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The Emperor's Cup has been awarded to the winner of top division tournaments since 1925. This is a list of wrestlers who have won the top division (makuuchi) championship in professional sumo since 1909, when the current championship system was established.
The Rikishi Monument for Over 50 Consecutive Wins at Tomioka Hachiman Shrine.As of November 2014, the monument carries the names of Tanikaze (63 consecutive wins), Umegatani (58), Tachiyama (56), Futabayama (69), Chiyonofuji (53) and Hakuhō (63).
Makuuchi (幕内), or makunouchi (幕の内), is the top division. It is fixed at 42 wrestlers who are ranked according to their performance in previous tournaments. At the top of the division are the four ranks of "titleholders", or "champions" called the san'yaku, comprising yokozuna, ōzeki, sekiwake and komusubi.
Four-time komusubi, jūryō champion, equalled second-fastest rise to top division since 1958: Hōshōryū 豊昇龍: West Ōzeki 1 2017-11 Tatsunami May 22, 1999 (age 25) Ulaanbaatar: Sixth Mongolian to be promoted to sumo's highest rank, known for throwing and tripping techniques, the nephew of Asashōryū. Ichiyamamoto 一山本
Makuuchi (幕内), or makunouchi (幕の内), is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers ( rikishi ), ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous tournaments.
The table below lists the runners up in the top makuuchi division at official sumo tournaments or honbasho since the six tournaments per year system was instituted in 1958. The runner up is determined by the wrestler(s) with the second highest win–loss score after fifteen bouts, held at a rate of one per day over the duration of the 15-day ...
took part in two top division championship playoffs: Wakachichibu: 1954-5 1968-11 Sekiwake Hanakago: two-time jūryō champion, won two special prizes, former elder in the JSA: Wakamisugi: 1955-3 1967-5 Sekiwake Hanakago: won a top division championship from the maegashira ranks: Wakatenryū: 1955-3 1969-7 Maegashira 1 Hanakago: two-time ...
Takamiyama becomes first foreign born top division champion. 1971 in sumo - Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi II again vie for dominance with 3 and 2 yusho respectively, while an ageing Taihō wins his last title and retires. Tamanoumi dies suddenly in October after a delayed appendectomy.