This is a list of all sumo wrestlers whose pinnacle in the sport has been the third highest rank of 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 and can be seen in the List of and List of .

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

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

The table is up to date as of the start of the July 2026 tournament.

List

Name Basho at rank Born From Promoted End of rankKiyosegawa Keinosuke51893Hiraka, Akita19211928*Wakabayama Atsumi81895Chiba, Chiba19221927*Dewagatake Bunjiro21902Kaminoyama19261928*Yamanishiki Zenjiro21898Osaka19271928*Nishikinada Yosaburo71900Aira, Kagoshima19281930*Tenryū Saburō61903Hamamatsu19301932Hatasegawa Kunishichiro51905Yuzawa, Akita19321934*Okitsuumi Fukuo41910Munakata, Fukuoka19321933Takanobori Hirochika41908Shimoina, Nagano19331935*Ayagawa Goroji II11898Nishitsugaru, Aomori19351935Shinkai Kozo21904Akita, Akita19351935Oshio Seijiro11900Okawa, Fukuoka19361936Kasagiyama Katsuichi21911Yamatokoriyama19371942*Dewaminato Rikichi31907Shibata, Niigata19371943*Asahigawa Kokichi11905Asahikawa19371937Taikyuzan Takayoshi21908Tamano19371938Ryogoku Kajinosuke III11907Nagasaki19381938Tamanoumi Umekichi31912Omura, Nagasaki19381942*Banjaku Kumataro11908Osaka19381938Ayanobori Takezo11908Sendai19391939Hishuzan Sakae31906Sasebo, Nagasaki19411942Toyoshima Masao11919Osaka19431943Sagamigawa Yoshinobu31917Atsugi, Kanagawa19431944Futasegawa Masaichi11916Kitakatsuragi, Nara19441944Terunobori Katsuhiko21922Rumoi19441948*Kamikaze Shoichi41921Higashikagawa, Kagawa19441949*Bishūyama Jun'ichi11919Fukuyama, Hiroshima19451945Fudoiwa Mitsuo11924Kumamoto19461946Kozuzan Yoshinobu11919Takaichi, Nara19471947Rikidōzan Mitsuhiro31924Omura, Nagasaki19491950*Tokitsuyama Jin'ichi101925Iwaki, Fukushima19541959*Hajimayama Masanobu11922Hashima, Gifu19561956Dewanishiki Tadao31925Sumida, Tokyo19561962*Tsurugamine Akio21929Kajiki, Kagoshima19561962*Tamanoumi Daitaro51923Oita, Oita19571959*Haguroyama Sojō141934Shimokawa, Hokkaido19571962*Kitanonada Noboru21923Abashiri, Hokkaido19571960*Wakamaeda Eiichirō31930Nishibiwajima, Aichi19581959*Shinobuyama Harusada31925Date, Fukushima19581958Fusanishiki Katsuhiko31936Ichikawa, Chiba19591961*Daigō Hisateru101937Marugame, Kagawa19601965*Iwakaze Kakutaro51934Edogawa, Tokyo19611963*Maedagawa Katsu21939Esashi, Iwate19611962*Hagurohana Toji51936Nishiokoppe, Hokkaido19611964*Oginohana Masaaki31935Mikatsuki, Saga19621963Kainoyama Isamu31940Ryugasaki, Ibaraki19631968*Aonosato Sakari11935Kuraishi, Aomori19631963Wakachichibu Komei21939Chichibu, Saitama19631963Kairyūyama Teruhisa21939Showa, Akita19641964*Myobudani Yasuhiko51937Akan, Hokkaido19641967*Wakamiyama Kōhei21943Toyama, Toyama19651966Kōtetsuyama Toyoya11942Otaru, Hokkaido19671967Fujinokawa Takeo21946Otofuke, Hokkaido19671970*Hasegawa Katsuhiro211944Kurisawa, Hokkaido19691974*Tochiazuma Tomoyori11944Soma, Fukushima19701970Fukunohana Koichi11940Koshi, Kumamoto19711971Mutsuarashi Yukio11943Tohoku, Aomori19711971Takamiyama Daigorō81944Maui, Hawaii19721977*Fujizakura Yoshimori21948Kofu, Yamanashi19741978*Kurohimeyama Hideo81948Oumi, Niigata19741979*Kirinji Kazuharu71953Kashiwa, Chiba19751979*Kongō Masahiro11948Fukagawa, Hokkaido19751975Washūyama Yoshikazu31949Kurashiki, Okayama19761977*Arase Nagahide91949Ino, Kōchi19761980*Kitaseumi Hiromitsu21948Setana, Hokkaido19761977*Kaneshiro Kofuku11953Takanabe, Miyazaki19771977Tamanofuji Shigeru61949Ogawa, Tochigi19781979*Kurama Tatsuya11952Yasu, Shiga19781978Tochiakagi Takanori61954Numata, Gunma19791980*Kaiki Nobuhide11952Tenmabayashi, Aomori19791979Ōzutsu Takeshi31956Yokkaichi, Mie19811983*Daijuyama Tadaaki31959Niitsu, Niigata19811989*Dewanohana Yoshitaka71951Nakasato, Aomori19821983*Aobajō Yukio11948Sendai, Miyagi19831983Masudayama Yasuhito11951Nanao, Ishikawa19831983Tagaryū Shōji11958Hitachi, Ibaraki19831983Kōbōyama Daizō11957Tsukidate, Fukushima19841984Tōryū Kenji11958Kakogawa, Hyogo19841984Hōō Tomomichi11956Gamagori, Aichi19841984Sakahoko Nobushige121961Kajiki, Kagoshima19841989*Kotogaume Tsuyoshi121963Yatsuo, Toyama19861990*Mitoizumi Masayuki41962Mito, Ibaraki19861992*Masurao Hiroo11961Itoda, Fukuoka19871987Tochinowaka Kiyotaka71962Shimotsu, Wakayama19871992*Tochitsukasa Tetsuo11958Nagoya, Aichi19881988Terao Tsunefumi71963Kajiki, Kagoshima19891990*Akinoshima Katsumi121967Toyota, Hiroshima19891999*Kotofuji Takaya11964Shibata, Niigata19901990Kotonishiki Katsuhiro211968Misato, Gunma19901997*Takatōriki Tadashige151967Kobe, Hyogo19911998*Wakashoyo Shunichi11966Nakano, Tokyo19931993Tosanoumi Toshio71972Aki, Kōchi19972005*Tamakasuga Ryōji11972Nomura, Ehime19971997Kotonowaka Terumasa21968Obanazawa, Yamagata19991999Hayateumi Hidehito11975Itayanagi, Aomori20002000Wakanosato Shinobu171976Hirosaki, Aomori20012005*Tochinonada Taiichi21974Nanao, Ishikawa20012001Takanowaka Yūki21976Ikitsuki, Nagasaki20032003Kyokutenhō Masaru31974Nalaikh, Mongolia20032004*Tamanoshima Arata11977Izumizaki, Fukushima20042004Hokutōriki Hideki11977Otawara, Tochigi20042004Asasekiryū Tarō21981Ulaanbaatar Mongolia20072007Aminishiki Ryūji61978Fukaura, Aomori20072012*Toyonoshima Daiki51983Sukumo, Kōchi20082016*Aran Hakutora11984Vladikavkaz, Russia20132013Tochiōzan Yūichirō111987Aki, Kōchi20102016*Myōgiryū Yasunari81986Takasago, Hyogo20122015*Takekaze Akira11979Kitaakita, Akita20142014Aoiyama Kōsuke21986Sofia, Bulgaria20142014Ichinojō Takashi81993Arkhangai, Mongolia20142019*Okinoumi Ayumi21985Okinoshima, Shimane20152016*Yoshikaze Masatsugu41982Saiki, Oita20162017*Kotoyūki Kazuyoshi11991Shōdoshima, Kagawa20162016Ikioi Shōta11986Katano, Osaka20162016Kaisei Ichirō11986São Paulo, Brazil20162016Takarafuji Daisuke11987Nakadomari, Aomori20162016Tamawashi Ichirō 81984Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia20172019*Daieishō Hayato141993Asaka, Saitama20202025*Takanoshō Nobuaki51994Kashiwa, Chiba20202022*Meisei Chikara21994Setouchi, Kagoshima20212022Wakatakakage Atsushi101994Fukushima, Fukushima20222026*Abi Masatora51994Koshigaya, Saitama20222024*Wakamotoharu Minato71993Fukushima, Fukushima20232025*Ōhō Kōnosuke22000Kōtō, Tokyo20252025*Atamifuji Sakutarō32002Atami, Shizuoka2026activeKotoshōhō Yoshinari21999Kashiwa, Chiba20262026Fujinokawa Seigō12002Edogawa, Tokyo2026active

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

Trivia The longest-serving of modern times, who could not secure further promotion, have been Hasegawa and Kotonishiki who each held the rank for 21 tournaments, with the former failing despite achieving a consecutive and at the rank. (Kotomitsuki was ranked at for 22 tournaments but ultimately promoted to .)

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

See also Glossary of sumo terms List of active sumo wrestlers List of past sumo wrestlers List of sumo top division champions List of sumo top division runners-up

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