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List of yokozuna

This is a list of all sumo wrestlers who have reached the sport's highest rank of yokozuna. It was not recorded on the banzuke until 1890 and was not officially recognised as sumo's highest rank until 1909. Until then, yokozuna was merely a licence given to certain ōzeki to perform the dohyō-iri ceremony. It was not always the strongest ōzeki but those with the most influential patrons who were chosen.

The first list of yokozuna (with 17 names in total) was compiled by the 12th yokozuna Jinmaku Kyūgorō in 1900 but was not regarded as official until 1926 when it was published by the newly formed Japan Sumo Association and updated to 31 names. Since that time, 42 more yokozuna have been promoted. The Sumo Association have overseen all promotions since Chiyonoyama's in 1951. Two consecutive tournament championships or an "equivalent performance" at ōzeki level are the minimum requirement for promotion to yokozuna in modern sumo.

The longest serving yokozuna ever was Hakuhō, who was promoted in 2007 and retired in 2021.[1]

The number of top division championships won by each yokozuna is also listed. Those listed for yokozuna active before the summer tournament of 1909 are historically conferred from the win–loss records of the time as no system of championships existed up to this time.

List

Timeline

Terunofuji HaruoKisenosato YutakaKakuryū RikisaburōHarumafuji KōheiHakuhō ShōAsashōryū AkinoriMusashimaru KōyōWakanohana MasaruTakanohana KōjiAkebono TarōAsahifuji SeiyaŌnokuni YasushiHokutoumi NobuyoshiKōji KitaoTakanosato ToshihideChiyonofuji MitsuguMienoumi TsuyoshiWakanohana Kanji IIKitanoumi ToshimitsuWajima HiroshiKotozakura MasakatsuKitanofuji KatsuakiTamanoumi MasahiroSadanoyama ShinmatsuTochinoumi TeruyoshiTaihō KōkiKashiwado TsuyoshiAsashio Tarō IIIWakanohana Kanji ITochinishiki KiyotakaYoshibayama JunnosukeKagamisato KiyojiChiyonoyama MasanobuAzumafuji Kin'ichiMaedayama EigorōTerukuni ManzōAkinoumi SetsuoHaguroyama MasajiFutabayama SadajiMinanogawa TōzōMusashiyama TakeshiTamanishiki San'emonTsunenohana Kan'ichiNishinoumi Kajirō IIIMiyagiyama FukumatsuŌnishiki DaigorōTochigiyama MoriyaŌnishiki UichirōNishinoumi Kajirō IIŌtori TanigorōŌkido MoriemonTachiyama MineemonWakashima GonshirōUmegatani Tōtarō IIHitachiyama TaniemonŌzutsu Man'emonKonishiki Yasokichi INishinoumi Kajirō IUmegatani Tōtarō ISakaigawa NamiemonKimenzan TanigorōJinmaku KyūgorōShiranui KōemonUnryū KyūkichiHidenoyama RaigorōShiranui DakuemonInazuma RaigorōŌnomatsu MidorinosukeOnogawa KisaburōTanikaze Kajinosuke

See also

Notes

  1. ^ at the time of promotion
  2. ^ Modernized, as listed by the Japan Sumo Association
  3. ^ Yokozuna was not listed as a rank on the banzuke until 1890, so all promotion dates from the 4th yokozuna Tanikaze until the 16th Nishinoumi Kajirō I are in fact the date they were given a yokozuna licence by House of Yoshida Tsukasa, who controlled Tokyo based sumo. The first yokozuna, Akashi Shiganosuke, was awarded the title posthumously, and little is known about the careers of Ayagawa Gorōji and Maruyama Gondazaemon. The 21st yokozuna Wakashima, the 23rd Okido, the 28th Ōnishiki Daigorō and the 29th Miyagiyama competed in the rival Osaka based sumo organisation and were initially given licences by the House of Gojo. The date given is their official acceptance by the Tokyo House.
  4. ^ This column shows the name used as an elder of the Japan Sumo Association after retirement. Only the final elder name is listed; other names may have been used. For example, Sadanoyama was known as Dewanoumi for much of his time as an elder, and Kitanofuji as Kokonoe.

References

  1. ^ "Hakuho: Sumo wrestling's greatest champion retires". Retrieved 2021-09-27.

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