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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.
only yokozuna to have never won a top division championship: Hokutoumi: 1979-3 1992-5 Yokozuna Kokonoe: once one of four yokozuna, after his retirement the rank was vacant for 8 months until Akebono: Kotogaume: 1979-3 1997-3 Sekiwake Sadogatake: last to defeat Chiyonofuji before his 53-win streak: Masurao: 1979-3 1990-7 Sekiwake Oshiogawa
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 ...
The ōzeki (大関), or champion rank, is immediately below yokozuna in the ranking system. Until the yokozuna rank was introduced, ōzeki was the highest rank attainable. Technically, there must always be a minimum of two ōzeki on the banzuke, one on the east side and one on the west.
Sumo wrestlers who have achieved the top rank of yokozuna. Pages in category "Yokozuna" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total. ...
By 2020, over 250 wrestlers have been promoted to the rank of ōzeki throughout the entire history of the sport. [1] 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 ...