List of sumo record holders

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This is a list of records in professional sumo. Only performances in official tournaments or honbasho are included here. Since 1958 six honbasho have been held every year, giving wrestlers from the modern era more opportunities to accumulate championships and wins. Before this, tournaments were held less frequently; sometimes only once or twice per year.

Names in bold indicate a still active wrestler.

Contents

[edit] Most top division championships

This table does not include unofficial championships before the current yusho system was established in 1909.[1]

Name Total Years
1 Taiho 32 1961-71
2 Chiyonofuji 31 1981-90
3 Kitanoumi 24 1974-84
4= Asashoryu 22 2002-
4= Takanohana 22 1992-2001
5 Wajima 14 1972-81
6= Futabayama 12 1936-43
6= Musashimaru 12 1994-2002
8 Akebono 11 1992-2000
9= Tsunenohana 10 1921-30
9= Tochinishiki 10 1952-60
9= Wakanohana I 10 1956-60
9= Kitanofuji 10 1966-73

[edit] Most career wins

Name Wins Years Highest rank
1 Chiyonofuji 1045 1970-91 Yokozuna
2 Oshio 964 1962-88 Komusubi
3 Kitanoumi 951 1967-84 Yokozuna
4 Kaio 907 1988- Ozeki
5 Taiho 872 1956-71 Yokozuna
6 Terao 860 1979-2002 Sekiwake
7 Akinoshima 822 1982-2003 Sekiwake
8 Takamiyama 812 1964-84 Sekiwake
9 Mitoizumi 807 1978-2000 Sekiwake
10 Takanohana 794 1988-2003 Yokozuna

[edit] Most top division wins

Name Wins Years Highest rank
1 Chiyonofuji 807 1975-91 Yokozuna
2 Kitanoumi 804 1972-84 Yokozuna
3 Taiho 746 1960-71 Yokozuna
4 Kaio 739 1993- Ozeki
5 Musashimaru 706 1991-2003 Yokozuna
6 Takanohana 701 1990-2003 Yokozuna
7 Takamiyama 683 1968-84 Sekiwake
8 Konishiki 649 1984-97 Ozeki
9 Akinoshima 647 1988-2003 Sekiwake
9 Takanonami 647 1991-2004 Ozeki

[edit] Most consecutive wins

Name Wins Start End Defeated by
1 Futabayama 69 7th day January 1936 3rd day January 1939 Akinoumi
2 Tanikaze 63 1st day October 1778 6th day February 1782 Onogawa
3 Umegatani I 58 1st day April 1876 8th day January 1881 Wakashima
4 Tachiyama 56 9th day January 1912 7th day May 1916 Tochigiyama
5 Chiyonofuji 53 7th day May 1988 15th day November 1988 Onokuni

[edit] Best top division win ratios

Name Win-Loss Years rate
1 Raiden Tameemon 254-10 1790-1811 .962
2 Umegatani Tōtarō I 116-6 1874-1885 .951
3 Tanikaze Kajinosuke 258-14 1769-1794 .949
4 Jinmaku Kyūgorō 87-5 1858-1867 .946
5 Onogawa Kisaburō 144-13 1781-1797 .917

[edit] Most career bouts

Name Total Years Highest rank
1 Oshio 1891 1962-88 Komusubi
2 Terao 1795 1979-2002 Sekiwake
3 Takamiyama 1654 1964-84 Sekiwake
4 Aobajo 1630 1964-86 Sekiwake
5 Fujikazura 1613 1963-85 Sekiwake
6 Akinoshima 1575 1982-2003 Sekiwake
7 Mitoizumi 1564 1978-2000 Sekiwake
8 Kirinji 1562 1967-88 Sekiwake
9 Ozutsu 1561 1971-92 Sekiwake
10 Kurama 1552 1968-89 Sekiwake

[edit] Most top division bouts

Name Total Years Highest rank
1 Takamiyama 1430 1968-84 Sekiwake
2 Terao 1378 1979-2002 Sekiwake
3 Akinoshima 1283 1988-2003 Sekiwake
4 Kotonowaka 1260 1990-2005 Sekiwake
5 Kirinji 1221 1974-88 Sekiwake
6 Kaio 1196 1988- Ozeki
7 Ozutsu 1170 1979-1992 Sekiwake
8 Tsurugamine 1128 1953-67 Sekiwake
9 Konishiki 1117 1984-97 Ozeki
10 Tochinowaka 1114 1987-99 Sekiwake

[edit] Most special prizes

Special prizes or sanshō were first awarded in 1947. They can only be given to wrestlers ranked at sekiwake or below.

Name Total Outstanding
Performance		 Fighting
Spirit		 Technique Years Highest rank
1 Akinoshima 19 7 8 4 1988-99 Sekiwake
2 Kotonishiki 18 7 3 8 1990-98 Sekiwake
3 Kaio 15 10 5 0 1994-2000 Ozeki
4= Tsurugamine 14 2 2 10 1956-66 Sekiwake
4= Asashio 14 10 3 1 1979-83 Ozeki
4= Takatoriki 14 3 10 1 1990-2000 Sekiwake
7= Musoyama 13 5 4 4 1994-2000 Ozeki
7= Tosanoumi 13 7 5 1 1995-2003 Sekiwake
9 Tochiazuma 12 3 2 7 1996-2001 Ozeki
10= Takamiyama 11 6 5 0 1968-81 Sekiwake
10= Daiju 11 4 1 6 1970-73 Ozeki
10= Kirinji 11 4 4 3 1975-88 Sekiwake
10= Hoshi 11 3 3 5 1983-86 Yokozuna

[edit] Most gold stars

Gold stars or kinboshi are awarded to maegashira ranked wrestlers who defeat a yokozuna.

Name Total Years Highest rank
1 Akinoshima 16 1988-99 Sekiwake
2 Takamiyama 12 1968-78 Sekiwake
3= Tosanoumi 11 1995-2003 Sekiwake
3= Tochinonada 11 1998-2004 Sekiwake
5= Kitanonada 10 1954-61 Sekiwake
5= Annenyama 10 1955-61 Sekiwake
5= Tsurugamine 10 1955-61 Sekiwake
5= Dewanishiki 10 1949-63 Sekiwake
5= Ozutsu 10 1979-86 Sekiwake
10= Mitsuneyama 9 1944-57 Ozeki
10= Tamanoumi 9 1953-58 Sekiwake
10= Hasegawa 9 1965-74 Sekiwake
10= Fujizakura 9 1973-81 Sekiwake
10= Takatoriki 9 1990-98 Sekiwake

[edit] Fastest progress to top division

This table shows wrestlers with the fewest tournaments from their professional debut to their top division debut since the six tournaments a year system was introduced in 1958. It excludes makushita tsukedashi entrants who made their debut in the third makushita division.

Name Tournaments Pro Debut Top division debut Highest rank
1 Kotooshu 11 November 2002 September 2004 Ozeki
2= Itai 12 September 1978 September 1980 Komusubi
2= Konishiki 12 July 1982 July 1984 Ozeki
2= Tochiazuma 12 November 1994 November 1996 Ozeki
2= Asashoryu 12 January 1999 January 2001 Yokozuna
2= Tokitenku 12 July 2002 July 2004 Komusubi
2= Yoshikaze 12 January 2004 January 2006 Maegashira 9
2= Baruto 12 May 2004 May 2006 Maegashira 1
2= Sakaizawa 12 March 2006 March 2008 Maegashira 15
10= Asahifuji 13 January 1981 March 1983 Yokozuna
10= Takahanada 13 March 1988 May 1990 Yokozuna
10= Musashimaru 13 September 1989 November 1991 Yokozuna
10= Homasho 13 March 2004 May 2006 Maegashira 1
10= Tochiozan 13 January 2005 March 2007 Maegashira 4
10= Tochinoshin 13 March 2006 May 2008 Maegashira 14

[edit] Slowest progress to top division

Name Tournaments Pro Debut Top division debut Highest rank
1 Hoshiiwato 115 May 1970 July 1989 Maegashira 14
2 Kotokasuga 91 March 1993 May 2008 Maegashira 16
3 Kototsubaki 89 March 1976 January 1991 Maegashira 3
4 Toyozakura 88 March 1989 November 2003 Maegashira 5
5 Takanomine 87 September 1974 March 1989 Maegashira 12
6 Kitazakura 86 March 1987 July 2001 Maegashira 9
7 Daimanazuru 85 May 1992 July 2006 Maegashira 16
8 Onohana 84 March 1974 March 1988 Maegashira 13
9 Shinko 82 September 1966 May 1980 Maegashira 8
10= Chikubayama 81 March 1973 September 1986 Maegashira 13
10= Ryuho 81 March 1993 September 2006 Maegashira 16

[edit] Most top division tournaments

Name Total First Last
1 Takamiyama 97 January 1968 January 1984
2 Terao 93 March 1985 May 2001
3 Akinoshima 91 March 1988 May 2003
4 Kotonowaka 90 November 1990 November 2005
5 Kaio 89 July 1993
6 Kirinji 84 September 1974 September 1988
7= Chiyonofuji 81 September 1975 May 1991
7= Konishiki 81 July 1984 November 1997
9 Mitoizumi 79 September 1984 March 1999
10= Kitanoumi 78 January 1972 January 1985
10= Ozutsu 78 March 1979 January 1992

[edit] Most tournaments at Yokozuna

Name Total First Last
1 Kitanoumi 63 July 1974 January 1985
2 Chiyonofuji 59 September 1981 May 1991
3 Taiho 58 November 1961 May 1971
4 Takanohana II 49 January 1995 January 2003
5 Akebono 48 March 1993 January 2001
6= Kashiwado 47 November 1961 July 1969
6= Wajima 47 July 1973 March 1981
8= Asashoryu 32 March 2003
8= Chiyonoyama 32 September 1951 January 1959
10= Haguroyama 30 January 1942 September 1953
10= Hokutoumi 30 July 1987 May 1992

[edit] Most tournaments at Ozeki

Name Total First Last Ended by
1 Chiyotaikai 56 March 1999
2 Takanohana I 50 November 1972 January 1981 Retirement
3 Kaio 47 September 2000
4 Hokutenyu 44 July 1983 September 1990 Retirement
5 Konishiki 39 July 1987 November 1993 Demotion
6 Takanonami 37 March 1994 May 2000 Demotion
7 Asashio 36 May 1983 March 1989 Retirement
8 Yutakayama 34 March 1963 September 1968 Retirement
9= Kotozakura 32 November 1967 January 1973 Promotion to Yokozuna
9= Musashimaru 32 March 1994 May 1999 Promotion to Yokozuna

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Raiden is said to have won 28 tournaments between 1790 and 1810, Tanikaze 21 between 1772 and 1793, and Kashiwado 16 between 1812 and 1822. Tachiyama won two unofficial championships and nine official, giving him a total of 11.

[edit] References