of the wrestlers on this list – if not for his small lungs, Kirihito could have easily ranked in the top 5.

15. Tonbokiri Rui

Tonbokiri Rui is one of the top professional sumo wrestlers, and has been given the title of “Three Great Spears,” along with two of his friends.

Despite his ruthless moves, his skill has been noted even by Shinya Ozeki. While the latter fought him out of anger, he soon realised that Rui possesses great skill.

Tonbokiri is immensely respectful of strong and talented wrestlers, but looks down upon the rest, and believes that they should quit. This personality of his has led to Rui severely injuring others.

14. Yamatogou Tsukasa

Tsukasa belongs to the stable of the great Japanese Yokozuna, Yamatokuni, and is one of the top pro-wrestlers. Due to his great strength, he has been given the title of the “Three Great Spears,” along with two others.

13. Hyoudou Masato aka Daihannya

Hyoudou Masato is Kunisaki’s older brother and only started practicing sumo two years back. Before this, he used to compete in many different sports like soccer, basketball, judo, and boxing.

After becoming a professional Sumo Wrestler, Masato joined the Minagawa Stable.

In the ring, he is known for his deceitful moves, as he could do anything, including just walking away to secure his victory.

Thanks to his European-like build, and powerful body, he simply picks up the heaviest of wrestlers and toys with them.

Masato’s build is his greatest strength, and the envy of many wrestlers, to the point where they feel that it’s wrong for someone playing sumo in such an “untraditional” way to get that kind of body.

12. Nochi aka Juzumaru

Nochi is from the National Treasure generation, and is extremely strong. He is the heaviest wrestler, yet, has a very soft heart.

During his match with Hinomaru, it was Nochi who broke the latter’s right shoulder, and resulted in him leaving for three years. Despite it being unintentional, he always felt responsible for what he did.

11. Shinya Ozeki aka Taroutachi

Shinya Ozeki was timid during his school years at Oodachi High School and was the only member of the sumo club till Hinomaru joined him. However, after going pro, he became much more tough and unyielding.

Despite his larger build, Shinya’s body is extremely strong thanks to his constant training. What makes him a powerful wrestler is his great fundamentals and high center of gravity.

Furthermore, he could even outlast Sanada with his defensive mindset and endurance, hitting the ground a split-second after.

10. Otegine Tadashi

Otegine is extremely strong, and has been given the title of the “Three Great Spears,” along with Rui and Tsukasa. He is the tallest sumo wrestler, which means he could engulf and defeat his opponents with sheer reach.

With the addition of enormous power, and skills, Otegine is simply too difficult to defeat.

Furthermore, it was him who used to practice with Saenoyama, and win every single time, until the very end.

9. Hikage Tenma aka Oodenta Mitsuyo

Hikage Tenma is the younger brother of Ozeki Daikeishou and from the National Treasure’s generation.

During his school years, he was a member of Kanazawa Kita High School’s sumo club and won the title of Middle School Yokozuna in his third year.

Furthermore, he went on to win the title of High School Yokozuna in his third year and even conquered the All-Japan Championship, acquiring a Tsukedashi qualification.

What makes him such a strong wrestler is his large build, which allows for powerful and quick tosses. Furthermore, when fighting close range, he can often remain carefree and confident that his opponent won’t be able to lift him. Accompanied by a quick open palm strike, Hikage has a wide array of attacking options.

Due to this, after his graduation, he started his professional career and rose to the rank of Komusubi like it was a child’s play. He even defeated Ozeki and Sekiwake class wrestlers, solidifying his place as a mighty sumo wrestler.

8. Kinkaizan Hayato

Kinkaizan Hayato is powerful and the second most successful Mongolian wrestler behind Jinou. His experience even exceeds that of the latter, making him a significant player in the sport.

What is noteworthy to mention is that he has secured the seat of Western Ozeki for more than three decades and was never demoted.

However, due to the harsh reality of being at the top and not wanting to disappoint his family, he had lost his will to become the “Yokozuna.” Thankfully, his mentality changed during his final match with Hinomaru.

7. Sada Mizuki aka Mikazuki Munechika

Sada Mizuki was a first-year student at Ishigami High School and a member of its sumo club. He has won the title of Middle School Yokozuna and is the ace of his team.

Mizuki is a prodigy, and even Jinou and Shido agreed that he would become a powerful sumo wrestler.

During the September tournament, his most remarkable feat is his “pure white” Mawashi belt, making him the only wrestler who was never grabbed by the belt.

Unfortunately, that record broke when Hinomaru grabbed his belt and defeated him. Despite that, Mikazuki only lost two matches out of 13, which speaks a lot for his skills.

He even defeated Komusubi, and Sekiwake ranked wrestlers, which makes him stronger than Megahashira.

6. Saenoyama Norihiro

Saenoyama Norihiro is the strongest wrestler, apart from Jinou, who’s not a National Treasure. Hinomaru respects and considers him a brother, even after facing him in a bout.

Norihiro is an extremely tall and muscular man who easily towers above Hinomaru. Due to this, he has a powerful downward open hand punch. He faced Hinomaru in the second sparring match and barely won against him.

After graduating middle school, he joined the Shibakiyama Stable and became a professional sumo wrestler. In the finals, he became one of the three wrestlers who defeated Jinou.

5. Kanou Akihira aka Ookanehira

Kanou has always remained the second-best throughout his whole life, resulting in pretty reckless behavior on his part. However, in his professional career, he decided to overcome it and become better than that.

Kanou then joined Jinou’s stable and fought him countless times during practice. His counter-attacking style of sumo, where he uses a half-stance to grab and throw a person easily, left him as the victor for many fights.

However, in front of a more experienced wrestler, his exposed chest left him vulnerable to attacks and became the cause of his defeat. Nevertheless, he became one of the very few wrestlers who Jinou ever respected.

4. Kuze Sosuke aka Kusanagi no Tsurugi

As the chief rival of our main character, Sousuke’s strength and skills are unquestionable. People say that his body was specially crafted by the Sumo gods – making his build better than any other wrestler.

He is the son of Yamatokuni, a great yokozuna, and with such genes and hard work, of course, he is extremely powerful.

In the ring, like his father, he uses the Left Arm Clamp and his own special move, the Great Serpent Cleaver, which, more often than not, secures his win.

To catch up to Yamatokuni, Sosuke had a brash personality, which caused him to either use ruthless moves or suffer defeat.

However, thanks to being banished from practicing sumo due to the aforementioned reasons, when he was allowed to fight again, his resolve and patience had developed, making him an extremely capable wrestler.

Due to this, he became one of the three wrestlers who defeated Jinou in the finals.

By the end of the manga, he reaches his full potential and decides that he won’t become Yamatokuni (his father) but surpass him.

3. Tennouji Shido aka Doujikiri Yasutsuna

As someone who has defeated Hinomaru at one point, Tennoji is a skillful sumo wrestler.

He was the captain of Tottori Hakurou High School’s sumo club during his third year, and even won the title of High School Yokozuna during his first and second years.

His achievements do not stop there, as he is also the winner of the All-Japan Championship and a National Treasure.

What makes him such a good wrestler is his agility and strength that complement and enhance his overall power. With his special move, Six Points Torso Slice, his opponent has no chance of winning.

Furthermore, he is known for possessing excessive information about abilities, builds, weaknesses, and strengths about his opponents, which he uses to adapt his fighting style.

Due to this,he always has a plan in mind on how to secure a victory and is almost never in a difficult position.

According to Jinou, Tennouji has never once gone all out, and despite that, he is a Yokozuna-class sumo wrestler in terms of strength and the way he carries himself.

2. Jinou

Jinou is the current Yokozuna and has obtained 44 championships throughout his career. At the mere age of 22, he surpassed Yamatokuni, who retired the next day.

Sumo is not only Jinou’s passion but something that his whole life revolves around. This is seen when he puts his all into improving, and as a result, it isn’t difficult to see him become one of the best wrestlers in the world.

Jinou is not just strong, but while other good players are known to be blessed by Sumo Gods, Jinou is known to be the God himself.

Everything from his sheer strength, to his techniques and moves, was on par with the greatest Japanese Yokozuna in prime condition.

The main reason for Jinou’s success was his flexible wrestling style. He never stuck to one sumo style, and depending on his opponent, he could be aggressive, easy-going, and basically anything that could secure him a win.

1. Ushio Hinomaru aka Onimaru Kunitsuna

Ushio Hinomaru is the strongest wrestler in Hinomaru Sumo, as well as the protagonist of this series. He defeated the Yokozuna in his final match using his strong Yokozuna sumo and freestyle sumo together and became the strongest of all.

He Secured the seat of the Western Megashira, and due to his great strength, is considered a National Treasure.

His greatest desire is to attain the title of Yokozuna. He was a two year consecutive champion of Elementary School and later joined Shibakiyama Stable to become a professional wrestler.

Hinomaru can fight opponents larger than him without any trouble, which is why this power of his has been dubbed ‘demon-like.’

Other than his physical strength, Hinomaru is also extremely intelligent and experienced when it comes to sumo, and his improvised moves are capable of defeating even the toughest of opponents.

During his first few fights as a professional sumo wrestler, Hinomaru injured his right arm, and all of his signature attacks such as Onigiri, Oniguruma, etc. that used right underarm grip, were rendered useless.

To make up for this, he learned various other forms, such as judo, MMA, and even sumo wrestling skills designed for short wrestlers. This was a massive step for Hinomaru, as he had always stuck to the Yokozuna way of sumo.

During his final fight with Jinou, his right arm was healed, which meant that along with his “super-strength”-type Yokozuna sumo, he also had the agility and tactics of sumo designed for short wrestlers.

This top tier collection of techniques automatically puts him on a different level than everyone else on this list.