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Yokozuna is the highest rank of sumo wrestling. 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.
A makuuchi match with the 69th yokozuna Hakuhō beating Dejima as the 68th yokozuna Asashōryū watches in the background. Makuuchi (幕内), or makunouchi (幕の内), is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo.
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 ]
first official yokozuna from Osaka sumo, retired young due to a cycling accident: Hitachiyama: 1892-6 1914-5 Yokozuna Dewanoumi: last wrestler to win over .900 of his bouts in top division, considered to be the most honorable yokozuna ever by many, did much to increase the popularity of sumo: Umegatani II: 1892-6 1915-5 Yokozuna Ikazuchi
A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the sport's highest rank in a ceremony on Friday. Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna, or grand champion, after ...
Taihō was the first of three great yokozuna who all hailed from Hokkaidō, the most northerly of the main islands of Japan and who among them dominated sumo during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The others were Kitanoumi and Chiyonofuji. He entered sumo in September 1956, joining Nishonoseki stable. He initially fought under his real name of Naya ...
Takanohana comes from a family with a great sumo history, sometimes called the "Hanada Dynasty." [3] His uncle Wakanohana Kanji I was a yokozuna from 1958 to 1962, and his father Takanohana Kenshi had held the second highest rank of ōzeki for a then record 50 tournaments from 1972 to 1981.