This is a list of all sumo wrestlers whose pinnacle in the sport has been the fourth 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 , or can be seen in the List of , 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 rankManazuru Shugoro51902Tenri, Nara19281929*Tomoegata Seiichi11911Hakodate, Hokkaido19351935Wakashima Saburo11906Hidaka, Wakayama19371937Kyūshuzan Yoshio11913Yamada, Fukuoka19381938Matsuragata Tatsuya11915Higashimatsuura, Saga19421942Sakuranishiki Morihiro21916Kitatsugaru, Aomori19471948*Kotonishiki Noboru31922Kan'onji, Kagawa19471952*Itsutsuumi Yoshio11922Minami-Matsuura, Nagasaki19491949Wakasegawa Taiji11920Amagasaki, Hyogo19501950Shimizugawa Akio31925Akashi, Hyogo19511958*Wakabayama Sadao11922Yame, Fukuoka19511951Kuninobori Kunio21925Itabashi, Tokyo19541954*Miyanishiki Hiroshi11927Miyako, Iwate19551955Otachi Danemon11923Kaho, Fukuoka19551955Naruyama Akira11931Sumoto, Hyogo19561956Wakanoumi Masateru31931Ikawa, Akita19571960*Yoshakayama Tsunenori11931Shingu, Fukuoka19581958Ōhikari Sadayuki21927Kamiiso, Hokkaido19581958*Shionishiki Yoshiaki11924Shimomashiki, Kumamoto19591959Fujinishiki Akira101937Kofu, Yamanashi19601967*Toyokuni Susumu11937Nakatsu, Oita19621962Kanenohana Takeo11936Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama19621962Hirokawa Taizo11937Yokosuka, Kanagawa19641964Wakanami Jun31941Iwai, Ibaraki19641971*Sawahikari Yukio11941Tokoro, Hokkaido19641964Futagodake Takeshi31943Kanagi, Aomori19671968*Wakafutase Tadayuki31942Minami-ku, Nagoya19681969*Ryūko Seihō41941Ota, Tokyo19701975*Yutakayama Hiromitsu41947Hiraka, Akita19721977*Haguroiwa Tomomi11946Nobeoka, Miyazaki19731973Ōnishiki Ittetsu11953Hamochi, Niigata19731973Wakajishi Shigenori11948Kamikita, Aomori19761976Ōshio Kenji11948Kitakyushu, Fukuoka19781978Banryūyama Takaharu11951Tatsuno, Hyogo19781978Aobayama Hirotoshi31950Osato, Miyagi19791980*Tamakiyama Masanori11951Maebaru, Fukuoka19791979Futatsuryū Jun'ichi11950Muroran, Hokkaido19791979Kurosegawa Kuniyuki21951Higashimurayama, Tokyo19801982*Sadanoumi Kōji41956Sakai, Osaka19821984*Ōyutaka Masachika11955Horinouchi, Niigata19831983Daitetsu Tadamitsu11956Ono, Fukui19871987Hananoumi Ken21960Ikawa, Akita19871989*Ryōgoku Kajinosuke IV41962Nagasaki, Nagasaki19871990*Maenoshin Yasuo11961Chikuho, Fukuoka19871987Tamaryū Daizō11954Nagasaki, Nagasaki19871987Jingaku Takashi21959Shibushi, Kagoshima19871990*Misugisato Kōji31962Shigaraki, Shiga19891992*Itai Keisuke11956Usuki, Oita19891989Takanofuji Tadao11963Ota, Tokyo19901990Takamisugi Takakatsu21961Kawasaki, Kanagawa19911993*Tomoefuji Toshihide11971Kazuno, Akita19921992Kyokudōzan Kazuyasu31964Tokunoshima, Kagoshima19921993*Daishōhō Masami31967Toyohira-ku, Sapporo19931996*Tomonohana Shinya11964Yatsushiro, Kumamoto19941994Daizen Takahiro11964Naniwa-ku, Osaka19941994Hamanoshima Keishi11970Uto, Kumamoto19941994Mainoumi Shūhei11968Ajigasawa, Aomori19941994Naminohana Kazutaka11969Namioka, Aomori19951995Kenkō Satoshi21967Moriguchi, Osaka19951995*Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro11962Niiharu, Gunma19951995Asahiyutaka Katsuteru31968Kasugai, Aichi19961996*Kyokushūzan Noboru11973Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia19971997Oginishiki Yasutoshi11971Ichikawa, Chiba19971997Chiyotenzan Daihachirō11976Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka19991999Tochinohana Hitoshi11973Kuji, Iwate20002000Wakanoyama Hiroshi11972Gobo, Wakayama20012001Kaihō Ryōji11973Fukaura, Aomori20012001Takamisakari Seiken21976Itayanagi, Aomori20022003*Tōki Susumu11974Ichikawa, Chiba20032003Iwakiyama Ryūta21976Hirosaki, Aomori20032005*Shimotori Norio11978Arai, Niigata20042004Kakizoe Tōru11978Usa, Oita20042004Futen'ō Izumi11980Tamana, Kumamoto20052005Rohō Yukio31980Vladikavkaz, Russia20062007*Kokkai Futoshi21981Tbilisi, Georgia20062006Tokitenkū Yoshiaki31979Altanbulag, Mongolia20072013*Hakuba Takeshi11983Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia20102010Hōmashō Noriyuki31981Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi20112012*Wakakōyū Masaya11984Funabashi, Chiba20122012Gagamaru Masaru11987Tbilisi, Georgia20122012Shōhōzan Yūya51984Chikujo, Fukuoka20132018*Chiyoōtori Yūki11992Shibushi, Kagoshima20142014Chiyotairyū Hidemasa21988Arakawa, Tokyo20142018*Jōkōryū Takayuki11988Kita, Tokyo20142014Ōnoshō Fumiya21996Nakadomari, Aomori20172018Endō Shōta51990Anamizu, Ishikawa20182020*Hokutofuji Daiki41992Tokorozawa, Saitama20192024*Ryūden Gōshi11990Kofu, Yamanashi20192019Tobizaru Masaya31992Edogawa, Tokyo20222023*Nishikigi Tetsuya21990Morioka, Iwate20232024*Ura Kazuki11992Neyagawa, Osaka20242024Hiradoumi Yūki22000Hirado, Nagasaki20242024Ōshōma Degi11997Töv Province, Mongolia20252025Yoshinofuji Naoya12001Uto, Kumamoto20262026Hakunofuji Tetsuya12003Kurayoshi, Tottori2026active

* Wrestler held the rank on at least two occasions.

Trivia The longest-serving of modern times, who did not achieve further promotion, has been Fujinishiki Akira who held the rank for 10 at seven occasions within six years, including the rare feats of a consecutive appearance and a three-peat at that rank. (Many others have held the rank for longer but were ultimately promoted further.)

Furthermore, no other failing to make has ever managed to win a . (Although there have been additional instances of ranked wrestlers winning a championship but failing to reach .)

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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