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This is a list of records held by wrestlers of professional sumo. Only performances in official tournaments or honbasho are included here. Since 1958, six honbasho have been held every year, giving wrestlers from the modern era more opportunities to accumulate championships and wins. Before this, tournaments were held less frequently; sometimes ...
Raiden Tameemon (雷電爲右衞門), born Seki Tarōkichi (January 1767 – 11 February, 1825), was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Tōmi, Nagano Prefecture. He is considered one of the greatest rikishi in history, although he was never promoted to yokozuna. To date, he holds the record for best top division win ratio of all time.
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.
only former collegiate sumo wrestler promoted to yokozuna, or to keep his family name as his ring name, later became a pro wrestler: Tamaryū: 1970-3 1992-1 Komusubi Kataonami: very long career, spent 11 years in the lower ranks: Yutakayama: 1970-3 1981-5 Komusubi Tokitsukaze: former college champion, now head of Minato stable: Hoshiiwato: 1970 ...
His death was announced by the Japan Sumo Association. [29] [30] In its obituary, Nikkan Sports named him "the strongest yokozuna in history." [27] [31] In February 2013, he posthumously became the second sumo wrestler to be commended with the People's Honour Award, with Yoshihide Suga calling him a "national hero."
The championship is determined by the wrestler with the highest win–loss score after fifteen bouts, held at a rate of one per day over the duration of the 15-day tournament. In the event of a tie a play-off is held between the wrestlers concerned. [2] Names in bold mark an undefeated victory (a zenshō-yūshō).
The following articles contain lists of sumo wrestlers: List of active sumo wrestlers; List of heaviest sumo wrestlers; List of komusubi; List of ōzeki; List of non-Japanese sumo wrestlers; List of past sumo wrestlers; List of sekiwake; List of sumo elders; List of sumo record holders; List of yokozuna
Umegatani Tōtarō I (梅ヶ谷 藤太郎, March 16, 1845 – May 15, 1928) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from the town of Haki, Chikuzen Province, now Shiwa, Fukuoka Prefecture. [1] He was the sport's 15th yokozuna. He was generally regarded as the strongest wrestler to emerge since the era of Tanikaze and Raiden.