List of yokozuna
This is a list of all sumo wrestlers who have reached the sport's highest rank of yokozuna. It was not recorded on the banzuke until 1890 and was not officially recognised as sumo's highest rank until 1909.

List of yokozuna

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Table Section Text: This is a list of all sumo wrestlers who have reached the sport's highest rank of yokozuna. It was not recorded on the banzuke until 1890 and was not officially recognised as sumo's highest rank until 1909.

No.	Name	(in Japanese)	Top Division Championships	Home Town	Promoted	Retired	Ring-entering Style	Elder name

1	Akashi Shiganosuke	明石 志賀之助	NA	Utsunomiya?	?	?	None

2	Ayagawa Gorōji	綾川 五郎次	NA	Tochigi?	?	?	None

3	Maruyama Gondazaemon	丸山 権太左衛門	NA	Miyagi	1749	1749 (died)	None

4	Tanikaze Kajinosuke	谷風 梶之助	21	Miyagi	1789	1795 (died)	None

5	Onogawa Kisaburō	小野川 喜三郎	7	Shiga	1789	1797	Onogawa

6	Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke	阿武松 緑之助	5	Ishikawa	1828	1835	Onomatsu

7	Inazuma Raigorō	稲妻 雷五郎	10	Ibaraki	1830	1839	None

8	Shiranui Dakuemon	不知火 諾右衛門	1	Kumamoto	1840	1844	Minato

9	Hidenoyama Raigorō	秀の山 雷五郎	6	Miyagi	1847	1850	Hidenoyama

10	Unryū Kyūkichi	雲龍 久吉	7	Fukuoka	1861	1865	Shiranui	Oitekaze

11	Shiranui Kōemon	不知火 光右衛門	3	Kumamoto	1863	1869	Unryū	Minato

12	Jinmaku Kyūgorō	陣幕 久五郎	5	Shimane	1867	1867	None

13	Kimenzan Tanigorō	鬼面山 谷五郎	7	Gifu	1869	1870	Shiranui	None

14	Sakaigawa Namiemon	境川 浪右衛門	5	Chiba	1877	1881	Sakaigawa

15	Umegatani Tōtarō I	梅ケ谷 藤太郎	9	Fukuoka	1884	1885	Ikazuchi

16	Nishinoumi Kajirō I	西ノ海 嘉治郎(初代)	2	Kagoshima	1890	1896	Izutsu

17	Konishiki Yasokichi I	小錦 八十吉	7	Chiba	1896	1901	Hatachiyama

18	Ōzutsu Man'emon	大砲 万右衛門	2	Miyagi	1901	1908	Matsuchiyama

19	Hitachiyama Taniemon	常陸山 谷右衛門	7	Ibaraki	1903	1914	Hitachiyama Particular style	Dewanoumi

20	Umegatani Tōtarō II	梅ヶ谷 藤太郎(二代目)	3	Toyama	1903	1915	Unryū	Ikazuchi

21	Wakashima Gonshirō	若島 権四郎	4	Chiba	1905	1907	Wakashima*

22	Tachiyama Mineemon	太刀山 峰右衛門	11	Toyama	1911	1918	Shiranui	Azumazeki*

23	Ōkido Moriemon	大木戸 森右衛門	10	Hyōgo	1912	1914	Minato

24	Ōtori Tanigorō	鳳 谷五郎	2	Chiba	1915	1920	Unryū	Miyagino

25	Nishinoumi Kajirō II	西ノ海 嘉治郎(二代目)	1	Kagoshima	1916	1918	Unryū	Izutsu

26	Ōnishiki Uichirō	大錦 卯一郎	5	Osaka	1917	1923	Unryū	None

27	Tochigiyama Moriya	栃木山 守也	9	Tochigi	1918	1925	Unryū	Kasugano

28	Ōnishiki Daigorō	大錦 大五郎	6	Aichi	1918	1922	Unryū	None

29	Miyagiyama Fukumatsu	宮城山 福松	6	Iwate	1922	1931	Unryū	Shibatayama

30	Nishinoumi Kajirō III	西ノ海 嘉治郎(三代目)	1	Kagoshima	1923	1928	Unryū	Asakayama

31	Tsunenohana Kan'ichi	常ノ花 寛市	10	Okayama	1924	1930	Unryū	Dewanoumi

32	Tamanishiki San'emon	玉錦 三右衛門	9	Kochi	1932	1938 (died)	Unryū	None

33	Musashiyama Takeshi	武蔵山 武	1	Kanagawa	1935	1939	Unryū	Dekiyama*

34	Minanogawa Tōzō	男女ノ川 登三	2	Ibaraki	1936	1942	Unryū	Minanogawa*

35	Futabayama Sadaji	双葉山 定次	12	Ōita	1937	1945	Unryū	Tokitsukaze

36	Haguroyama Masaji	羽黒山 政司	7	Niigata	1941	1953	Shiranui	Tatsunami

37	Akinoumi Setsuo	安藝ノ海 節男	1	Hiroshima	1942	1946	Unryū	Fujishima*

38	Terukuni Manzō	照國 万蔵	2	Akita	1942	1953	Unryū	Isegahama

39	Maedayama Eigorō	前田山 英五郎	1	Ehime	1947	1949	Unryū	Takasago

40	Azumafuji Kin'ichi	東富士 欽壱	6	Tokyo	1948	1954	Unryū	Nishikido*

41	Chiyonoyama Masanobu	千代の山 雅信	6	Hokkaido	1951	1959	Unryū	Kokonoe

42	Kagamisato Kiyoji	鏡里 喜代治	4	Aomori	1953	1958	Unryū	Tatsutagawa

43	Yoshibayama Junnosuke	吉葉山 潤之輔	1	Hokkaido	1954	1958	Shiranui	Miyagino

44	Tochinishiki Kiyotaka	栃錦 清隆	10	Tokyo	1954	1960	Unryū	Kasugano

45	Wakanohana Kanji I	若乃花 幹士(初代)	10	Aomori	1958	1962	Unryū	Futagoyama

46	Asashio Tarō III	朝潮 太郎	5	Hyōgo	1959	1962	Unryū	Takasago

47	Kashiwado Tsuyoshi	柏戸 剛	5	Yamagata	1961	1969	Unryū	Kagamiyama

48	Taihō Kōki	大鵬 幸喜	32	Hokkaido	1961	1971	Unryū	Taihō

49	Tochinoumi Teruyoshi	栃ノ海 晃嘉	3	Aomori	1964	1966	Unryū	Kasugano

50	Sadanoyama Shinmatsu	佐田の山 晋松	6	Nagasaki	1965	1968	Unryū	Nakadachi

51	Tamanoumi Masahiro	玉の海 正洋	6	Aichi	1970	1971 (died)	Shiranui	None

52	Kitanofuji Katsuaki	北の富士 勝昭	10	Hokkaido	1970	1974	Unryū	Jinmaku

53	Kotozakura Masakatsu	琴櫻 傑将	5	Tottori	1973	1974	Shiranui	Sadogatake

54	Wajima Hiroshi	輪島 大士	14	Ishikawa	1973	1981	Unryū	Hanakago*

55	Kitanoumi Toshimitsu	北の湖 敏満	24	Hokkaido	1974	1985	Unryū	Kitanoumi

56	Wakanohana Kanji II	若乃花 幹士(二代目)	4	Aomori	1978	1983	Unryū	Magaki

57	Mienoumi Tsuyoshi	三重ノ海 剛司	3	Mie	1979	1980	Unryū	Musashigawa

58	Chiyonofuji Mitsugu	千代の富士 貢	31	Hokkaido	1981	1991	Unryū	Kokonoe

59	Takanosato Toshihide	隆の里 俊英	4	Aomori	1983	1986	Shiranui	Naruto

60	Futahaguro Kōji	双羽黒 光司	0	Mie	1986	1988	Shiranui	None

61	Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi	北勝海 信芳	8	Hokkaido	1987	1992	Unryū	Hakkaku

62	Ōnokuni Yasushi	大乃国 康	2	Hokkaido	1987	1991	Unryū	Shibatayama

63	Asahifuji Seiya	旭富士 正也	4	Aomori	1990	1992	Shiranui	Isegahama

64	Akebono Tarō	曙 太郎	11	Hawaii, United States	1993	2001	Unryū	Akebono*

65	Takanohana Kōji	貴乃花 光司	22	Tokyo	1994	2003	Unryū	Takanohana

66	Wakanohana Masaru	若乃花 勝	5	Tokyo	1998	2000	Shiranui	Fujishima*

67	Musashimaru Kōyō	武蔵丸 光洋	12	Hawaii, United States	1999	2003	Unryū	Musashigawa

68	Asashōryū Akinori	朝青龍 明徳	25	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	2003	2010	Unryū	None

69	Hakuhō Shō	白鵬 翔	42	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	2007	active	Shiranui

70	Harumafuji Kōhei	日馬富士 公平	9	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	2012	2017	Shiranui	None

71	Kakuryū Rikisaburō	鶴竜 力三郎	5	Sükhbaatar Province, Mongolia	2014	active	Unryū

72	Kisenosato Yutaka	稀勢の里 寛	2	Ibaraki	2017	2019	Unryū	Araiso

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Tanikaze Kajinosuke (谷風梶之助, died 1795) was a sumo wrestler in Japan and is officially recognized as the fourth yokozuna.
Kajinosuke Tanikaze (died 1795) was a sumo wrestler in Japan who is officially recognized as the fourth yokozuna.
Tanikaze Kajinosuke (谷風梶之助) was a sumo wrestler in Japan officially recognized as the fourth yokozuna.

final_sentence: Tanikaze Kajinosuke (谷風梶之助, died 1795) was a sumo wrestler in Japan and is officially recognized as the fourth yokozuna.
final_sentence: Kajinosuke Tanikaze (died 1795) was a sumo wrestler in Japan who is officially recognized as the fourth yokozuna.
final_sentence: Tanikaze Kajinosuke (谷風梶之助) was a sumo wrestler in Japan officially recognized as the fourth yokozuna.