The Smallest Man in Sumo Fell to the BOTTOM — Then Did What Nobody Had Ever Done: Enho

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Year2026

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Enho was the smallest man in the top division of sumo, and for a stretch he was also the most fun to watch. This video traces Enho's whole arc — the rise out of Miyagino stable under Hakuho, the neck injury that ended his run as a sekitori, and the slide down the banzuke that followed. Then the part nobody expected. We start with the Enho highlights that made his name: the shitatenage throws, the dives under the belt, the Enho vs Ichinojo bouts where the lightest sumo wrestler in makuuchi kept beating men more than twice his size. Then the harder stretch — losing juryo, dropping into the lower divisions where the crowds thin out and the cameras stop, and grinding back up through basho after basho. What Enho did on the way back is the reason this video exists. Small sumo wrestlers have always been the sport's best argument that technique beats mass, from Mainoumi onward, but the giant-killing is only half of Enho's story. Sumo Spirit covers grand sumo history one career at a time — the stables, the rivalries, the numbers on the banzuke that decide who eats well and who doesn't. If you want more sumo comebacks told properly, from jonokuchi all the way up, like this one and subscribe.