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{{Transliteration|ja|[[Yokozuna (sumo)|Yokozuna]]}} is the highest rank of [[sumo]] wrestling. It was not recorded on the {{Transliteration|ja|[[banzuke]]}} until 1890 and was not officially recognised as sumo's highest rank until 1909. Until then, {{Transliteration|ja|yokozuna}} was merely a licence given to certain {{Transliteration|ja|[[Makuuchi#Ōzeki|ōzeki]]}} to perform the {{Transliteration|ja|[[dohyō-iri]]}} ceremony. It was not always the strongest {{Transliteration|ja|ōzeki}} but those with the most influential patrons who were chosen.

The first list of {{Transliteration|ja|yokozuna}} (with 17 names in total) was compiled by the 12th {{Transliteration|ja|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, 44 more {{Transliteration|ja|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 {{Transliteration|ja|ōzeki}} level are the minimum requirement for promotion to {{Transliteration|ja|yokozuna}} in modern sumo.

The longest serving {{Transliteration|ja|yokozuna}} ever was [[Hakuhō Shō|Hakuhō]], who was promoted in 2007 and retired in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58705596 |title=Hakuho: Sumo wrestling's greatest champion retires |access-date=2021-09-27}}</ref>

The number of top division championships won by each {{Transliteration|ja|yokozuna}} is also listed.  Those listed for {{Transliteration|ja|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==
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!?
|Information is uncertain
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!†
|Wrestler died as {{xlit|ja|yokozuna}}
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!¤
|Elder left their position early and quit the Sumo Association
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
!rowspan=2|No. !! colspan=2|Name !! rowspan=2|{{tooltip|''Yusho''|Top division championships won}} !! rowspan=2|Stable{{efn|At the time of promotion}} !! rowspan=2|Home town{{efn|Modernized, as listed by the [[Japan Sumo Association]]}} !! rowspan=2|Promoted{{efn|{{xlit|ja|Yokozuna}} was not listed as a rank on the {{xlit|ja|[[banzuke]]}} until 1890, so all promotion dates from the 4th {{xlit|ja|yokozuna}} [[Tanikaze Kajinosuke|Tanikaze]] until the 16th [[Nishinoumi Kajirō I]] are in fact the date they were given a {{xlit|ja|yokozuna}} licence by House of Yoshida Tsukasa, who controlled [[Tokyo]] based sumo. The first {{xlit|ja|yokozuna}}, [[Akashi Shiganosuke]], was awarded the title posthumously, and little is known about the careers of [[Ayagawa Gorōji]] and [[Maruyama Gondazaemon]]. The 21st {{xlit|ja|yokozuna}} [[Wakashima]], the 23rd [[Ōkido Moriemon|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.}} !! rowspan=2|Retired !! rowspan=2|{{tooltip|Style|Ring-entering style}} !! rowspan=2|Elder name{{efn|This column shows the name used as an [[Toshiyori|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-oyakata|Kokonoe]].}}
|-
!Rōmaji !! Japanese
|-
!{{anchor|1}}1
|[[Akashi Shiganosuke]]
|{{nihongo2|明石 志賀之助}}
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|{{flagicon|Tokugawa shogunate|Mon 2}} [[Utsunomiya|Utsunomiya, Tochigi]] ?
|{{dunno|align=left}}
|1649 ? †
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|{{n/a|None|align=left}}
|-
!{{anchor|2}}2
|[[Ayagawa Gorōji]] 
|{{nihongo2|綾川 五郎次}}
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|{{flagicon|Tokugawa shogunate|Mon 2}} [[Tochigi (city)|Tochigi]] ?
|{{dunno|align=left}}
|1765 ? †
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|{{n/a|None|align=left}}
|-
!{{anchor|3}}3
|[[Maruyama Gondazaemon]]
|{{nihongo2|丸山 権太左衛門}}
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|Nanatsumori
|{{flagicon|Tokugawa shogunate|Mon 2}} [[Tome, Miyagi]]
|1749
|1749 †
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|{{n/a|None|align=left}}
|-      
!{{anchor|4}}4  
|[[Tanikaze Kajinosuke]]
|{{nihongo2|谷風 梶之助}}
|21
|[[Isenoumi stable|Isenoumi]]
|{{flagicon|Tokugawa shogunate|Mon 2}} [[Sendai, Miyagi]]
|1789
|1795 †
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|{{n/a|None|align=left}}
|-
!{{anchor|5}}5
|[[Onogawa Kisaburō]]
|{{nihongo2|小野川 喜三郎}}
|7
|Onogawa
|{{flagicon|Tokugawa shogunate|Mon 2}} [[Ōtsu, Shiga]]
|1789
|1797
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|Onogawa
|-
!{{anchor|6}}6
|[[Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke]]
|{{nihongo2|阿武松 緑之助}}
|5
|[[Shikoroyama stable|Shikoroyama]]
|{{flagicon|Tokugawa shogunate|Mon 2}} [[Noto, Ishikawa]]
|1828 
|1835 
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|Onomatsu
|- 
!{{anchor|7}}7 
|[[Inazuma Raigorō]] 
|{{nihongo2|稲妻 雷五郎}}
|10
|[[Sadogatake stable|Sadogatake]]
|{{flagicon|Tokugawa shogunate|Mon 2}} [[Inashiki, Ibaraki]]
|1830
|1839
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|{{n/a|None|align=left}}
|-
!{{anchor|8}}8
|[[Shiranui Dakuemon]]
|{{nihongo2|不知火 諾右衛門}}
|1
|Urakaze
|{{flagicon|Tokugawa shogunate|Mon 2}} [[Uto, Kumamoto]]
|1840
|1844
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|Minato
|-
!{{anchor|9}}9
|[[Hidenoyama Raigorō]]
|{{nihongo2|秀の山 雷五郎}}
|6
|Hidenoyama
|{{flagicon|Tokugawa shogunate|Mon 2}} [[Kesennuma, Miyagi]]
|1847 
|1850 
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|Hidenoyama
|- 
!{{anchor|10}}10 
|[[Unryū Kyūkichi]] 
|{{nihongo2|雲龍 久吉}}
|7
|Jinmaku
|{{flagicon|Tokugawa shogunate|Mon 2}} [[Yanagawa, Fukuoka]]
|1861 
|1865 
|Shiranui
|Oitekaze
|- 
!{{anchor|11}}11 
|[[Shiranui Kōemon]] 
|{{nihongo2|不知火 光右衛門}}
|3
|[[Sakaigawa stable|Sakaigawa]]
|{{flagicon|Tokugawa shogunate|Mon 2}} [[Ōzu, Kumamoto]]
|1863 
|1869 
|Unryū
|Minato
|- 
!{{anchor|12}}12 
|[[Jinmaku Kyūgorō]] 
|{{nihongo2|陣幕 久五郎}}
|5
|Hidenoyama
|{{flagicon|Tokugawa shogunate|Mon 2}} [[Matsue, Shimane]]
|1867 
|1867
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|{{n/a|None|align=left}} 
|- 
!{{anchor|13}}13 
|[[Kimenzan Tanigorō]] 
|{{nihongo2|鬼面山 谷五郎}}
|7
|[[Takekuma stable|Takekuma]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Yōrō, Gifu]]
|1869 
|1870
|Shiranui
|{{n/a|None|align=left}}
|- 
!{{anchor|14}}14
|[[Sakaigawa Namiemon]] 
|{{nihongo2|境川 浪右衛門}}
|5
|[[Sakaigawa stable|Sakaigawa]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Ichikawa, Chiba]]
|1877 
|1881
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|Sakaigawa 
|- 
!{{anchor|15}}15
|[[Umegatani Tōtarō I]] 
|{{nihongo2|梅ケ谷 藤太郎 (初代)}}
|9
|Tamagaki
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Asakura, Fukuoka]]
|1884 
|1885 
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|Ikazuchi
|- 
!{{anchor|16}}16
|[[Nishinoumi Kajirō I]] 
|{{nihongo2|西ノ海 嘉治郎 (初代)}}
|2
|[[Takasago stable|Takasago]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Satsumasendai, Kagoshima]]
|1890
|1896
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|Izutsu
|-
!{{anchor|17}}17
|[[Konishiki Yasokichi I]] 
|{{nihongo2|小錦 八十吉}}
|7
|[[Takasago stable|Takasago]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Yokoshibahikari, Chiba]]
|1896
|1901
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|Hatachiyama 
|- 
!{{anchor|18}}18
|[[Ōzutsu Man'emon]] 
|{{nihongo2|大砲 万右衛門}}
|2
|[[Oguruma stable|Oguruma]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Shiroishi, Miyagi]]
|1901
|1908 
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|Matsuchiyama
|- 
!{{anchor|19}}19 
|[[Hitachiyama Taniemon]] 
|{{nihongo2|常陸山 谷右衛門}}
|8
|[[Dewanoumi stable|Dewanoumi]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Mito, Ibaraki]]
|1903
|1914 
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|Dewanoumi
|- 
!{{anchor|20}}20 
|[[Umegatani Tōtarō II]]
|{{nihongo2|梅ヶ谷 藤太郎 (二代)}}
|3
|[[Ikazuchi stable|Ikazuchi]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Toyama (city)|Toyama]]
|1903
|1915 
|Unryū
|Ikazuchi
|- 
!{{anchor|21}}21 
|[[Wakashima Gonshirō]] 
|{{nihongo2|若島 権四郎}}
|4
|[[Nakamura stable (1986–2013)|Nakamura]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Ichikawa, Chiba]]
|1905
|1907 
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|Wakashima ¤
|- 
!{{anchor|22}}22 
|[[Tachiyama Mineemon]] 
|{{nihongo2|太刀山 峰右衛門}}
|11
|[[Tomozuna-beya|Tomozuna]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Toyama (city)|Toyama]]
|1911
|1918
|Shiranui
|Azumazeki ¤
|- 
!{{anchor|23}}23 
|[[Ōkido Moriemon]] 
|{{nihongo2|大木戸 森右衛門}}
|10
|[[Minato stable|Minato]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Kobe, Hyōgo]]
|1912
|1914 
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|Minato
|- 
!{{anchor|24}}24 
|[[Ōtori Tanigorō]] 
|{{nihongo2|鳳 谷五郎}}
|2
|[[Miyagino stable|Miyagino]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Inzai, Chiba]]
|1915
|1920
|Unryū
|Miyagino
|-
!{{anchor|25}}25
|[[Nishinoumi Kajirō II]]
|{{nihongo2|西ノ海 嘉治郎 (二代)}}
|1
|[[Izutsu stable|Izutsu]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Nishinoomote, Kagoshima]] 
|1916
|1918
|Unryū
|Izutsu
|- 
!{{anchor|26}}26 
|[[Ōnishiki Uichirō]] 
|{{nihongo2|大錦 卯一郎}}
|5
|[[Dewanoumi stable|Dewanoumi]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Osaka]]
|1917
|1923 
|Unryū
|{{n/a|None|align=left}}
|- 
!{{anchor|27}}27 
|[[Tochigiyama Moriya]] 
|{{nihongo2|栃木山 守也}}
|9
|[[Dewanoumi stable|Dewanoumi]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Tochigi (city)|Tochigi]]
|1918
|1925
|Unryū
|Kasugano
|-
!{{anchor|28}}28
|[[Ōnishiki Daigorō]]
|{{nihongo2|大錦 大五郎}}
|6
|[[Asahiyama stable|Asahiyama]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Yatomi, Aichi]]
|1918
|1922
|Unryū
|{{n/a|None|align=left}}
|-
!{{anchor|29}}29
|[[Miyagiyama Fukumatsu]]
|{{nihongo2|宮城山 福松}}
|6
|[[Takadagawa stable|Takadagawa]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Ichinoseki, Iwate]]
|1922
|1931 
|Unryū
|Shibatayama
|- 
!{{anchor|30}}30 
|[[Nishinoumi Kajirō III]]
|{{nihongo2|西ノ海 嘉治郎 (三代)}}
|1
|[[Izutsu stable|Izutsu]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Kirishima, Kagoshima]]
|1923
|1928 
|Unryū
|Asakayama
|- 
!{{anchor|31}}31 
|[[Tsunenohana Kan'ichi]] 
|{{nihongo2|常ノ花 寛市}}
|10
|[[Dewanoumi stable|Dewanoumi]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Okayama]]
|1924 
|1930 
|Unryū
|Dewanoumi
|- 
!{{anchor|32}}32 
|[[Tamanishiki San'emon]] 
|{{nihongo2|玉錦 三右衛門}}
|9
|[[Nishonoseki stable (1911–2013)|Nishonoseki]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Kōchi, Kōchi|Kōchi]]
|1932 
|1938 †
|Unryū
|{{n/a|None|align=left}}
|- 
!{{anchor|33}}33 
|[[Musashiyama Takeshi]] 
|{{nihongo2|武蔵山 武}}
|1
|[[Dewanoumi stable|Dewanoumi]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Yokohama, Kanagawa]]
|1935 
|1939 
|Unryū
|Dekiyama ¤
|- 
!{{anchor|34}}34 
|[[Minanogawa Tōzō]] 
|{{nihongo2|男女ノ川 登三}}
|2
|[[Sadogatake stable|Sadogatake]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Tsukuba, Ibaraki]]
|1936 
|1942 
|Unryū
|Minanogawa ¤
|- 
!{{anchor|35}}35 
|[[Futabayama Sadaji]] 
|{{nihongo2|双葉山 定次}}
|12
|[[Tatsunami stable|Tatsunami]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Usa, Ōita]]
|1937
|1945
|Unryū
|Tokitsukaze
|-
!{{anchor|36}}36
|[[Haguroyama Masaji]]
|{{nihongo2|羽黒山 政司}}
|7
|[[Tatsunami stable|Tatsunami]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Niigata (city)|Niigata]]
|1941 
|1953
|Shiranui
|Tatsunami
|- 
!{{anchor|37}}37 
|[[Akinoumi Setsuo]] 
|{{nihongo2|安藝ノ海 節男}}
|1
|[[Dewanoumi stable|Dewanoumi]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Hiroshima]]
|1942 
|1946
|Unryū 
|Fujishima ¤
|- 
!{{anchor|38}}38 
|[[Terukuni Manzō]] 
|{{nihongo2|照國 万蔵}}
|2
|[[Isegahama stable|Isegahama]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Yuzawa, Akita]]
|1942 
|1953
|Unryū 
|Isegahama
|- 
!{{anchor|39}}39 
|[[Maedayama Eigorō]] 
|{{nihongo2|前田山 英五郎}}
|1
|[[Takasago stable|Takasago]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Yawatahama, Ehime]]
|1947 
|1949 
|Unryū
|Takasago
|- 
!{{anchor|40}}40 
|[[Azumafuji Kin'ichi]] 
|{{nihongo2|東富士 欽壱}}
|6
|[[Takasago stable|Takasago]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Taitō, Tokyo]]
|1948 
|1954 
|Unryū
|Nishikido ¤
|- 
!{{anchor|41}}41 
|[[Chiyonoyama Masanobu]] 
|{{nihongo2|千代の山 雅信}}
|6
|[[Dewanoumi stable|Dewanoumi]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Fukushima, Hokkaido]]
|1951 
|1959
|Unryū 
|Kokonoe
|- 
!{{anchor|42}}42 
|[[Kagamisato Kiyoji]] 
|{{nihongo2|鏡里 喜代治}}
|4
|[[Tokitsukaze stable|Tokitsukaze]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Sannohe, Aomori]]
|1953
|1958
|Unryū
|Tatsutagawa
|-
!{{anchor|43}}43
|[[Yoshibayama Junnosuke]]
|{{nihongo2|吉葉山 潤之輔}}
|1
|[[Takashima stable (1961)|Takashima]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Ishikari, Hokkaido]]
|1954
|1958
|Shiranui
|Miyagino
|-
!{{anchor|44}}44
|[[Tochinishiki Kiyotaka]]
|{{nihongo2|栃錦 清隆}}
|10
|[[Kasugano stable|Kasugano]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Edogawa, Tokyo]] 
|1954
|1960
|Unryū
|Kasugano
|-
!{{anchor|45}}45
|[[Wakanohana Kanji I]]
|{{nihongo2|若乃花 幹士 (初代)}}
|10
|[[Hanakago stable|Hanakago]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Hirosaki, Aomori]]
|1958
|1962
|Unryū
|Futagoyama
|-
!{{anchor|46}}46
|[[Asashio Tarō III]]
|{{nihongo2|朝潮 太郎}}
|5
|[[Takasago stable|Takasago]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Tokunoshima, Kagoshima]]
|1959 
|1962
|Unryū
|Takasago 
|- 
!{{anchor|47}}47 
|[[Kashiwado Tsuyoshi]] 
|{{nihongo2|柏戸 剛}}
|5
|[[Isenoumi stable|Isenoumi]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Tsuruoka, Yamagata]]
|1961 
|1969
|Unryū
|Kagamiyama
|-
!{{anchor|48}}48
|[[Taihō Kōki]] 
|{{nihongo2|大鵬 幸喜}}
|32
|[[Nishonoseki stable (1911–2013)|Nishonoseki]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Teshikaga, Hokkaido]]
|1961 
|1971
|Unryū
|Taihō
|-
!{{anchor|49}}49
|[[Tochinoumi Teruyoshi]] 
|{{nihongo2|栃ノ海 晃嘉}}
|3
|[[Kasugano stable|Kasugano]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Inakadate, Aomori]]
|1964
|1966
|Unryū 
|Kasugano
|- 
!{{anchor|50}}50 
|[[Sadanoyama Shinmatsu]] 
|{{nihongo2|佐田の山 晋松}}
|6
|[[Dewanoumi stable|Dewanoumi]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Shin-Kamigotō, Nagasaki]]
|1965
|1968 
|Unryū
|Nakadachi
|- 
!{{anchor|51}}51 
|[[Tamanoumi Masahiro]] 
|{{nihongo2|玉の海 正洋}}
|6
|[[Kataonami stable|Kataonami]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Gamagōri, Aichi]]
|1970
|1971 †
|Shiranui
|{{n/a|None|align=left}}
|- 
!{{anchor|52}}52 
|[[Kitanofuji Katsuaki]] 
|{{nihongo2|北の富士 勝昭}}
|10
|[[Kokonoe stable|Kokonoe]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Asahikawa, Hokkaido]]
|1970 
|1974
|Unryū
|Jinmaku
|-
!{{anchor|53}}53
|[[Kotozakura Masakatsu I|Kotozakura Masakatsu]]
|{{nihongo2|琴櫻 傑将}}
|5
|[[Sadogatake stable|Sadogatake]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Kurayoshi, Tottori]]
|1973
|1974 
|Shiranui
|Sadogatake
|- 
!{{anchor|54}}54 
|[[Wajima Hiroshi]] 
|{{nihongo2|輪島 大士}}
|14
|[[Hanakago stable|Hanakago]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Nanao, Ishikawa]]
|1973
|1981 
|Unryū
|Hanakago ¤
|- 
!{{anchor|55}}55 
|[[Kitanoumi Toshimitsu]] 
|{{nihongo2|北の湖 敏満}}
|24
|[[Mihogaseki stable|Mihogaseki]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Sōbetsu, Hokkaido]]
|1974
|1985 
|Unryū
|Kitanoumi
|- 
!{{anchor|56}}56 
|[[Wakanohana Kanji II]] 
|{{nihongo2|若乃花 幹士 (二代)}}
|4
|[[Takanohana stable|Futagoyama]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Ōwani, Aomori]]
|1978
|1983 
|Unryū
|Magaki
|- 
!{{anchor|57}}57 
|[[Mienoumi Tsuyoshi]] 
|{{nihongo2|三重ノ海 剛司}}
|3
|[[Dewanoumi stable|Dewanoumi]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Matsusaka, Mie]]
|1979
|1980 
|Unryū
|Musashigawa
|- 
!{{anchor|58}}58 
|[[Chiyonofuji Mitsugu]]
|{{nihongo2|千代の富士 貢}}
|31
|[[Kokonoe stable|Kokonoe]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Fukushima, Hokkaido]]
|1981
|1991
|Unryū
|Kokonoe
|-
!{{anchor|59}}59
|[[Takanosato Toshihide]]
|{{nihongo2|隆の里 俊英}}
|4
|[[Takanohana stable|Futagoyama]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Aomori]]
|1983
|1986 
|Shiranui
|Naruto
|- 
!{{anchor|60}}60 
|[[Kōji Kitao|Futahaguro Kōji]]
|{{nihongo2|双羽黒 光司}}
|0
|[[Tatsunami stable|Tatsunami]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Tsu, Mie]]
|1986
|1988 
|Shiranui
|{{n/a|None|align=left}}
|- 
!{{anchor|61}}61 
|[[Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi]]
|{{nihongo2|北勝海 信芳}}
|8
|[[Kokonoe stable|Kokonoe]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Hiroo, Hokkaido]] 
|1987 
|1992
|Unryū
|Hakkaku
|-
!{{anchor|62}}62
|[[Ōnokuni Yasushi]]
|{{nihongo2|大乃国 康}}
|2
|[[Hanaregoma stable|Hanaregoma]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Memuro, Hokkaido]] 
|1987 
|1991
|Unryū
|Shibatayama
|-
!{{anchor|63}}63
|[[Asahifuji Seiya]] 
|{{nihongo2|旭富士 正也}}
|4
|[[Ōshima stable|Ōshima]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Tsugaru, Aomori]]
|1990 
|1992
|Shiranui
|Isegahama
|-
!{{anchor|64}}64
|[[Akebono Tarō]]
|{{nihongo2|曙 太郎}}
|11
|[[Azumazeki stable|Azumazeki]]
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Oahu|Oahu, Hawaii, United States]]
|1993
|2001
|Unryū
|Akebono ¤
|-
!{{anchor|65}}65
|[[Takanohana Kōji]]
|{{nihongo2|貴乃花 光司}}
|22
|[[Takanohana stable|Futagoyama]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Nakano, Tokyo]]
|1994 
|2003 
|Unryū
|Takanohana ¤
|- 
!{{anchor|66}}66 
|[[Wakanohana Masaru]] 
|{{nihongo2|若乃花 勝}}
|5
|[[Takanohana stable|Futagoyama]]
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Nakano, Tokyo]]
|1998 
|2000 
|Shiranui
|Fujishima ¤
|- 
!{{anchor|67}}67 
|[[Musashimaru Kōyō]] 
|{{nihongo2|武蔵丸 光洋}}
|12
|[[Fujishima stable (2010)|Musashigawa]]
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Oahu|Oahu, Hawaii, United States]]
|1999
|2003
|Unryū
|Musashigawa
|-
!{{anchor|68}}68
|[[Asashōryū Akinori]]
|{{nihongo2|朝青龍 明徳}}
|25
|[[Takasago stable|Takasago]]
|{{flagicon|Mongolia}} [[Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia]]
|2003
|2010
|Unryū
|{{n/a|None|align=left}}
|-
!{{anchor|69}}69
|[[Hakuhō Shō]]
|{{nihongo2|白鵬 翔}}
|45
|[[Miyagino stable|Miyagino]]
|{{flagicon|Mongolia}} [[Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia]]
|2007
|2021
|Shiranui
|Miyagino ¤
|-
!{{anchor|70}}70
|[[Harumafuji Kōhei]]
|{{nihongo2|日馬富士 公平}}
|9
|[[Isegahama stable (2007)|Isegahama]]
|{{flagicon|Mongolia}} [[Govi-Altai Province|Govi-Altai, Mongolia]]
|2012
|2017
|Shiranui
|{{n/a|None|align=left}}
|-
!{{anchor|71}}71
|[[Kakuryū Rikisaburō]]
|{{nihongo2|鶴竜 力三郎}}
|6
|[[Izutsu stable|Izutsu]]
|{{flagicon|Mongolia}} [[Sükhbaatar Province|Sükhbaatar, Mongolia]]
|2014
|2021
|Unryū
|Otowayama
|-
!{{anchor|72}}72
|[[Kisenosato Yutaka]]
|{{nihongo2|稀勢の里 寛}}
|2
|[[Tagonoura stable (2013)|Tagonoura]]
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Ushiku, Ibaraki]]
|2017
|2019
|Unryū
|Nishonoseki
|-
!{{anchor|73}}73
|[[Terunofuji Haruo]]
|{{nihongo2|照ノ富士 春雄}}
|10
|[[Isegahama stable (2007)|Isegahama]]
|{{flagicon|Mongolia}} [[Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia]]
|2021
|2025
|Shiranui
|Terunofuji
|-
!{{anchor|74}}74
|[[Hōshōryū Tomokatsu]]
|{{nihongo2|豊昇龍 智勝}}
|2
|[[Tatsunami stable|Tatsunami]]
|{{flagicon|Mongolia}} [[Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia]]
|2025
|style="background-color:#98FB98"|active
|Unryū
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|-
!{{anchor|75}}75
|[[Ōnosato Daiki]]
|{{nihongo2|大の里 泰輝}}
|4
|[[Nishonoseki stable (2021)|Nishonoseki]]
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Tsubata, Ishikawa]]
|2025
|style="background-color:#98FB98"|active
|Unryū
|{{n/a|align=left}}
|}

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  from: 1789 till: 1795 text:[[Tanikaze Kajinosuke]]
  from: 1789 till: 1797 text:[[Onogawa Kisaburō]]
  from: 1828 till: 1835 text:[[Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke]]
  from: 1830 till: 1839 text:[[Inazuma Raigorō]]
  from: 1840 till: 1844 text:[[Shiranui Dakuemon]]
  from: 1847 till: 1850 text:[[Hidenoyama Raigorō]]
  from: 1861 till: 1865 text:[[Unryū Kyūkichi]]
  from: 1863 till: 1869 text:[[Shiranui Kōemon]]
  from: 1867 till: 1867 text:[[Jinmaku Kyūgorō]]
  from: 1869 till: 1870 text:[[Kimenzan Tanigorō]]
  from: 1877 till: 1881 text:[[Sakaigawa Namiemon]]
  from: 1884 till: 1885 text:[[Umegatani Tōtarō I]]
  from: 1890 till: 1896 text:[[Nishinoumi Kajirō I]]
  from: 1896 till: 1901 text:[[Konishiki Yasokichi I]]
  from: 1901 till: 1908 text:[[Ōzutsu Man'emon]]
  from: 1903 till: 1914 text:[[Hitachiyama Taniemon]]
  from: 1903 till: 1915 text:[[Umegatani Tōtarō II]]
  from: 1905 till: 1907 text:[[Wakashima Gonshirō]]
  from: 1911 till: 1918 text:[[Tachiyama Mineemon]]
  from: 1912 till: 1914 text:[[Ōkido Moriemon]]
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  from: 1915 till: 1920 text:[[Ōtori Tanigorō]]
  from: 1916 till: 1918 text:[[Nishinoumi Kajirō II]]
  from: 1917 till: 1923 text:[[Ōnishiki Uichirō]]
  from: 1918 till: 1925 text:[[Tochigiyama Moriya]]
  from: 1918 till: 1922 text:[[Ōnishiki Daigorō]]
  from: 1922 till: 1931 text:[[Miyagiyama Fukumatsu]]
  from: 1923 till: 1928 text:[[Nishinoumi Kajirō III]]
  from: 1924 till: 1930 text:[[Tsunenohana Kan'ichi]]
  from: 1932 till: 1938 text:[[Tamanishiki San'emon]]
  from: 1935 till: 1939 text:[[Musashiyama Takeshi]]
  from: 1936 till: 1942 text:[[Minanogawa Tōzō]]
  from: 1937 till: 1945 text:[[Futabayama Sadaji]]
  from: 1941 till: 1953 text:[[Haguroyama Masaji]]
  from: 1942 till: 1946 text:[[Akinoumi Setsuo]]
  from: 1942 till: 1953 text:[[Terukuni Manzō]]
  from: 1947 till: 1949 text:[[Maedayama Eigorō]]
  from: 1948 till: 1954 text:[[Azumafuji Kin'ichi]]
  from: 1951 till: 1959 text:[[Chiyonoyama Masanobu]]
  from: 1953 till: 1958 text:[[Kagamisato Kiyoji]]
  from: 1954 till: 1958 text:[[Yoshibayama Junnosuke]]
  barset:break
  from: 1954 till: 1960 text:[[Tochinishiki Kiyotaka]]
  from: 1958 till: 1962 text:[[Wakanohana Kanji I]]
  from: 1959 till: 1962 text:[[Asashio Tarō III]]
  from: 1961 till: 1969 text:[[Kashiwado Tsuyoshi]]
  from: 1961 till: 1971 text:[[Taihō Kōki]]
  from: 1964 till: 1966 text:[[Tochinoumi Teruyoshi]]
  from: 1965 till: 1968 text:[[Sadanoyama Shinmatsu]]
  from: 1970 till: 1971 text:[[Tamanoumi Masahiro]]
  from: 1970 till: 1974 text:[[Kitanofuji Katsuaki]]
  from: 1973 till: 1974 text:[[Kotozakura Masakatsu]]
  from: 1973 till: 1981 text:[[Wajima Hiroshi]]
  from: 1974 till: 1985 text:[[Kitanoumi Toshimitsu]]
  from: 1978 till: 1983 text:[[Wakanohana Kanji II]]
  from: 1979 till: 1980 text:[[Mienoumi Tsuyoshi]]
  from: 1981 till: 1991 text:[[Chiyonofuji Mitsugu]]
  from: 1983 till: 1986 text:[[Takanosato Toshihide]]
  from: 1986 till: 1988 text:[[Kōji Kitao|Futahaguro Kōji]]
  from: 1987 till: 1992 text:[[Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi]]
  from: 1987 till: 1991 text:[[Ōnokuni Yasushi]]
  from: 1990 till: 1992 text:[[Asahifuji Seiya]]
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  from: 1993 till: 2001 text:[[Akebono Tarō]]
  from: 1994 till: 2003 text:[[Takanohana Kōji]]
  from: 1998 till: 2000 text:[[Wakanohana Masaru]]
  from: 1999 till: 2003 text:[[Musashimaru Kōyō]]
  from: 2003 till: 2010 text:[[Asashōryū Akinori]]
  from: 2007 till: 2021 text:[[Hakuhō Shō]]
  from: 2012 till: 2017 text:[[Harumafuji Kōhei]]
  from: 2014 till: 2021 text:[[Kakuryū Rikisaburō]]
  from: 2017 till: 2019 text:[[Kisenosato Yutaka]]
  from: 2021 till: 2025 text:[[Terunofuji Haruo]]
  from: 2025 till: 2025 text:[[Hōshōryū Tomokatsu]]
  from: 2025 till: 2025 text:[[Ōnosato Daiki]]
}}

==See also==
*[[List of past sumo wrestlers]]
*[[List of sumo tournament top division champions]]
*[[List of ōzeki|List of {{Transliteration|ja|ōzeki}}]]
*[[List of sekiwake|List of ''sekiwake'']]
*[[List of komusubi|List of ''komusubi'']]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Cite web |script-title=ja:歴代横綱 - 日本相撲協会公式サイト |trans-title=Reigning Yokozuna - Japan Sumo Association Official Site |url=https://www.sumo.or.jp/Yokozuna/yokozuna/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224025454/https://www.sumo.or.jp/Yokozuna/yokozuna/ |archive-date=February 24, 2024 |website=[[Japan Sumo Association]] |language=ja}}
*Yokozuna list at the Japanese Sumo Association [https://web.archive.org/web/20061231033703/http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/kiroku_daicho/mei_yokozuna/rekidai.html (English)]

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