- the
division are the "titleholder" or san'yaku
ranks of yokozuna, ōzeki,
sekiwake and komusubi.
There are
typically 8–12 san'yaku wrestlers, with the remainder...
-
wrestlers whose pinnacle in the
sport has been the
third highest rank of
sekiwake and who held the rank in the
modern era of sumo
since the 1927
merger of...
-
stablemate Kisenosato). In
March 2017
Takayasu was back up to
sekiwake at West "
Sekiwake" #1.
Takayasu was able to win his
first 10 days straight, the...
- and his
third in
January 2022. All
three yūshō were won at the rank of
sekiwake.
Mitakeumi was born as
Hisashi Ōmichi on 25
December 1992 to
Haruo Ōmichi...
- ōzeki)
Annenyama (former
sekiwake)
Kitanonada (former
sekiwake)
Tokitsuyama (former
sekiwake)
Kurohimeyama (former
sekiwake) Mōkonami (former maegashira)...
- were
first awarded in 1947. They can only be
given to
wrestlers ranked at
sekiwake or below. For the
current list of
active special prize winners, see here...
- gap when an
official ōzeki was absent. The real
talents were
below the
sekiwake rank, and the ōzeki
rarely wrestled, and if they did, it was only against...
- well as two
kinboshi for
defeating yokozuna.
Tochinoshin was
demoted to
sekiwake after posting losing records in the
first two
tournaments of 2019, but...
- up to
stablemate Musōyama. He
followed that up with two 11–4
marks at
sekiwake rank in
March and May 2000.
After that
tournament he was
promoted to sumo's...
- grandfather,
former yokozuna Kotozakura, and
currently run by his father,
former sekiwake Kotonowaka. He made his
debut in
November 2015 and
reached the top makuuchi...
