Jonokuchi (序ノ口) is the lowest division in the professional sumo ranking system of six divisions for wrestlers. All wrestlers, apart from those who have had successful amateur careers and are given special dispensation to enter Makushita directly, start in this division. A sumo match Sumo (相撲 Sumō), or sumo wrestling, is today a competition contact sport wherein two wrestlers or rikishi face off in a circular area. ... Makushita is the third highest division in the professional sumo ranking system of six divisions for wrestlers. ...
In addition to the new wrestlers the division tends to consist of other recent recruits to sumo wrestling as well as some older wrestlers who have fallen to the bottom of the ranks due to injury.
A new wrestler's initial position in the Jonokuchi division is determined by his performance in mae-zumo a sort of entry tournament held among new wrestlers at the time of the grand tournament before they are first ranked.
Jonokuchi is also used as an expression to describe when something has just began.
In addition to the new wrestlers the division tends to consist of other recent recruits to sumo wrestling as well as some older wrestlers who have fallen to the bottom of the ranks due to injury.
A new wrestler's initial position in the Jonokuchi division is determined by his performance in mae-zumo a sort of entry tournament held among new wrestlers at the time of the grand tournament before they are first ranked.
Jonokuchi is also used as an expression to describe when something has just began.
There are six divisions in sumo: Makuuchi (fixed at 42 wrestlers), Juryo (fixed at 28 wrestlers), Makushita (fixed at 120 wrestlers), Sandanme (fixed at 200 wrestlers), Jonidan (approximately 230 wrestlers), and Jonokuchi (approximately 80 wrestlers).
Wrestlers enter Sumo in the lowest Jonokuchi division and, ability permitting, work their way up to the top Makuuchi division.
Only wrestlers in the top two divisions are salaried, and they are called sekitori (to have taken the barrier).
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