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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.
The list includes yokozuna and ōzeki (the highest rank before the yokozuna rank was introduced), but excludes so-called kanban or "guest ōzeki" (usually big men drawn from local crowds to promote a tournament who would never appear on the banzuke again) and wrestlers for which insufficient data is available.
Kinboshi (金星, lit: gold star) is a notation used in professional sumo wrestling to record a lower-ranked wrestler's victory over a yokozuna. It is believed that the term stems from the usage of the terms shiroboshi (lit: white star) to designate a bout victory, and kuroboshi (black star) to designate a bout defeat. Thus, a "gold star ...
The minimum values for the respective levels are 40 yen for jūryō, 60 yen for makuuchi, 100 yen for ōzeki and 150 yen for yokozuna. There are two ways to obtain a big jump in the mochikyūkin. Winning the makuuchi yūshō (championship) gives a bonus of 30 yen, which increases to 50 yen if the championship was won with a "perfect" (15-0) record.
Japan’s top-ranked sumo wrestler is set to retireSource: NHKHakuho holds a record 45 tournament winsThe Mongolian native made his sumo debut in 2001He achieved the top rank of yokozuna in May ...
He secured promotion to yokozuna just three tournaments after that. At 21 years 2 months, he was the youngest ever yokozuna , [ 2 ] beating the previous record held by Taihō by one month. Kitanoumi was the most successful wrestler in sumo for the rest of the 1970s.
Wrestlers who went on to be promoted to yokozuna are tabulated in the list of yokozuna. [2] Active wrestlers (September 2024) are indicated by italics. The number of top division yūshō (championships) won by each ōzeki is also listed. There is no requirement to win a championship before promotion, but a wrestler must usually have won around ...
Yokozuna (not ranked as such on banzuke until 1890) Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira *Championships for the best record in a tournament were not recognized or awarded before the 1909 summer tournament, and the unofficial championships above are historically conferred.