List of Yokozuna

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This is a list of all Sumo wrestlers who have reached the sport's highest rank of Yokozuna.

No. Name (in Japanese) Home Town Promoted Retired Ring-entering Style
1Akashi Shiganosuke明石 志賀之?Utsunomiya?1624??
2Ayagawa Gorōji綾川 五郎?Tochigi?1749?
3Maruyama Gondazaemon丸山 権太左衛?Miyagi17491749 (died)
4Tanikaze Kajinosuke谷風 梶之?Miyagi17891794
5Onogawa Kisaburō小野川 喜三?Shiga17891797
6Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke阿武松 緑之助Ishikawa18281835
7Inazuma Raigorō稲妻 雷五郎Ibaraki18301839
8Shiranui Dakuemon不知火 諾右衛?Kumamoto18401844
9Hidenoyama Raigorō秀の山 雷五郎Miyagi18471850
10Unryū Kyūkichi雲龍 久吉Fukuoka18611865Shiranui?
11Shiranui Kōemon不知火 光右衛門Kumamoto18631869Unryū?
12Jinmaku Kyūgorō陣幕 久五郎Shimane18671867
13Kimenzan Tanigorō鬼面山 谷五郎Gifu18691870
14Sakaigawa Namiemon境川 浪右衛門Chiba18771881
15Umegatani Tōtarō I梅ケ谷 藤太郎Fukuoka18841885
16Nishinoumi Kajirō I西ノ海 嘉治郎(初代)Kagoshima18901896
17Konishiki Yasokichi I小錦 八十?Chiba18961901
18Ōzutsu Man'emon大砲 万右衛門Miyagi19011908
19Hitachiyama Taniemon常陸山 谷右衛門Ibaraki19031914Hitachiyama
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20Umegatani Tōtarō II梅ヶ谷 藤太郎(二代目)Toyama19031915Unryu
21Wakashima Gonshirō若島 権四郎Chiba19051907
22Tachiyama Mineemon太刀山 峰右衛門Toyama19111918Shiranui
23Ōkido Moriemon大木戸 森右衛門Hyōgo19121914
24Ōtori Tanigorō鳳 谷五郎Chiba19151920Unryu
25Nishinoumi Kajirō II西ノ海 嘉治郎(二代目)Kagoshima19161918Unryu
26Ōnishiki Uichirō大錦 卯一郎Osaka19171923Unryu
27Tochigiyama Moriya栃木山 守?Tochigi19181925Unryu
28Ōnishiki Daigorō大錦 大五郎Aichi19181922Unryu
29Miyagiyama Fukumatsu宮城山 福松Iwate19221931Unryu
30Nishinoumi Kajirō III西ノ海 嘉治郎(三代目)Kagoshima19231928Unryu
31Tsunenohana Kan'ichi常ノ花 寛市Okayama19241930Unryu
32Tamanishiki San'emon玉錦 三右衛門Kochi19321938Unryu
33Musashiyama Takeshi武蔵山 武Kanagawa19351939Unryu
34Minanogawa Tōzō男女ノ川 登三Ibaraki19361942Unryu
35Futabayama Sadaji双葉山 定?Ōita19371945Unryu
36Haguroyama Masaji羽黒山 政?Niigata19411953Shiranui
37Akinoumi Setsuo安藝ノ海 節?Hiroshima19421946Unryū
38Terukuni Manzō照國 万?Akita19421953Unryū
39Maedayama Eigorō前田山 英五郎Ehime19471949Unryu
40Azumafuji Kin'ichi東富士 欽?Tokyo19481954Unryu
41Chiyonoyama Masanobu千代の山 雅?Hokkaidō19511959Unryū
42Kagamisato Kiyoji鏡里 喜代?Aomori19531958Unryu
43Yoshibayama Junnosuke吉葉山 潤之輔Hokkaidō19541958Shiranui
44Tochinishiki Kiyotaka栃錦 清隆Tokyo19541960Unryu
45Wakanohana Kanji I若乃花 幹士(初代)Aomori19581962Unryu
46Asashio Tarō III朝潮 太?Hyōgo19591962Unryū
47Kashiwado Tsuyoshi柏戸 ?Yamagata19611969Unryu
48Taihō Kōki大鵬 幸?Hokkaidō19611971Unryu
49Tochinoumi Teruyoshi栃ノ海 晃?Aomori19641966Unryū
50Sadanoyama Shinmatsu佐田の山 晋?Nagasaki19651968Unryu
51Tamanoumi Masahiro玉の海 正?Aichi19701971Shiranui
52Kitanofuji Katsuaki北の富士 勝?Hokkaidō19701974Unryu
53Kotozakura Masakatsu琴櫻 傑?Tottori19731974Shiranui
54Wajima Hiroshi輪島 大?Ishikawa19731981Unryu
55Kitanoumi Toshimitsu北の湖 敏?Hokkaidō19741985Unryu
56Wakanohana Kanji II若乃花 幹士(二代目)Aomori19781983Unryu
57Mienoumi Tsuyoshi三重ノ海 剛?Mie19791980Unryu
58Chiyonofuji Mitsugu千代の富士 ?Hokkaidō19811991Unryu
59Takanosato Toshihide隆の里 俊?Aomori19831986Shiranui
60Futahaguro Kōji双羽黒 光?Mie19861988Shiranui
61Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi北勝海 信芳Hokkaidō19871992Unryu
62Ōnokuni Yasushi大乃国 康Hokkaidō19871991Unryu
63Asahifuji Seiya旭富士 正?Aomori19901992Shiranui
64Akebono Tarō曙 太郎Hawaii, United States19932001Unryu
65Takanohana Kōji貴乃花 光?Tokyo19942003Unryu
66Wakanohana Masaru若乃花 勝Tokyo19982000Shiranui
67Musashimaru Kōyō武蔵丸 光?Hawaii, United States (originally from Samoa)19992003Unryu
68Asashōryū Akinori朝青龍 明?Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia2003activeUnryu
69Hakuhō Shō白鵬?Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia2007activeShiranui

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Akashi Shiganosuke (明石 志賀之助) (c.1600 - c.1649) is said to have been the first sumo wrestler to hold the title of yokozuna. His historical existence is disputed.
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丸山 権太左衛門
Maruyama Gondazaemon

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Birth name 芳賀 銀太夫
Haga Gindayu

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Miyagi Prefecture (宮城県 Miyagi-ken)

Capital Sendai
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谷風 梶之助
Tanikaze Kajinosuke


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Birth name 金子 与四郎
Kaneko Yoshiro

Date of birth September 8 1750
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Miyagi Prefecture (宮城県 Miyagi-ken)

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Shiga Prefecture (滋賀県 Shiga-ken)

Capital Ōtsu
Region Kinki
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Governor Yukiko Kada
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Ishikawa Prefecture (石川県 Ishikawa-ken)

Capital Kanazawa
Region Chūbu
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Governor Masanori Tanimoto
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Ibaraki Prefecture (茨城県 Ibaraki-ken)

Capital Mito
Region Kantō
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Governor Masaru Hashimoto
Area 6,095.
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不知火 諾右衛門
Shiranui Dakuemon


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Birth name Shinji Chikahisa
Date of birth October 1801
Place of birth Uto, Kumamoto, Japan

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Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本県 Kumamoto-ken)

Capital Kumamoto
Region Kyūshū
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Governor Yoshiko Shiotani
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Miyagi Prefecture (宮城県 Miyagi-ken)

Capital Sendai
Region Tōhoku
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Governor Yoshihiro Murai
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