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Originally Posted by AllCowsEatGrass
Wikipedia is telling me they are called rikishi. Interesting. I know karate practitioners are called karateka, and judo practitioners are judoka, so I don't get why sumo practitioners aren't called sumokas.
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An alternate term people use is "sumotori," which is maybe closer to what you're thinking of.
Really sumo is more of a sport than a martial art like judo or karate, although certainly competitive judo/karate is a thing.