List of sumo elders

This is a list of elders of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA). More accurately called "elder stock" or , these names are a finite number of licenses that can be passed on, and are strictly controlled by the JSA. They allow certain advantageous privileges and there are official criteria for whether or not a retiring wrestler can acquire one. In 1927, the number of licenses was set at 105. For more information see .

This list is in approximate order of the current elders' rank in the organization. Members with borrowed are always at the bottom of the hierarchy (aside from consultants) and are listed here with the name of the owner, if known. Elections to the Board of Directors are held every two years; the latest was in March 2024.

List of elders

+List of sumo elders as of January 2026 Elder name Ring name Highest rank Stable Rank Date of birth Name Position HakkakuHokutoumi NobuyoshiHakkakuMasterChairman2028 KasuganoTochinowaka KiyotakaKasuganoMasterDirector2027 SakaigawaRyōgoku Kajinosuke IVSakaigawaMasterDirector2027 DewanoumiOginohana Akikazu2DewanoumiMasterDirector2032 ShibatayamaŌnokuni YasushiShibatayamaMasterDirector2027 IsenoumiKitakachidoki Hayato3IsenoumiMasterDirector2031 SadogatakeKotonowaka TerumasaSadogatakeMasterDirector2033 Katsunoura Kirinishiki Toshirō2 IsenoumiCoachDirector2027 TakadagawaAkinoshima KatsumiTakadagawaMasterDirector2032 AsakayamaKaiō HiroyukiAsakayamaMasterDirector2037 FujishimaMusōyama MasashiFujishimaMasterDeputy Director2037 WakamatsuAsanowaka Takehiko1TakasagoCoachDeputy Director 2034 KumegawaKotoinazuma YoshihiroSadogatakeCoachDeputy Director2027 NishikidoMitoizumi MasayukiNishikidoMasterSpecial Executive2027 KokonoeChiyotaikai RyūjiKokonoeMasterSpecial Executive2041 NakadachiOginishiki YasutoshiDewanoumiCoachSpecial Executive2036 KabutoyamaŌikari Tsuyoshi11IsenoumiCoach2037 OitekazeDaishōyama Naoki2OitekazeMaster2031 MinatoMinatofuji Takayuki2MinatoMaster2033 Inagawa Futen'ō IzumiKiseCoach2045Shikimori HidegorōKitazakura Hidetoshi 9 ShikihideMaster2036 AsahiyamaKotonishiki KatsuhiroAsahiyamaMaster2033 NakagawaAsahisato Kenji14TokitsukazeCoach2030 TokiwayamaTakamisugi TakakatsuMinatogawaCoach2026 OshiogawaTakekaze AkiraOshiogawaMaster2044 NakamuraYoshikaze MasatsuguNakamuraMaster2047 ArashioSōkokurai Eikichi2ArashioMaster2049 YamahibikiGanyū Kenji1YamahibikiMaster2035 KataonamiTamakasuga RyōjiKataonamiMaster2037 Yamawake Buyūzan Takeyoshi1FujishimaCoach2039 MusashigawaMusashimaru KōyōMusashigawaMaster2036 Tagonoura Takanotsuru Shinichi 8TagonouraMaster 2041 Tamagaki Tomonohana ShinyaŌshimaCoach2029 ŌnarutoDejima TakeharuFujishimaCoach2039 Tatekawa Tosanoumi Toshio IsenoumiCoach2037 Urakaze Shikishima Katsumori 1ArashioCoach2035 FutagoyamaMiyabiyama TetsushiFutagoyamaMaster2042 Naruto Kotoōshū KatsunoriNarutoMaster2048 Ikazuchi Kakizoe TōruIkazuchiMaster2043 Azumazeki Takamisakari SeikenHakkakuCoach2041 Hanaregoma Tamanoshima ArataHanaregomaMaster2042 ŌshimaKyokutenhō MasaruŌshimaMaster2039 TokitsukazeTosayutaka Yūya1TokitsukazeMaster2050 TakasagoAsasekiryū TarōTakasagoMaster2046 NishonosekiKisenosato YutakaNishonosekiMaster 2051 HidenoyamaKotoshōgiku KazuhiroSadogatakeCoach 2049 OtowayamaKakuryū RikisaburōOtowayamaMaster2050 Ajigawa Aminishiki RyūjiAjigawaMaster2043 TateyamaHomarefuji Yoshiyuki6IsegahamaCoach2050 KiyomigataTochiōzan YūichirōKasuganoCoach2052 FujiganeDaizen TakahiroKasuganoCoach2029 HatachiyamaTochinohana HitoshiKasuganoCoach2038 TakasakiKinkaiyama Ryū6DewanoumiCoach2041 Ōnomatsu Daidō Kenji8ŌnomatsuMaster2047 Wakafuji Ōtsukasa Nobuhide4KiseCoach2036 Takenawa Tochinonada Taiichi KasuganoCoach2039 ŌtakeTamaasuka Daisuke9ŌtakeMaster2048 ChiganouraSatoyama Kōsaku12OnoeCoach2046 Mihogaseki Tochisakae Atsushi1KasuganoCoach2039 Shiranui Wakakōyū MasayaŌnomatsuCoach2049 Onogawa Kitataiki Akeyoshi2YamahibikiCoach2047 Tatsunami Asahiyutaka KatsuteruTatsunamiMaster2033 Edagawa Aogiyama Hideki1TokitsukazeCoach2035 TamanoiTochiazuma DaisukeTamanoiMaster2041 Tanigawa Hokutōriki HidekiKokonoeCoach2042 Matsugane Tamarikido Hideki8 HanaregomaCoach2039 OnoeHamanoshima KeishiOnoeMaster2035 ShikoroyamaHōmashō NoriyukiShikoroyamaMaster2046 TakekumaGōeidō GōtarōTakekumaMaster2051 Hamakaze Gojōrō Katsuhiro3SadogatakeCoach2038 Sekinoto Iwakiyama Ryūta SakaigawaCoach2041 MatsuchiyamaBushūyama Takashi3FujishimaCoach2041 Nishiiwa Wakanosato ShinobuNishiiwaMaster2041 YamashinaToyohibiki Ryūta2SakaigawaCoach2049 Kasugayama Ikioi ShōtaIsenoumiCoach2051 TomozunaKaisei IchiroAsakayamaCoach2051 KimigahamaOkinoumi AyumiHakkakuCoach2050 MinatogawaTakakeishō TakanobuMinatogawaMaster2061IsegahamaTerunofuji HaruoIsegahamaMaster2056 Kimura SeheiHigonoumi Naoya1KiseMaster2034 MagakiIshiura Shikanosuke5IsegahamaCoach2055 AraisoKotoyūki KazuyoshiSadogatakeCoach2056 SanoyamaChiyonokuni Toshiki1KokonoeCoach2055 OgurumaKotoekō Mitsunori4SadogatakeCoach2056 FuriwakeMyōgiryū YasunariSakaigawaCoach2051 IwatomoAoiyama KōsukeKasuganoCoach2051 SendagawaTokushōryū Makoto2KiseCoach2051 ŌyamaHokutofuji DaikiHakkakuCoach2057 KiriyamaTakarafuji DaisukeIsegahamaCoach2052 KitajinEndō ShōtaOitekazeCoach2055 TatsutagawaHōchiyama Kōkan14 SakaigawaCoach2047 DekiyamaShōtenrō Taishi2FujishimaCoach2047 NishikijimaChiyoōtori YūkiKokonoeCoach2057 MinezakiMisugiiso Takuya2Shibatayama CoachConsultant TatsutayamaSasshūnada Yasutaka1OitekazeCoachConsultant TakashimaKōbōyama DaizōOitekazeCoachConsultant KagamiyamaTagaryū ShōjiIsenoumiCoachConsultant Irumagawa Tochitsukasa TetsuoIkazuchiCoachConsultant MichinokuKirishima KazuhiroOtowayamaCoachConsultant HanakagoDaijuyama TadaakiTakadagawaCoachConsultant MiyaginoAsahifuji SeiyaIsegahamaCoachConsultant KumagataniDairyū Tadahiro4ŌtakeCoachConsultant JinmakuFujinoshin Tsukasa1HakkakuCoachConsultant ShiratamaKototsubaki Katsuyuki3SadogatakeCoachConsultant

Explanation of ranks The sumo elder hierarchy from the top rank down is as follows:

(elders re-hired as consultant between 65 and 70 years old)

Elders who do not own but borrow their elder names are always . They are not allowed to be stablemasters.

is not a rank, but a group of independent councillors who act as a kind of supervisory board for the directors. Initially there were three Internal Councillors (Ōtake, Futagoyama and Minatogawa) and four External Councillors (persons outside the sumo world). The Internal Councillors were ranked as prior to taking office and returned to that rank at the conclusion of their four-year term. In March 2018 they were replaced by three former wrestlers who are completely outside the Sumo Association: Fujinokawa, Washūyama and Asanosho.

List of sumo elders

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