List of ōzeki


This is a list of all sumo wrestlers whose pinnacle in the sport has been the second highest rank of ōzeki and who held the rank in the modern era of sumo since the 1927 merger of the Tokyo and Osaka organizations. Wrestlers who went on to be promoted to yokozuna can be seen in the list of yokozuna.
The number of top division yūshō 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 33 bouts over three consecutive tournaments.
The longest-serving ōzeki of modern times have been Kaiō and Chiyotaikai who each held the rank for 65 tournaments. Kaiō also holds the record for yūshō won by an unpromoted ōzeki with five.

List

NameyūshōBornHome TownPromotedEnd of rankReason
Tachihikari Denemon太刀光 電右エ門01897Mikasa, Hokkaido19231927demoted
Ōnosato Mansuke大ノ里 萬助01892Minamitsugaru District, Aomori19251932retired
Noshirogata Kinsaku能代潟 錦作11895Yamamoto, Akita19271933demoted*
Hitachiiwa Eitarō常陸岩 英太郎11900Chūō, Tokyo19271931retired
Toyokuni Fukuma豊國 福馬21893Ōita, Ōita19271930retired
Shimizugawa Motokichi清水川 元吉31900Goshogawara, Aomori19321937retired
Kagamiiwa Zenshirō鏡岩 善四郎01902Towada, Aomori19371939retired
Itsutsushima Narao五ツ嶋 名良男01912Minami-Matsuura District, Nagasaki19411942demoted
Nayoroiwa Shizuo名寄岩 静男01914Nayoro, Hokkaido19431948demoted*
Saganohana Katsumi佐賀ノ花 勝巳11917Saga, Saga19441951retired
Shionoumi Unemon汐ノ海 運右エ門01918Himeji, Hyōgo19471951retired*
Masuiyama Daishirō I増位山 大志郎21919Himeji, Hyōgo19491950retired
Mitsuneyama Keiji三根山 繼司11922Arakawa, Tokyo19531955demoted
Ōuchiyama Heikichi大内山 平吉01926Hitachinaka, Ibaraki19551957demoted
Matsunobori Shigeo松登 晟郎01924Matsudo, Chiba19561959demoted
Kotogahama Sadao琴ヶ濵 貞雄01927Kan'onji, Kagawa19581962retired
Wakahaguro Tomoaki若羽黒 朋明11934Yokohama, Kanagawa19591962demoted
Kitabayama Hidetoshi北葉山 英俊11935Muroran, Hokkaido19611966retired
Tochihikari Masayuki栃光 正之01933Ushibuka, Kumamoto19621966retired
Yutakayama Katsuo豊山 勝男01937Shibata, Niigata19631968retired
Kiyokuni Katsuo清國 勝雄11941Ogachi, Akita19691974retired
Maenoyama Tarō前の山 太郎01945Moriguchi, Osaka19701972demoted
Daikirin Takayoshi大麒麟 將能01942Saga, Saga19701974retired
Takanohana Kenshi貴ノ花 健士21950Hirosaki, Aomori19721981retired
Daiju Hisateru大受 久晃01950Setana, Hokkaido19731974demoted
Kaiketsu Masateru魁傑 將晃21948Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi19751977demoted*
Asahikuni Masuo旭國 斗雄01947Aibetsu, Hokkaido19761979retired
Masuiyama Daishirō II増位山 太志郎01948Himeji, Hyōgo19801981retired
Kotokaze Kōki琴風 豪規21957Tsu, Mie19811985demoted
Wakashimazu Mutsuo若嶋津 六夫21957Nakatane, Kagoshima19831987retired
Asashio Tarō IV朝潮 太郎11955Muroto, Kōchi19831989retired
Hokuten'yū Katsuhiko北天佑 勝彦21960Muroran, Hokkaido19831990retired
Konishiki Yasokichi小錦 八十吉31963Honolulu, United States19871994demoted
Kirishima Kazuhiro霧島 一博11959Makizono, Kagoshima19901993demoted
Takanonami Sadahiro貴ノ浪 貞博21971Misawa, Aomori19942000demoted*
Chiyotaikai Ryūji千代大海 龍二31976Chitose, Hokkaido19992010demoted
Dejima Takeharu出島 武春11974Kanazawa, Ishikawa19992001demoted
Musōyama Masashi武双山 正士11972Mito, Ibaraki20002004retired*
Miyabiyama Tetsushi雅山 哲士之01977Mito, Ibaraki20002001demoted
Kaiō Hiroyuki魁皇 博之51972Nōgata, Fukuoka20002011retired
Tochiazuma Daisuke栃東 大裕31976Adachi, Tokyo20022007retired*
Kotoōshū Katsunori琴欧洲 勝紀11983Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria20062014demoted
Kotomitsuki Keiji琴光喜 啓司11976Okazaki, Aichi20072010dismissed
Baruto Kaito把瑠都 凱斗11984Väike-Maarja, Estonia20102013demoted
Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro琴奨菊 和弘11984Yanagawa, Fukuoka20112017demoted
Gōeidō Gōtarō豪栄道 豪太郎11986Neyagawa, Osaka20142020retired
Terunofuji Haruo照ノ富士 春雄11991Ulaanbataar, Mongolia20152017demoted
Takayasu Akira高安 晃01990Tsuchiura, Ibaraki20172020demoted
Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi栃ノ心 剛史11987Mtskheta, Georgia20182019demoted*
Takakeishō Mitsunobu貴景勝 光信11996Ashiya, Hyōgo2019activen/a*
Asanoyama Hideki朝乃山 英樹11994Toyama, Toyama2020activen/a

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* Wrestler held the rank on more than one occasion.