List of yokozuna

Template:Short description Template:Italic title Template:Transliteration is the highest rank of sumo wrestling. It was not recorded on the Template:Transliteration until 1890 and was not officially recognised as sumo's highest rank until 1909. Until then, Template:Transliteration was merely a licence given to certain Template:Transliteration to perform the Template:Transliteration ceremony. It was not always the strongest Template:Transliteration but those with the most influential patrons who were chosen.

The first list of Template:Transliteration (with 17 names in total) was compiled by the 12th Template:Transliteration 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 Template:Transliteration have been promoted. The Sumo Association have overseen all promotions since Chiyonoyama's in 1951. Two consecutive tournament championships or an "equivalent performance" at Template:Transliteration level are the minimum requirement for promotion to Template:Transliteration in modern sumo.

The longest serving Template:Transliteration ever was Hakuhō, who was promoted in 2007 and retired in 2021.

The number of top division championships won by each Template:Transliteration is also listed. Those listed for Template:Transliteration 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

?	Information is uncertain
†	Wrestler died as Template:Xlit
¤	Elder left their position early and quit the Sumo Association

No.	Name		Yusho	StableTemplate:Efn	Home townTemplate:Efn	PromotedTemplate:Efn	Retired	Style	Elder nameTemplate:Efn
	Rōmaji	Japanese
1	Akashi Shiganosuke	Template:Category handler	—	—	Template:Flagicon Utsunomiya, Tochigi ?	?	1649 ? †	—	None
2	Ayagawa Gorōji	Template:Category handler	—	—	Template:Flagicon Tochigi ?	?	1765 ? †	—	None
3	Maruyama Gondazaemon	Template:Category handler	—	Nanatsumori	Template:Flagicon Tome, Miyagi	1749	1749 †	—	None
4	Tanikaze Kajinosuke	Template:Category handler	21	Isenoumi	Template:Flagicon Sendai, Miyagi	1789	1795 †	—	None
5	Onogawa Kisaburō	Template:Category handler	7	Onogawa	Template:Flagicon Ōtsu, Shiga	1789	1797	—	Onogawa
6	Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke	Template:Category handler	5	Shikoroyama	Template:Flagicon Noto, Ishikawa	1828	1835	—	Onomatsu
7	Inazuma Raigorō	Template:Category handler	10	Sadogatake	Template:Flagicon Inashiki, Ibaraki	1830	1839	—	None
8	Shiranui Dakuemon	Template:Category handler	1	Urakaze	Template:Flagicon Uto, Kumamoto	1840	1844	—	Minato
9	Hidenoyama Raigorō	Template:Category handler	6	Hidenoyama	Template:Flagicon Kesennuma, Miyagi	1847	1850	—	Hidenoyama
10	Unryū Kyūkichi	Template:Category handler	7	Jinmaku	Template:Flagicon Yanagawa, Fukuoka	1861	1865	Shiranui	Oitekaze
11	Shiranui Kōemon	Template:Category handler	3	Sakaigawa	Template:Flagicon Ōzu, Kumamoto	1863	1869	Unryū	Minato
12	Jinmaku Kyūgorō	Template:Category handler	5	Hidenoyama	Template:Flagicon Matsue, Shimane	1867	1867	—	None
13	Kimenzan Tanigorō	Template:Category handler	7	Takekuma	Template:Flagicon Yōrō, Gifu	1869	1870	Shiranui	None
14	Sakaigawa Namiemon	Template:Category handler	5	Sakaigawa	Template:Flagicon Ichikawa, Chiba	1877	1881	—	Sakaigawa
15	Umegatani Tōtarō I	Template:Category handler	9	Tamagaki	Template:Flagicon Asakura, Fukuoka	1884	1885	—	Ikazuchi
16	Nishinoumi Kajirō I	Template:Category handler	2	Takasago	Template:Flagicon Satsumasendai, Kagoshima	1890	1896	—	Izutsu
17	Konishiki Yasokichi I	Template:Category handler	7	Takasago	Template:Flagicon Yokoshibahikari, Chiba	1896	1901	—	Hatachiyama
18	Ōzutsu Man'emon	Template:Category handler	2	Oguruma	Template:Flagicon Shiroishi, Miyagi	1901	1908	—	Matsuchiyama
19	Hitachiyama Taniemon	Template:Category handler	8	Dewanoumi	Template:Flagicon Mito, Ibaraki	1903	1914	—	Dewanoumi
20	Umegatani Tōtarō II	Template:Category handler	3	Ikazuchi	Template:Flagicon Toyama	1903	1915	Unryū	Ikazuchi
21	Wakashima Gonshirō	Template:Category handler	4	Nakamura	Template:Flagicon Ichikawa, Chiba	1905	1907	—	Wakashima ¤
22	Tachiyama Mineemon	Template:Category handler	11	Tomozuna	Template:Flagicon Toyama	1911	1918	Shiranui	Azumazeki ¤
23	Ōkido Moriemon	Template:Category handler	10	Minato	Template:Flagicon Kobe, Hyōgo	1912	1914	—	Minato
24	Ōtori Tanigorō	Template:Category handler	2	Miyagino	Template:Flagicon Inzai, Chiba	1915	1920	Unryū	Miyagino
25	Nishinoumi Kajirō II	Template:Category handler	1	Izutsu	Template:Flagicon Nishinoomote, Kagoshima	1916	1918	Unryū	Izutsu
26	Ōnishiki Uichirō	Template:Category handler	5	Dewanoumi	Template:Flagicon Osaka	1917	1923	Unryū	None
27	Tochigiyama Moriya	Template:Category handler	9	Dewanoumi	Template:Flagicon Tochigi	1918	1925	Unryū	Kasugano
28	Ōnishiki Daigorō	Template:Category handler	6	Asahiyama	Template:Flagicon Yatomi, Aichi	1918	1922	Unryū	None
29	Miyagiyama Fukumatsu	Template:Category handler	6	Takadagawa	Template:Flagicon Ichinoseki, Iwate	1922	1931	Unryū	Shibatayama
30	Nishinoumi Kajirō III	Template:Category handler	1	Izutsu	Template:Flagicon Kirishima, Kagoshima	1923	1928	Unryū	Asakayama
31	Tsunenohana Kan'ichi	Template:Category handler	10	Dewanoumi	Template:Flagicon Okayama	1924	1930	Unryū	Dewanoumi
32	Tamanishiki San'emon	Template:Category handler	9	Nishonoseki	Template:Flagicon Kōchi	1932	1938 †	Unryū	None
33	Musashiyama Takeshi	Template:Category handler	1	Dewanoumi	Template:Flagicon Yokohama, Kanagawa	1935	1939	Unryū	Dekiyama ¤
34	Minanogawa Tōzō	Template:Category handler	2	Sadogatake	Template:Flagicon Tsukuba, Ibaraki	1936	1942	Unryū	Minanogawa ¤
35	Futabayama Sadaji	Template:Category handler	12	Tatsunami	Template:Flagicon Usa, Ōita	1937	1945	Unryū	Tokitsukaze
36	Haguroyama Masaji	Template:Category handler	7	Tatsunami	Template:Flagicon Niigata	1941	1953	Shiranui	Tatsunami
37	Akinoumi Setsuo	Template:Category handler	1	Dewanoumi	Template:Flagicon Hiroshima	1942	1946	Unryū	Fujishima ¤
38	Terukuni Manzō	Template:Category handler	2	Isegahama	Template:Flagicon Yuzawa, Akita	1942	1953	Unryū	Isegahama
39	Maedayama Eigorō	Template:Category handler	1	Takasago	Template:Flagicon Yawatahama, Ehime	1947	1949	Unryū	Takasago
40	Azumafuji Kin'ichi	Template:Category handler	6	Takasago	Template:Flagicon Taitō, Tokyo	1948	1954	Unryū	Nishikido ¤
41	Chiyonoyama Masanobu	Template:Category handler	6	Dewanoumi	Template:Flagicon Fukushima, Hokkaido	1951	1959	Unryū	Kokonoe
42	Kagamisato Kiyoji	Template:Category handler	4	Tokitsukaze	Template:Flagicon Sannohe, Aomori	1953	1958	Unryū	Tatsutagawa
43	Yoshibayama Junnosuke	Template:Category handler	1	Takashima	Template:Flagicon Ishikari, Hokkaido	1954	1958	Shiranui	Miyagino
44	Tochinishiki Kiyotaka	Template:Category handler	10	Kasugano	Template:Flagicon Edogawa, Tokyo	1954	1960	Unryū	Kasugano
45	Wakanohana Kanji I	Template:Category handler	10	Hanakago	Template:Flagicon Hirosaki, Aomori	1958	1962	Unryū	Futagoyama
46	Asashio Tarō III	Template:Category handler	5	Takasago	Template:Flagicon Tokunoshima, Kagoshima	1959	1962	Unryū	Takasago
47	Kashiwado Tsuyoshi	Template:Category handler	5	Isenoumi	Template:Flagicon Tsuruoka, Yamagata	1961	1969	Unryū	Kagamiyama
48	Taihō Kōki	Template:Category handler	32	Nishonoseki	Template:Flagicon Teshikaga, Hokkaido	1961	1971	Unryū	Taihō
49	Tochinoumi Teruyoshi	Template:Category handler	3	Kasugano	Template:Flagicon Inakadate, Aomori	1964	1966	Unryū	Kasugano
50	Sadanoyama Shinmatsu	Template:Category handler	6	Dewanoumi	Template:Flagicon Shin-Kamigotō, Nagasaki	1965	1968	Unryū	Nakadachi
51	Tamanoumi Masahiro	Template:Category handler	6	Kataonami	Template:Flagicon Gamagōri, Aichi	1970	1971 †	Shiranui	None
52	Kitanofuji Katsuaki	Template:Category handler	10	Kokonoe	Template:Flagicon Asahikawa, Hokkaido	1970	1974	Unryū	Jinmaku
53	Kotozakura Masakatsu	Template:Category handler	5	Sadogatake	Template:Flagicon Kurayoshi, Tottori	1973	1974	Shiranui	Sadogatake
54	Wajima Hiroshi	Template:Category handler	14	Hanakago	Template:Flagicon Nanao, Ishikawa	1973	1981	Unryū	Hanakago ¤
55	Kitanoumi Toshimitsu	Template:Category handler	24	Mihogaseki	Template:Flagicon Sōbetsu, Hokkaido	1974	1985	Unryū	Kitanoumi
56	Wakanohana Kanji II	Template:Category handler	4	Futagoyama	Template:Flagicon Ōwani, Aomori	1978	1983	Unryū	Magaki
57	Mienoumi Tsuyoshi	Template:Category handler	3	Dewanoumi	Template:Flagicon Matsusaka, Mie	1979	1980	Unryū	Musashigawa
58	Chiyonofuji Mitsugu	Template:Category handler	31	Kokonoe	Template:Flagicon Fukushima, Hokkaido	1981	1991	Unryū	Kokonoe
59	Takanosato Toshihide	Template:Category handler	4	Futagoyama	Template:Flagicon Aomori	1983	1986	Shiranui	Naruto
60	Futahaguro Kōji	Template:Category handler	0	Tatsunami	Template:Flagicon Tsu, Mie	1986	1988	Shiranui	None
61	Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi	Template:Category handler	8	Kokonoe	Template:Flagicon Hiroo, Hokkaido	1987	1992	Unryū	Hakkaku
62	Ōnokuni Yasushi	Template:Category handler	2	Hanaregoma	Template:Flagicon Memuro, Hokkaido	1987	1991	Unryū	Shibatayama
63	Asahifuji Seiya	Template:Category handler	4	Ōshima	Template:Flagicon Tsugaru, Aomori	1990	1992	Shiranui	Isegahama
64	Akebono Tarō	Template:Category handler	11	Azumazeki	Template:Flagicon Oahu, Hawaii, United States	1993	2001	Unryū	Akebono ¤
65	Takanohana Kōji	Template:Category handler	22	Futagoyama	Template:Flagicon Nakano, Tokyo	1994	2003	Unryū	Takanohana ¤
66	Wakanohana Masaru	Template:Category handler	5	Futagoyama	Template:Flagicon Nakano, Tokyo	1998	2000	Shiranui	Fujishima ¤
67	Musashimaru Kōyō	Template:Category handler	12	Musashigawa	Template:Flagicon Oahu, Hawaii, United States	1999	2003	Unryū	Musashigawa
68	Asashōryū Akinori	Template:Category handler	25	Takasago	Template:Flagicon Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	2003	2010	Unryū	None
69	Hakuhō Shō	Template:Category handler	45	Miyagino	Template:Flagicon Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	2007	2021	Shiranui	Miyagino ¤
70	Harumafuji Kōhei	Template:Category handler	9	Isegahama	Template:Flagicon Govi-Altai, Mongolia	2012	2017	Shiranui	None
71	Kakuryū Rikisaburō	Template:Category handler	6	Izutsu	Template:Flagicon Sükhbaatar, Mongolia	2014	2021	Unryū	Otowayama
72	Kisenosato Yutaka	Template:Category handler	2	Tagonoura	Template:Flagicon Ushiku, Ibaraki	2017	2019	Unryū	Nishonoseki
73	Terunofuji Haruo	Template:Category handler	10	Isegahama	Template:Flagicon Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	2021	2025	Shiranui	Terunofuji
74	Hōshōryū Tomokatsu	Template:Category handler	2	Tatsunami	Template:Flagicon Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	2025	active	Unryū	—
75	Ōnosato Daiki	Template:Category handler	4	Nishonoseki	Template:Flagicon Tsubata, Ishikawa	2025	active	Unryū	—

Timeline

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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
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 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: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

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See also

• List of past sumo wrestlers
• List of sumo tournament top division champions
• [[List of ōzeki|List of Template:Transliteration]]
• List of sekiwake
• List of komusubi

External links

• Yokozuna list at the Japanese Sumo Association (English)