List of ōzeki

This is a list of all sumo wrestlers since 1919 whose pinnacle rank is the sport's second highest rank of ōzeki. There are currently four active ōzeki. Wrestlers who went on to be promoted to yokozuna can be seen in the list of yokozuna.^[1]

The number of top division yūshō (championships) won by each ōzeki is also listed.

The longest-serving ōzeki of modern times have been Kaiō and Chiyotaikai who each held the rank for 65 tournaments. Kaiō also hold the record for yūshō won by an unpromoted ōzeki with five.

List

Name	(in Japanese)	yūshō	Born	Home Town	Promoted	End of rank	Reason
Tsushimanada Yakichi		0	1887	Tsushima, Nagasaki	1919	1920	demoted
Tachihikari Denemon		0	1897	Mikasa, Hokkaido	1923	1927	demoted
Noshirogata Kinsaku		1	1895	Yamamoto, Akita	1927	1933	demoted*
Hitachiiwa Eitaro	常陸岩英太郎	1	1900	Chūō, Tokyo	1927	1931	retired
Toyokuni Fukuma	豊國 福馬	2	1893	Ōita, Ōita	1927	1930	retired
Shimizugawa Motokichi	清水川元吉	3	1900	Goshogawara, Aomori	1932	1937	retired
Kagamiiwa Zenshiro		0	1902	Towada, Aomori	1937	1939	retired
Itsutsushima Narao		0	1912	Minami-Matsuura District, Nagasaki	1941	1942	demoted
Nayoroiwa Shizuo	名寄岩静男	0	1914	Nayoro, Hokkaido	1943	1948	demoted*
Saganohana Katsumi	佐賀ノ花 勝巳	1	1917	Saga, Saga	1944	1951	retired
Shionoumi Unemon	汐ノ海　運右エ門	0	1918	Himeji, Hyōgo	1947	1951	retired*
Masuiyama Daishirō I	増位山大志郎	2	1919	Himeji, Hyōgo	1949	1950	retired
Mitsuneyama Hokoku	三根山 宝國	1	1922	Arakawa, Tokyo	1953	1955	demoted
Ōuchiyama Heikichi	大内山 平吉	0	1926	Hitachinaka, Ibaraki	1955	1957	demoted
Matsunobori Shigeo	松登 晟郎	0	1924	Matsudo, Chiba	1956	1959	demoted
Kotogahama Sadao	琴ヶ濵 貞雄	0	1927	Kan'onji, Kagawa	1958	1962	retired
Wakahaguro Tomoaki	若羽黒 朋明	1	1934	Yokohama, Kanagawa	1959	1962	demoted
Kitabayama Hidetoshi	北葉山 英俊	1	1935	Muroran, Hokkaido	1961	1966	retired
Tochihikari Masayuki	栃光 正之	0	1933	Ushibuka, Kumamoto	1962	1966	retired
Yutakayama Katsuo	豊山 勝男	0	1937	Shibata, Niigata	1963	1968	retired
Kiyokuni Katsuo	清國 勝雄	1	1941	Ogachi, Akita	1969	1974	retired
Maenoyama Tarō	前の山 太郎	0	1945	Moriguchi, Osaka	1970	1972	demoted
Daikirin Takayoshi	大麒麟 將能	0	1942	Saga, Saga	1970	1974	retired
Takanohana Kenshi	貴ノ花健士	3	1950	Hirosaki, Aomori	1972	1981	retired
Daiju Hisateru	大受久晃	0	1950	Setana, Hokkaido	1973	1974	demoted
Kaiketsu Masateru	魁傑 將晃	2	1948	Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi	1975	1977	demoted*
Asahikuni Masuo	旭國斗雄	0	1947	Aibetsu, Hokkaido	1976	1979	retired
Masuiyama Daishirō II	増位山 太志郎	0	1948	Himeji, Hyōgo	1980	1981	retired
Kotokaze Kōki	琴風 豪規	2	1957	Tsu, Mie	1981	1985	demoted
Wakashimazu Mutsuo	若嶋津 六夫	2	1957	Nakatane, Kagoshima	1983	1987	retired
Asashio Tarō IV	朝潮太郎(4代)	1	1955	Muroto, Kōchi	1983	1989	retired
Hokuten'yū Katsuhiko	北天佑勝彦	2	1960	Muroran, Hokkaido	1983	1990	retired
Konishiki Yasokichi	小錦八十吉	3	1963	Honolulu, United States	1987	1994	demoted
Kirishima Kazuhiro	霧島 一博	1	1959	Makizono, Kagoshima	1990	1993	demoted
Takanonami Sadahiro	貴ノ浪 貞博	2	1971	Misawa, Aomori	1994	2000	demoted*
Chiyotaikai Ryūji	千代大海 龍二	3	1976	Chitose, Hokkaido	1999	2010	demoted
Dejima Takeharu	出島 武春	1	1974	Kanazawa, Ishikawa	1999	2001	demoted
Musōyama Masashi	武双山 正士	1	1972	Mito, Ibaraki	2000	2004	retired*
Miyabiyama Tetsushi	雅山哲士之	0	1977	Mito, Ibaraki	2000	2001	demoted
Kaiō Hiroyuki	魁皇 博之	5	1972	Nōgata, Fukuoka	2000	2011	retired
Tochiazuma Daisuke	栃東 大裕	3	1976	Adachi, Tokyo	2002	2007	retired*
Kotoōshū Katsunori	琴欧洲 勝紀	1	1983	Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria	2006	2014	demoted
Kotomitsuki Keiji	琴光喜 啓司	1	1976	Okazaki, Aichi	2007	2010	dismissed
Baruto Kaito	把瑠都 凱斗	1	1984	Väike-Maarja, Estonia	2010	2013	demoted
Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro	琴奨菊 和弘	1	1984	Yanagawa, Fukuoka	2011	active	active
Kisenosato Yutaka	稀勢の里 寛	0	1986	Ibaraki, Ibaraki	2012	active	active
Gōeidō Gōtarō	豪栄道 豪太郎	1	1986	Neyagawa, Osaka	2014	active	active
Terunofuji Haruo	照ノ富士 春雄	1	1991	Ulaanbataar, Mongolia	2015	active	active

* Wrestler held the rank on more than one occasion.

See also

• List of past sumo wrestlers
• List of sumo tournament top division champions
• List of yokozuna

Notes

1. "List of Ozeki". Sumo reference.