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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.
Wrestlers can be listed in the order of their rank as of the most current November/Kyushu 2024 banzuke, by clicking the 'Current rank' sorting button.; The East side of the banzuke is regarded as more prestigious than the West side and those ranked on the East will generally have had a slightly better record in the previous tournament than those with the same rank on the West.
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 ...
A yokozuna, however, is introduced after the lower ranked wrestlers and is flanked by two other top division wrestler "assistants". The "dewsweeper" or tsuyuharai precedes the yokozuna , while the "sword bearer" or tachimochi follows him into the arena.
Professional sumo as administered by the Japan Sumo Association is divided into six ranked divisions. Wrestlers are promoted and demoted within and between these divisions based on the merit of their win–loss records in official tournaments. For more information, see kachi-koshi and make-koshi. Wrestlers are also ranked within each division.
The only competitor ranked above maegashira to win their match is new komusubi Ōnosato, who defeats yokozuna Terunofuji. [76] It is the first time since the Shōwa era that all yokozuna and ōzeki competitors are defeated on the first tournament day, as well as the first time since September 2006 that yokozuna and ōzeki wrestlers have lost on ...
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 ...
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