komusubi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 小結 (komusubi).

Noun

komusubi (plural komusubi or komusubis)

  1. (sumo) A sumo wrestler of the lowest sanyaku rank, below sekiwake and above maegashira.
    • 2009, John Fairbairn, “Prelude to the Match”, in Kamakura, 2nd edition (2011), Richmond, Va.: Slate & Shell, →ISBN, page 25, column 2:
      […] Kitani and Go were still only like the komusubi juniors in sumo program rankings. […] In fact, their first ten-game match was described merely as the battle of the komusubis.
    • 2018 March 15, “Kakuryu makes most of second opportunity against Takarafuji”, in Japan Times‎[1], archived from the original on 21 April 2018:
      Sekiwake Tochinoshin (3-2) picked up a much-needed win against komusubi Chiyotairyu (1-4) after suffering his second loss the previous day.
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