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Juryo (Japanese十 両) is the second league in Japanese sumo. It comes after the Makuuchi division in the 42 Sumotori fight and before makushita Division, fighting in the 120 sumo wrestler. The juryo division itself always consists of 28 rikishi. The Makuuchi Division and juryo Division together form the sekitori ranks. Fighter in the ranks sekitori get a fixed monthly salary from the Nihon Sumo Kyokai ( Japanese Sumoverband ) paid niederrangigere sumo wrestlers get only a kind of pocket money, which is lower by a multiple. If a senior juryo ( fighter in the Juryo Division) kachi- koshi reached ( more wins than losses in a tournament ), he can rise in the Makuuchi division, provides a ranking of low juryo only a make- koshi (more defeats than victories in a tournament ), he runs the risk to descend to the makushita Division.
Additional privileges of a fighter from the juryo Division include, among others, that it now represents a Tsukebito ( " helper " ) is provided to the side that will do for him many important tasks in everyday life and helps him. In addition, may sekitori ( " rikishi from the juryo Division " ) wearing a white linen - mawashi during training and appear later on this. You may eat more than all lower-rated fighters, get a private room, if they have no home of their own and can carry a shield as well as participate in the dohyo -iri, the ring entering ceremony, in rainy weather. In this they are allowed, a so-called Kesho - mawashi to wear ( " decorative belt "). If his hair has reached a sufficient length, he can from now on an O- icho - mage wear instead of the previous Chonmage. When O- icho - mage, the hair is styled as in the form of a ginkgo leaf. The Chonmage is made much easier and not so artful.
Jonokuchi | Jonidan | Sandanme | makushita | juryo
Makuuchi: maegashira | komusubi | sekiwake | Ozeki | yokozuna
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