A sekitori (関取) is a rikishi (sumo wrestler) who is ranked in one of the top two professional divisions: makuuchi and jūryō. The name literally translates to having taken the barrier, as only a relatively small fraction of those who enter professional sumo achieve sekitori status. Currently there are 70 rikishi in these divisions. The benefits of being a sekitori compared to lower ranked wrestlers are significant and include: \n* to receive a salary and bonus (those in the lower divisions merely receive an allowance) \n* to have one's own supporters' club \n* to wear high quality men's kimono and other items of attire \n* to have a private room in the training stable \n* to be able to get married and live away from the training stable \n* to have junior rikishi to effectively act as their personal servants \n* to wear a silk mawashi with stiffened cords (called sagari) in tournament bouts \n* to participate in the ring entrance ceremony and wear a keshō-mawashi \n* to wear the more elaborate oicho chonmage hairstyle in competition and on formal occasions \n* to become an elder in the Sumo Association if one is sekitori for long enough

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