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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.
Terunofuji receives the President's Cup in May 2022 Terunofuji won his first sumo tournament as a yokozuna in September 2021 with a 13–2 record. [ 82 ] Hakuhō's retirement was formalized soon after the tournament ended, leaving Terunofuji as sumo's only yokozuna . [ 83 ]
at best rank, former college yokozuna, won a makushita and jūryō championship in the same year: Rōga 狼雅: East Maegashira 8: 2018-11 Futagoyama March 2, 1999 (age 25) Tuva: at best rank, first foreigner to claim the title of high school yokozuna, won a jonokuchi and a jonidan championship the same year: Ryūden 竜電: East Maegashira 13 ...
The Yokozuna Deliberation Council (Yokozuna shingi iinkai, 横綱審議委員会), sometimes abbreviated as Yokoshin (よこしん), is the advisory body to the Japan Sumo Association. The Council considers candidates for promotion to sumo's top rank of yokozuna , before passing its recommendations to the JSA.
Regarding his rivalry with Takerufuji, the president of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, Masayuki Yamauchi, defined it in his review of the tournament as that of the "ryūko " , an expression drawing a parallel between the rivalry of the tiger and the dragon to designate two opponents of equal strength. [59] [60]
In May 1890, the name yokozuna was written on the banzuke for the first time due to the 16th yokozuna Nishinoumi Kajirō I's insistence that his yokozuna status be recorded. In February 1909, during the reigns of the 19th yokozuna , Hitachiyama Taniemon , and the 20th, Umegatani Tōtarō II , it was officially recognized as the highest rank.
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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 ...