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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]
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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Wrestlers can be listed in the order of their rank as of the most current January/Hatsu 2025 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.
The House of Yoshida Tsukasa (吉田司家), also commonly called Yoshida family, is a Japanese aristocratic family who was once responsible for the organization of professional sumo in feudal Japan, controlling rikishi (professional wrestlers) and gyōji (sumo referees) throughout the country, making sure that sumo etiquette was strictly observed, and granting the rank of yokozuna and tate ...
first yokozuna to perform dohyo-iri along with Tanikaze: Raiden Tameemon: 1790-11 1811-2 Ōzeki: Urakaze considered one of the best wrestlers ever, but never promoted to yokozuna, likely for political reasons: Kashiwado Risuke: 1806-10 1825-1 Ōzeki Isenoumi: rejected a yokozuna license to avoid conflict between prominent families
Aobajō (left) and Taihō at a Yokozuna Deliberation Council keiko sōken (December 23, 2011) Taihō branched off from his old heya and opened Taihō stable in December 1971. In February 1977, at the age of 36, he suffered a stroke , and his subsequent health problems may have played a part in him being passed over for the chairmanship of the ...
All of the three yokozuna of the time (Azumafuji, Terukuni and Haguroyama) were absent for most of the January tournament, driving intense criticism. [4] The Sumo Association even began to think about a demotion system applied to yokozuna but the idea was later dropped under pressure from sumo purists and traditionalists. [5]