Sumo money

The Rikishi income

(figures without currency shown are thousand Yen)

Real income begins at Juryo. The new Sekitori, as the Rikishi is called from then on, has a monthly salary. Below are the figures for all ranks.

Year	Y	O	S	M	J
1992	1800	1497	1077	829	654
1993	1874	1559	1124	868	687
1994	1987	1653	1192	921	729
1995	2107	1753	1264	977	773
*1996	2234	1859	1340	1036	820
*1997	2369	1971	1421	1099	870
2011	2820	2347	1693	1309	1036

* presuming a yearly increase of 6% as usual

Before 1957, a Sekitori only had his Basho bonus, Mochi-Kyuukin, paid according to accumulated results, also if absent (Kyuujoo). Achievements in his career add permanently to this bi-monthly (now extra) salary of a Rikishi.

Technically, every Rikishi gets 3 Yen at the start of his career and Yen figures are added to this. The result is multiplied by 4000 now, to give the real figure. Only the resulting figures are shown here.
The basis are Kachikoshi points (wins over losses). A record of 9:6 gives three points, 15:0 is 15 points. Makekoshi in subsequent Basho have no influence, only Kachikoshi count.
The correct number of Kachikoshi is not easy to find out for a Rikishi, who has been in Makunouchi for a long time. The difference between the often published overall wins and losses is only correct, if the Rikishi had no Makekoshi in his career, otherwise the number of Kachikoshi points is higher.

Bonus figures for Makunouchi

Things adding to the bonus:

Each Kachikoshi point: 2000 Yen
Kimboshi (beating a Yokozuna as Maegashira): 40 000 Yen
Makunouchi Yusho: 120 000 Yen
- if a Zensho (15:0): 80 000 Yen extra
Minimum figures (thousand Yen):
1998: Y: 600, O: 400, S: 240, M: 240, J: 160

If the Rikishi has not reached this figure at the time of promotion, he gets the above minimum - and everything adds to it from then on.

If he gets demoted though, he loses what he got at that time. The next time he gets promoted back again, he may once more start with the minimum figure - if he still has not reached it on his own by then.

Sanshoo, being newer than this system, do not add to the bonus.

Special bimonthly Basho allowance for Sanyaku

Nothing for absence (Zenkyuu), 1/3 up to 5 days,
2/3 up to 10 days, full for 11 to 15 days. 1995: Y: 200, O: 150, S: 50

Bimonthly Basho allowance for lower divisions

Year	Makushita	Sandanme	Jonidan	Jonokuchi
1993	80	70	65	60
1994	90	75	70	65
1995	120	85	75	70
2011	150	100	80	70

Lower ranks are also paid in cash for every win and extra for every Kachi-koshi point.

1995	Makushita	Sandanme	Jonidan/Jonokuchi
Win	2.5	2	1.5
Kachikoshi point	6	4.5	3.5

Daily and travel allowances for non Tokyo Basho are paid for 35 days, according to rank. 1995: Y: 11 O: 9.5 S: 8.1 M: 7.1 J: 6.53 Tokyo Basho allowance for Sekitori: 1994: 25

Special promotion allowance (once) 1995: Yokozuna: 1000 Ozeki: 500

A Yokozuna gets a special allowance for his rope, to be made by the Rikishi of his Ichimon (no new data available).