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The Sumo Association have overseen all promotions since Chiyonoyama's in 1951. Two consecutive tournament championships or an "equivalent performance" at ōzeki level are the minimum requirement for promotion to yokozuna in modern sumo. The longest serving yokozuna ever was Hakuhō, who was promoted in 2007 and retired in 2021. [1]
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.
Sumo wrestlers who have achieved the top rank of yokozuna. Pages in category "Yokozuna" The following 75 pages are in this category, out of 75 total. ...
reached yokozuna after only 5 top division tournaments which is an all-time record, trained under Hitachiyama: Nishinoumi Kajirō III: 1910-1 1928-10 Yokozuna Izutsu: promoted to yokozuna without winning any championships, which caused controversy: Tsunenohana: 1910-1 1930-10 Yokozuna Dewanoumi
All tournaments predating the second tournament of 1909 did not recognize or award a championship. As a consequence of this, yokozuna Hitachiyama had seven pre-1909 mathematical "championship" equivalents that are uncounted here, and yokozuna Tachiyama had two. **Asashio would later become Minanogawa Tōzō
2009 in sumo - Harumafuji wins his first title, Hakuhō wins 3 titles and establishes the all-time record of 86 wins from 90 matches in one year. 2008 in sumo - Kotoōshū becomes the first European-born champion. Marijuana scandals begin. 2007 in sumo - Hakuhō is promoted to yokozuna, Asashōryū is first yokozuna to be suspended.
best rank maegashira 4, 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: again 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
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 ...