This is a list of all active yobidashi (ushers/handymen), currently employed by the Japan Sumo Association. There are normally between 40 and 45 active yobidashi at all times. The yobidashi have a structure of ranks that follows the wrestlers' rankings, however, promotions are mostly based on seniority and demotions never happen, but a yobidashi 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 yobidashi might get employed but then retire before reaching the top ranks or reaching the mandatory retirement age.
All yobidashi are affiliated to a sumo stable and junior ranks (between jonokuchi-kaku and makushita-kaku) tend to live in the stable and help with chores, similar to a lower division wrestler.
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| Name | Rank | Hometown | Debut | Stable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katsuyuki | Fuku-tate yobidashi | Osaka, Osaka | 1979 | Shibatayama |
| Shiro | Sanyaku-yobidashi | Takasaki, Gunma | 1981 | Otake |
| Shigeo | Sanyaku-yobidashi | Yashu, Shiga | 1981 | Kokonoe |
| Goro | Sanyaku-yobidashi | Kashima, Saga | 1982 | Otake |
| Kokichi | Makuuchi-yobidashi | Sendai, Miyagi | 1984 | Oshima |
| Akira | Makuuchi-yobidashi | Ebina, Kanagawa | 1985 | Oshima |
| Ryuji | Makuuchi-yobidashi | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | 1986 | Isegahama |
| Kotozo | Makuuchi-yobidashi | Kashiwa, Chiba | 1986 | Sadogatake |
| Kotoyoshi | Makuuchi-yobidashi | Toride, Ibaraki | 1986 | Sadogatake |
| Daikichi | Makuuchi-yobidashi | Hiroshima, Hiroshima | 1987 | Hakkaku |
| Teruki | Makuuchi-yobidashi | Minamitsugaru, Aomori | 1987 | Isegahama |
| Koji | Makuuchi-yobidashi | Nagoya, Aichi | 1989 | Asakayama |
| Rikinojo | Makuuchi-yobidashi | Sakata, Yamagata | 1989 | Takasago |
| Mitsuaki | Makuuchi-yobidashi | Honjo, Saitama | 1990 | Tagonoura |
| Kunio | Juryo-yobidashi | Ageo, Saitama | 1992 | Takasago |
| Matsuo | Juryo-yobidashi | Saitama, Saitama | 1992 | Hanaregoma |
| Hiroyuki | Juryo-yobidashi | Aomori, Aomori | 1993 | Nishiiwa |
| Rokuro | Juryo-yobidashi | Kyoto, Kyoto | 1993 | Nakamura |
| Masao | Juryo-yobidashi | Yokohama, Kanagawa | 1993 | Nishiiwa |
| Satoru | Juryo-yobidashi | Kosai, Shizuoka | 1994 | Hanaregoma |
| Tasuke | Juryo-yobidashi | Kyoto, Kyoto | 1995 | Yamahibiki |
| Shigetaro | Juryo-yobidashi | Yonago, Tottori | 1996 | Kokonoe |
| Fujio | Juryo-yobidashi | Kesennuma, Miyagi | 1996 | Isegahama |
| Keisuke | Juryo-yobidashi | Kanazawa, Ishikawa | 1998 | Shibatayama |
| Yohei | Juryo-yobidashi | Kumamoto, Kumamoto | 1998 | Dewanoumi |
| Soichi | Juryo-yobidashi | Kasuya, Fukuoka | 2000 | Yamahibiki |
| Teruya | Makushita-yobidashi | Nagoya, Aichi | 2001 | Isegahama |
| Mamoru | Makushita-yobidashi | Tome, Miyagi | 2003 | Tokitsukaze |
| Shunsuke | Makushita-yobidashi | Adachi, Tokyo | 2005 | Tamanoi |
| Kohei | Makushita-yobidashi | Ise, Mie | 2005 | Kataonami |
| Yuto | Makushita-yobidashi | Kyoto, Kyoto | 2006 | Tatsunami |
| Setsuo | Makushita-yobidashi | Hachioji, Tokyo | 2007 | Shikoroyama |
| Naoki | Makushita-yobidashi | Kumamoto, Kumamoto | 2008 | Kise |
| Shin | Makushita-yobidashi | Hirataka, Osaka | 2009 | Otowayama |
| Shigejiro | Sandanme-yobidashi | Urasoe, Okinawa | 2011 | Kokonoe |
| Tsurutaro | Sandanme-yobidashi | Nerima, Tokyo | 2013 | Nishikido |
| Hiromasa | Sandanme-yobidashi | Omuta, Fukuoka | 2013 | Yamahibiki |
| Yuji | Sandanme-yobidashi | Nikko, Tochigi | 2015 | Sakaigawa |
| Hiroshi | Sandanme-yobidashi | Mihara, Hiroshima | 2015 | Tokiwayama |
| Kenta | Jonidan-yobidashi | Sakai, Osaka | 2018 | Naruto |
| Takeru | Jonidan-yobidashi | Iida, Nagano | 2020 | Asahiyama |
| Jin | Jonokuchi-yobidashi | Ichihara, Chiba | 2022 | Onomatsu |
| Kumajiro | Jonokuchi-yobidashi | Amami, Kagoshima | 2023 | Takekuma |
| Katsuki | Jonokuchi-yobidashi | Dazaifu, Fukuoka | 2023 | Oshima |