User:Pawnkingthree/nicknames

The following is a list of nicknames of professional sumo wrestlers. Many originated not in Japan but in the UK when Channel 4 broadcast sumo in the late 1908s and early 1990s.


 * Chiyonofuji - The Wolf
 * Onokuni - The Giant Panda
 * Hokutoumi - The Bulldog
 * Konishiki - The Dump Truck
 * Asahifuji - The Sea Slug
 * Hokutenyu - The Polar Bear
 * Terao - The Typhoon, Iron Man of sumo
 * Sakahoko - The Spear
 * Kirishima - The Fog
 * Tochinowaka - The Mighty Oak
 * Kyokudozan - The Sundance Kid
 * Mitoizumi - The Salt Shaker
 * Kotogaume - The Plum
 * Mainoumi - Mighty Mouse, Department Store of Techniques
 * Akebono - The Hammer
 * Daishoyama - The Jelly roll
 * Kushimaumi - The Jellyfish
 * Fujinoshin - The Truth
 * Takatoriki - Big Heart
 * Ozutsu - Top Gun
 * Akinoshima - The Killer Whale
 * Daijuyama - Moomin
 * Takamisugi - Doraemon
 * Tochinishiki - The Viper
 * Takanohana - The Prince of Sumo
 * Asahikuni - PhD of Sumo
 * Wakanohana - Demon of the Dohyo
 * Takamisakari - Robocop
 * Kotonowaka - Mr One Minute
 * Asashio - Big Boy
 * Wakashimazu - The Black Panther
 * Washuyama - The Midget Gang