Amateur sumo clubs are gaining in popularity in the United States, with competitions regularly being held in major cities across the country.

At the behest of his older sister, Nakanishi started participating in a sumo club in his neighborhood from 4th grade.

He was a teammate of Takanohana at the Meidai Nakano High School's sumo club.

He originally came to Japan as an exchange student at Meitoku Gijuku High School in Kochi Prefecture, and he trained at the sumo club there.

He joined a local amateur sumo club and it was there that he was spotted by visiting professional sumo wrestlers from Japan.

He studied physics at Ryukyu University in Okinawa, and started up a sumo club there.

He was captain of the sumo club at Kobe Business School (now Kobe University) and won the All-Kansai Student Sumo Championship.

Born in Marugame in Kagawa prefecture, Enomoto was interested in sumo from a very young age and joined a sumo club in his area.

Bushuyama was a member of the sumo club at Daito Bunka University, and reached the round of 16 in the 1998 All Japan Sumo Championship.

Ōtsukasa began sumo whilst at Miki Middle School and was a member of Ichikawa High School's sumo club, where he won national high school sumo championships.