Groups of wrestlers are said to have belonged to the Satsuma, Kubota, Nanbu, Tsugaru and Sendai domains, as well as Nagasaki City, Osaka and Kyoto, and the provinces of Owari, Kii, Sanuki, Harima, Inaba and Higo.
なお、おもな力士集団は、久保田藩、南部藩、津軽藩、仙台藩、大坂、京、尾張国、紀伊国、讃岐国、播磨国、因幡国、長崎市、肥後国、薩摩藩にあったという。