juryo noun2 •The second highest division in sumo wrestling, below makuuchi and above makushita; rikishi at this point receive a salary. •An athlete in this division.The monthly pay for a yokozuna in the mid-1970s was only ¥373,000, while an ozeki received ¥294,700; a sekiwake or komusubi, ¥200,300; a maegashira, ¥137, 600; and a juryo, ¥114,500. — 1979 formsjuryos
