Stage and screen

Shows & screen

1,900 live shows, feature films, television and 32 creator collaborations.

Live performance

1,900 shows

Under contract to the same production company since 2015. Public shows run to five thousand spectators and above. Ambassadors, ministers and chief executives have attended, and the touring formats run from arena competition to dinner theatre.

Ring entering ceremony at an All Star Sumo live show — Ring entering ceremony

Ramy Elgazar and an opponent squaring off in the ring with a host at a Sumo and Sushi arena show — Arena staging

Two sumo wrestlers crouched at the start line with a referee during the Sumo and Sushi dinner theatre show — Sumo and Sushi, dinner theatre

Sold out arena crowd at a live sumo show in the United States — Sold out hall, United States

Where he has competed and performed

United States nearly every state, Long Beach, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco
Canada including Calgary
England and Australia, Sydney
India
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
Poland, Krotoszyn · Hungary, Budapest · Taiwan, Kaohsiung
Egypt, Cairo, El Mahalla El Kubra, Mansoura, Tanta, Alexandria, Sharm El Sheikh

Formats

All Star Sumo, arena competition
Sumo and Sushi, dinner theatre tour
Corporate and brand activations
Festivals and public exhibitions
Schools and community programmes

Scale

9.5M+ cumulative live audience
Regular sell outs, from the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach to the Abu Dhabi debut
10,000 across three nights in Calgary
Theatre, arena, festival and broadcast stages

Digital reach

1.5 billion views

Thirty two collaborations across sixteen channels. Eight of them have passed one hundred million views each. Full breakdown of who and how much in Partners, below.

Ramy Elgazar in a polka dot robe with MrBeast in a referee shirt during a sumo challenge — MrBeast

MrBeast Instagram post standing in a sumo ring, published to 400 million followers — MrBeast, published to 400M followers

Ramy Elgazar in a polka dot robe with Nick DiGiovanni and guests at a hot dog shoot — Nick DiGiovanni shoot

Ramy Elgazar and fellow sumo wrestlers with the Ozarks Live hosts on US television — Ozarks Live, US television

Ramy Elgazar with a guest at Tengo Talento, Mucho Talento — Tengo Talento, Mucho Talento

Screen

Film and television

Hail Mary film poster, a family football comedy — Hail Mary

Ramy Elgazar in a still from the film The Grifter — The Grifter

Film

Hail Mary, feature
The Wide West
The Grifter
Jackass, appearance

Television

Lip Sync Battle
Tengo Talento, Mucho Talento, multiple seasons
Master Vic PodcasTV, full episode
The Project, Australia
Ozarks Live, Fox 2, FTV Taiwan

YouTube

@RamyElgazar, main channel, 60K subscribers
Watch on YouTube
@Elgazark, elgazar recipe, cooking
Watch on YouTube
@sumobyarabic, sumo explained in Arabic
Watch on YouTube
Koubayet Shay we Hekaya, long form conversation
Watch on YouTube

Social

@ramyelgazar1, Instagram, verified, 253K followers
Follow on Instagram
@ramyelgazar1, TikTok, 611K followers
Watch on TikTok
@ramyelgazar1, Threads
Follow on Threads
facebook.com/ramyelgazar, 498K followers
Follow on Facebook
@sumoguy.usa, the food brand
Follow on Instagram Watch on TikTok

Brand campaigns

GEICO
GMC
Smart Car
Ninja
Osmo, with chef Nick DiGiovanni
White Point, Egypt

All of these are one click away in All Links, at the bottom of the page.

Collaborators

Who he has
worked with

From the largest channels on the platform to the creators shaping food and culture in the Arab world. The same person, two audiences, one body of work.