This is a list of all active tokoyama (hairdressers), currently employed by the Japan Sumo Association. There are normally between 40 and 45 active tokoyama at all times. The tokoyama have a unique structure of ranks, with 6 ranks, all tokoyama start at the lowest, fifth class, and over the years progress through these numbered ranks until achieving the special class. This final class is considered the equivalent to tate-gyoji and tate-yobidashi for tokoyama. Promotions are mostly based on seniority but their skills as sumo hairdressers are analysed constantly. Demotions almost never happen, but a gyoji might be leaped in the promotion order by someone more junior than them due to not performing as expected. They join sumo at around 15 years of age and have to retire by 65 years old, as it is the mandatory retirement age. Many tokoyama might get employed but then retire before reaching the top tokoyama classes.
All tokoyama are affiliated to a sumo stable and those lower in seniority (fifth and fourth classes) tend to live in the stable and help with chores, similar to a lower division wrestler.
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| Name | Class | Hometown | Debut | Stable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokotsuru | Special class | Matsumoto, Nagano | 1976 | Otowayama |
| Tokonaka | Special class | Ureshino, Saga | 1978 | Nishikido |
| Tokotatsu | Special class | Sagamihara, Kanagawa | 1979 | Tatsunami |
| Tokoyoshi | First class | Tokamachi, Niigata | 1980 | Tokitsukaze |
| Tokotaka | First class | Ube, Yamaguchi | 1981 | Onomatsu |
| Tokotake | First class | Kanuma, Tochigi | 1982 | Kokonoe |
| Tokojin | First class | Katsushika, Tokyo | 1982 | Arashio |
| Tokoyuki | First class | Kamikawa, Hokkaido | 1984 | Oshima |
| Tokokado | First class | Koza, Kanagawa | 1986 | Shibatayama |
| Tokodai | First class | Sanjo, Niigata | 1986 | Otowayama |
| Tokosei | First class | Minato, Tokyo | 1987 | Asakayama |
| Tokogo | First class | Fujidera, Osaka | 1987 | Oshiogawa |
| Tokotetsu | First class | Kishiwada, Osaka | 1988 | Takadagawa |
| Tokoshima | First class | Toyota, Aichi | 1988 | Hanaregoma |
| Tokokatsu | First class | Setagaya, Tokyo | 1988 | Tokiwayama |
| Tokonaru | First class | Aomori, Aomori | 1990 | Tagonoura |
| Tokoken | First class | Gobo, Wakayama | 1990 | Musashigawa |
| Tokokyu | First class | Inagi, Tokyo | 1990 | Kokonoe |
| Tokotsuka | First class | Sagamihara, Kanagawa | 1991 | Tamanoi |
| Tokomasa | First class | Nagoya, Aichi | 1993 | Isenoumi |
| Tokokuwa | First class | Nagoya, Aichi | 1993 | Ikazuchi |
| Tokotakeshi | First class | Osaka, Osaka | 1995 | Fujishima |
| Tokohide | Second class | Kitakyushu, Fukuoka | 1996 | Shikihide |
| Tokosaku | Second class | Kaga, Ishikawa | 1996 | Oitekaze |
| Tokoshin | Second class | Matsudo, Chiba | 2000 | Kataonami |
| Tokoryu | Second class | Hirosaki, Aomori | 2003 | Sakaigawa |
| Tokoami | Second class | Miyakonojo, Miyazaki | 2004 | Isegahama |
| Tokoharu | Third class | Higashiosaka, Osaka | 2005 | Isenoumi |
| Tokokuma | Third class | Morioka, Iwate | 2006 | Kise |
| Tokonao | Third class | Kiyosu, Aichi | 2006 | Otake |
| Tokomichi | Third class | Himeji, Hyogo | 2006 | Hakkaku |
| Tokosen | Third class | Inba, Chiba | 2009 | Tokiwayama |
| Tokokaze | Third class | Hirakawa, Aomori | 2010 | Oitekaze |
| Tokoriki | Third class | Nishitama, Tokyo | 2011 | Dewanoumi |
| Tokoteru | Third class | Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi | 2012 | Sakaigawa |
| Tokoyu | Third class | Komoro, Nagano | 2012 | Onomatsu |
| Tokoazuma | Third class | Nakatsu, Oita | 2012 | Sadogatake |
| Tokomitsu | Third class | Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima | 2013 | Arashio |
| Tokotakumi | Fourth class | Hoju, Ishikawa | 2015 | Kasugano |
| Tokohibiki | Fourth class | Ichinomiya, Aichi | 2017 | Sadogatake |
| Tokoshun | Fourth class | Tottori, Tottori | 2019 | Isegahama |
| Tokokei | Fifth class | Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki | 2022 | Tatsunami |
| Tokosho | Fifth class | Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima | 2022 | Hakkaku |
| Tokoni | Fifth class | Sayo, Hyogo | 2022 | Nishonoseki |
| Tokoo | Fifth class | Katsushika, Tokyo | 2022 | Naruto |
| Tokotsukasa | Fifth class | Yokohama, Kanagawa | 2023 | Isegahama |
| Tokosakura | Fifth class | Ichinomiya, Aichi | 2024 | Minato |