Top Sumo Manga Recommendations

Cheongchun Blossom

Also known as Seasons of Blossom.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Oh, to be young and in love. Oh, to be wild and carefree. The springtime of life is intense, tumultuous, and at times, oh so confusing. Spring, summer, fall and winter -- love blossoms in all seasons.



Tags: Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Heterosexual , School , Suicide , Bullying , Full Color , Fake Relationship , Family Life , Primarily Adult Cast , College , Long Strip , Kuudere , Delinquents , Sumo , Love Triangle

Grappler Baki

Also known as Baki the Grappler.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

The story revolves around Baki Hanma and his quest to proclaim himself as the strongest grappler in the world, thus taking the title from his father. Baki also fights to gain the trust of his overly psychotic mother.



Tags: Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Primarily Male Cast , Gore , Shounen , Estranged Family , Achronological Order , Nudity , Tragedy , Sumo , Ensemble Cast , Yakuza

Baki Dou (2018)

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

After more than 2,000 years, Nomi no Sukune's successor is born. This time, Baki will challenge the God of Sumo.

Note: The chapter count includes an extra chapter.

Tags: Martial Arts , Shounen , Sumo , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Gore

Hinomaru-Zumou

Also known as Hinomaru Sumo.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

The weak sumo club of Odachi High School welcomes a new "small" member, Hinomaru Ushio. Everyone thinks he's too small for this sport, where having a "big" and "heavy" body is crucial, until they reveal his past! The goal is to become a yokozuna, the highest rank in sumo wrestling. Fired up high school sumo begins now!



Note: Includes 1 bonus chapter.

Tags: Sumo , Shounen , Martial Arts , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , School Club , Wrestling , Politics , Dissociative Identities , Coming of Age

Notari Matsutarou

Status: Finished
Genres:

Matsutarou Sakaguchi is a giant roughneck man with strength far beyond ordinary people. He never uttered words like "work hard," "strive," and "dream" like the typical shounen manga protagonist. However, he is stronger than anyone and peerless in sumo wrestling. His greatest weakness is his own carefree personality. He grows into a full-fledged sumo wrestler.

Source: ANN

Tags: Wrestling , Male Protagonist , Martial Arts , Sumo , Seinen

Aa Harimanada

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

When Harimanada makes his grand entrance into the world of Sumo, he causes complete uproar throughout the entire arena. The novelty headmask is clearly not a good idea but not content with just ruffling the feathers of all the spectators, he sends the the entire Sumo Association into a frenzy when he arrogantly declares that he will surpass the legendary Futabayama's consecutive run of 69 victories. Should he fail to achieve such a feat, he will immediately retire all together. Harimanada's impudent remarks cause a huge backlash as every high-ranking Yokuzuna wants the chance to knock him down and humiliate him for showing such arrogance. Thus begins Harimanada's journey to the top as he battles to topple the entire Sumo hierarchy!

Tags: Seinen , Sumo

Kaketa Tsuki wo Nazotte

Also known as Tracing the Waning Moon.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Despite his large build, Rinto has a gentle personality. He spends his days practicing sumo with his childhood friend Konatsu and others. However, one day, Konatsu tells him something that changes everything. This is a bittersweet coming-of-age story of a young sumo wrestler.



Tags: Sumo , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Wrestling , Coming of Age

Hinomaru-Zumou: Shijuuhatte

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Tags: Sumo

Byakuren no Fang

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Makoto wants to become a Tosa dog fighting trainer. His sumo Father Rouou gets him a brown puppy, but is it really a Tosa? Makoto finds out in shock that his dog is not a Tosa, but in fact a Siberian Wolf, but decides to make his dog "Zero" a fighting dog. But Makoto does not know that Zero's mother had been killed by Anzai's Yokozuna Tosa "Unryū" right in front of him, and he competes in the showring with the sole intention of getting revenge on Unryū.



Tags: Historical , Shounen , Sumo , Revenge , Gore , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Proxy Battle , Animals

Ouzumou Reijou: Zensei ni Sumobu datta Watashi ga Sute Neko Ouji to waha Dosukoi Dosukoi

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

One day, the villainess Floortje is suddenly told by her fiancee the Prince that their engagement has been annulled. When she is slapped by the saintess, the memory of her previous life in the women's sumo club comes back to her.... As a sumo wrestler, I cannot allow this kind of humiliation! She may not yet have the power, but she has the sumo spirit! Her upstroke and shikimata will slap around the characters from this otome game that she loved in her previous life!

Tags: Female Protagonist , Isekai , Villainess , Sumo

Yorozuyama Juban Shobu

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Tags: Martial Arts , Seinen , Sumo

Yobidashi Hajime

Status: Releasing
Genres: Sports

A boy in love with his classmate has been pushed by their own free parental pressure for the world of sumo.

Tags: Seinen , Sumo

Ouzumou Reijou

Also known as Grand Sumo Villainess.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

When Floortje is reincarnated into the world of an otome game, things immediately go wrong. Her fiancé, Prince Jonas, breaks off their engagement, and the supposed protagonist, the Saint of Light Jaromíra, makes Floortje out to be the villainess. Little do they know, however, that Floortje was a sumo wrestler in her past life—and she won’t let these weaklings stand in her way! After rescuing the cat-eared Prince Richie from the castle’s dungeon, Floortje embarks on a journey with an ever-growing sumo stable to save the kingdom from the grips of the real villains, Prince Jonas and Saint Jaromíra. With the spirit of sumo—her most trustworthy ally—to guide her, she’s ready for a smackdown! But why was she reincarnated into an otome game, and how did its protagonist turn evil in the first place?

Tags: Female Protagonist , Isekai , Villainess , Sumo

Yuuyake Banchou

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Chuuji Akagi has just transferred to a new school and soon discovers it's overrun by a youth gang. Akagi has a strong sense of justice and fights the gang leader through various sports in order to protect the school. As he wins, he slowly begins to reform the school.

Tags: Delinquents , Boxing , Martial Arts , Gangs , Shounen , Football , Baseball , Swordplay , Swimming , Judo , Sumo

Kinnikuman Choujin Retsuden: Wolfman no Maki - Dohyojou no Mononofu

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

Wolfman's illustrious career as a member of the Justice Choujin is brought to a close due to a leg injury. Wolfman is granted a retirement ceremony worthy of his legendary status but it seems that an overseas sumo wrestler has other plans. Can Wolfman win his final fight..?

Tags: Sumo , Seinen

Hakkeyoi

Also known as Hakkeyoi.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Chinmi, an orphan who lost his parents in a tidal wave, is a promising sumo wrestler. Even though he did very well in the junior championships, none of the sumo scouts were interested in signing him because of his body, which is unsuitable for sumo wrestling, and also because of his weird sumo style. But luck comes his way when a small sumo school owner shows an interest in him and decides to take Chinmi into his school. There Chinmi begins his training to become a yokozuna...

Tags: Shounen , Sumo

Ucchare Goshogawara

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Tags: School , Shounen , Sumo , Male Protagonist

Chikarabito Densetsu: Oni wo Tsugu Mono

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

A biographical manga focusing on the famous sumo brothers Takanohana and Wakanohana.

Tags: Shounen , Biographical , Sumo

Sakura no Hanamichi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Sumo is a man's world, where women are forbidden. Sakurako, a former women's sumo champion, never had a chance to achieve the dream of becoming a yokozuna, because she is a woman, But now, she turns her attention to a boxer who is looking for a second chance in life!

Tags: Sumo , Female Protagonist

Okami-san

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Sports

Hatsuko Yamasaki, 20, was still enjoying her sweet newlywed life, when it was suddenly cut short because her husband, a popular sumo wrestler, retired from the sport. Now she has taken a job to be the housekeeper for Kasukabeya, a newly established sumo stable. She tends to oversleep in the morning and has trouble making chanko, so Hatsuko has a rough road ahead of her, but she remains cheerful and motivated...

Tags: Female Protagonist , Sumo , Seinen