List of komusubi

This is a list of all sumo wrestlers whose pinnacle in the sport has been the fourth highest rank of komusubi 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 sekiwake, ōzeki or yokozuna can be seen in the List of sekiwake, List of ōzeki and List of yokozuna.

While it is required and most common for each rankings chart (banzuke) to list exactly two wrestlers at this rank, instances of three or even four active komusubi have occurred on rare occasions.

The number of tournaments (basho) at komusubi is also listed. Wrestlers who won a top division championship (yūshō) are indicated in bold. Active wrestlers are indicated by italics.

The table is up to date as of the July 2025 tournament.

List

Name Basho at rank Born From Promoted End of rank
Manazuru Shugoro 5 1902 Tenri, Nara 1928 1929*
Tomoegata Seiichi 1 1911 Hakodate, Hokkaido 1935 1935
Wakashima Saburo 1 1906 Hidaka, Wakayama 1937 1937
Kyūshuzan Yoshio 1 1913 Yamada, Fukuoka 1938 1938
Matsuragata Tatsuya 1 1915 Higashimatsuura, Saga 1942 1942
Sakuranishiki Morihiro 2 1916 Kitatsugaru, Aomori 1947 1948*
Kotonishiki Noboru 3 1922 Kan'onji, Kagawa 1947 1952*
Itsutsuumi Yoshio 1 1922 Minami-Matsuura, Nagasaki 1949 1949
Wakasegawa Taiji 1 1920 Amagasaki, Hyogo 1950 1950
Shimizugawa Akio 3 1925 Akashi, Hyogo 1951 1958*
Wakabayama Sadao 1 1922 Yame, Fukuoka 1951 1951
Kuninobori Kunio 2 1925 Itabashi, Tokyo 1954 1954*
Miyanishiki Hiroshi 1 1927 Miyako, Iwate 1955 1955
Otachi Danemon 1 1923 Kaho, Fukuoka 1955 1955
Naruyama Akira 1 1931 Sumoto, Hyogo 1956 1956
Wakanoumi Masateru 3 1931 Ikawa, Akita 1957 1960*
Yoshakayama Tsunenori 1 1931 Shingu, Fukuoka 1958 1958
Ōhikari Sadayuki 2 1927 Kamiiso, Hokkaido 1958 1958*
Shionishiki Yoshiaki 1 1924 Shimomashiki, Kumamoto 1959 1959
Fujinishiki Akira 10 1937 Kofu, Yamanashi 1960 1967*
Toyokuni Susumu 1 1937 Nakatsu, Oita 1962 1962
Kanenohana Takeo 1 1936 Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 1962 1962
Hirokawa Taizo 1 1937 Yokosuka, Kanagawa 1964 1964
Wakanami Jun 3 1941 Iwai, Ibaraki 1964 1971*
Sawahikari Yukio 1 1941 Tokoro, Hokkaido 1964 1964
Futagodake Takeshi 3 1943 Kanagi, Aomori 1967 1968*
Wakafutase Tadayuki 3 1942 Minami-ku, Nagoya 1968 1969*
Ryūko Seihō 4 1941 Ota, Tokyo 1970 1975*
Yutakayama Hiromitsu 4 1947 Hiraka, Akita 1972 1977*
Haguroiwa Tomomi 1 1946 Nobeoka, Miyazaki 1973 1973
Ōnishiki Ittetsu 1 1953 Hamochi, Niigata 1973 1973
Wakajishi Shigenori 1 1948 Kamikita, Aomori 1976 1976
Ōshio Kenji 1 1948 Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 1978 1978
Banryūyama Takaharu 1 1951 Tatsuno, Hyogo 1978 1978
Aobayama Hirotoshi 3 1950 Osato, Miyagi 1979 1980*
Tamakiyama Masanori 1 1951 Maebaru, Fukuoka 1979 1979
Futatsuryū Jun'ichi 1 1950 Muroran, Hokkaido 1979 1979
Kurosegawa Kuniyuki 2 1951 Higashimurayama, Tokyo 1980 1982*
Sadanoumi Kōji 4 1956 Sakai, Osaka 1982 1984*
Ōyutaka Masachika 1 1955 Horinouchi, Niigata 1983 1983
Daitetsu Tadamitsu 1 1956 Ono, Fukui 1987 1987
Hananoumi Ken 2 1960 Ikawa, Akita 1987 1989*
Ryōgoku Kajinosuke IV 4 1962 Nagasaki, Nagasaki 1987 1990*
Maenoshin Yasuo 1 1961 Chikuho, Fukuoka 1987 1987
Tamaryū Daizō 1 1954 Nagasaki, Nagasaki 1987 1987
Jingaku Takashi 2 1959 Shibushi, Kagoshima 1987 1990*
Misugisato Kōji 3 1962 Shigaraki, Shiga 1989 1992*
Itai Keisuke 1 1956 Usuki, Oita 1989 1989
Takanofuji Tadao 1 1963 Ota, Tokyo 1990 1990
Takamisugi Takakatsu 2 1961 Kawasaki, Kanagawa 1991 1993*
Tomoefuji Toshihide 1 1971 Kazuno, Akita 1992 1992
Kyokudōzan Kazuyasu 3 1964 Tokunoshima, Kagoshima 1992 1993*
Daishōhō Masami 3 1967 Toyohira-ku, Sapporo 1993 1996*
Tomonohana Shinya 1 1964 Yatsushiro, Kumamoto 1994 1994
Daizen Takahiro 1 1964 Naniwa-ku, Osaka 1994 1994
Hamanoshima Keishi 1 1970 Uto, Kumamoto 1994 1994
Mainoumi Shūhei 1 1968 Ajigasawa, Aomori 1994 1994
Naminohana Kazutaka 1 1969 Namioka, Aomori 1995 1995
Kenkō Satoshi 2 1967 Moriguchi, Osaka 1995 1995*
Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro 1 1962 Niiharu, Gunma 1995 1995
Asahiyutaka Katsuteru 3 1968 Kasugai, Aichi 1996 1996*
Kyokushūzan Noboru 1 1973 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 1997 1997
Oginishiki Yasutoshi 1 1971 Ichikawa, Chiba 1997 1997
Chiyotenzan Daihachirō 1 1976 Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 1999 1999
Tochinohana Hitoshi 1 1973 Kuji, Iwate 2000 2000
Wakanoyama Hiroshi 1 1972 Gobo, Wakayama 2001 2001
Kaihō Ryōji 1 1973 Fukaura, Aomori 2001 2001
Takamisakari Seiken 2 1976 Itayanagi, Aomori 2002 2003*
Tōki Susumu 1 1974 Ichikawa, Chiba 2003 2003
Iwakiyama Ryūta 2 1976 Hirosaki, Aomori 2003 2005*
Shimotori Norio 1 1978 Arai, Niigata 2004 2004
Kakizoe Tōru 1 1978 Usa, Oita 2004 2004
Futen'ō Izumi 1 1980 Tamana, Kumamoto 2005 2005
Rohō Yukio 3 1980 Vladikavkaz, Russia 2006 2007*
Kokkai Futoshi 2 1981 Tbilisi, Georgia 2006 2006
Tokitenkū Yoshiaki 3 1979 Altanbulag, Mongolia 2007 2013*
Hakuba Takeshi 1 1983 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 2010 2010
Hōmashō Noriyuki 3 1981 Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi 2011 2012*
Wakakōyū Masaya 1 1984 Funabashi, Chiba 2012 2012
Gagamaru Masaru 1 1987 Tbilisi, Georgia 2012 2012
Shōhōzan Yūya 5 1984 Chikujo, Fukuoka 2013 2018*
Chiyoōtori Yūki 1 1992 Shibushi, Kagoshima 2014 2014
Chiyotairyū Hidemasa 2 1988 Arakawa, Tokyo 2014 2018*
Jōkōryū Takayuki 1 1988 Kita, Tokyo 2014 2014
Ōnoshō Fumiya 2 1996 Nakadomari, Aomori 2017 2018
Endō Shōta 5 1990 Anamizu, Ishikawa 2018 2020*
Hokutofuji Daiki 4 1992 Tokorozawa, Saitama 2019 2024*
Ryūden Gōshi 1 1990 Kofu, Yamanashi 2019 2019
Tobizaru Masaya 3 1992 Edogawa, Tokyo 2022 2023*
Nishikigi Tetsuya 2 1990 Morioka, Iwate 2023 2024*
Ura Kazuki 1 1992 Neyagawa, Osaka 2024 2024
Hiradoumi Yūki 2 2000 Hirado, Nagasaki 2024 2024
Ōshōma Degi 1 1997 Töv Province, Mongolia 2025 active

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* Wrestler held the rank on at least two separate occasions.

Trivia

The longest-serving komusubi of modern times, who did not achieve further promotion, has been Fujinishiki Akira who held the rank for 10 basho at seven separate occasions within six years, including a rare consecutive komusubi appearance and the only instance of a three-peat at that rank.

Futhermore no other komusubi failing to make sekiwake has ever managed to win a yusho. (although there have been additional instances of maegashira ranked wrestlers winning a championship but failing to reach san'yaku.)

Having defended a rank of komusubi or sekiwake for at least one tournament will qualify a wrestler to later become a sumo elder (toshiyori), while the many that fail to do so are subject to much stricter criteria.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "List of komusubi". Sumo reference.
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