List of sumo tournament winners
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This is a list of wrestlers who have won the top division championship since 1927.[1] These official tournaments are held exclusively in Japan.
The first table below lists the champions since the six tournament system instituted in 1958. The championship is determined by the wrestler with the highest win-loss score after fifteen bouts, held at a rate of one per day over the duration of the 15 day tournament. In the event of a tie a play-off is held between the wrestlers concerned. [2] Names in italics mark an undefeated victory (a zenshō-yūshō). Figures in brackets mark the number of championships earned by the wrestler up to that point.
*Takahanada would later become the 2nd Takanohana.
*Tamanoshima would later become the 2nd Tamanoumi.
*Wakahanada would later become the 3rd Wakanohana.
*Wakamisugi would later become the 2nd Wakanohana.
The following tables list the champions before the introduction of the current tournament system. The system was less regularized between years, with a different number of tournaments held at different times and in different venues, and often with a changing number of bouts fought in each tournament.
| January | March | May | September | November | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Chiyonoyama (6) | Asashio (2) | Annenyama (1) | Tochinishiki (6) | Tamanoumi I (1) |
| New Year | Spring | Summer | Autumn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Kagamisato (3) | Asashio (1) | Wakanohana I (1) | Kagamisato (4) |
| 1955 | Chiyonoyama (4) | Chiyonoyama (5) | Tochinishiki (5) | Kagamisato (2) |
| 1954 | Yoshibayama (1) | Mitsuneyama (1) | Tochinishiki (3) | Tochinishiki (4) |
| 1953 | Kagamisato (1) | Tochinishiki (2) | Tokitsuyama (1) | Azumafuji (6) |
| Spring | Summer | Autumn | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Haguroyama (7) | Azumafuji (5) | Tochinishiki (1) |
| 1951 | Terukuni (2) | Chiyonoyama (3) | Azumafuji (4) |
| 1950 | Chiyonoyama (2) | Azumafuji (3) | Terukuni (1) |
| 1949 | Azumafuji (2) | Masuiyama (2) | Chiyonoyama (1) |
| 1948 | no tournament | Azumafuji (1) | Masuiyama (1) |
| 1947 | no tournament | Haguroyama (5) | Haguroyama (6) |
| 1946 | no tournament | no tournament | Haguroyama (4) |
| 1945 | no tournament | Bishuyama (1) | Haguroyama (3) |
| 1944 | Saganohana (1) | Haguroyama (2) | Maedayama (1) |
| 1943 | Futabayama (11) | Futabayama (12) | no tournament |
| 1942 | Futabayama (9) | Futabayama (10) | no tournament |
| 1941 | Futabayama (8) | Haguroyama (1) | no tournament |
| 1940 | Futabayama (7) | Akinoumi (1) | no tournament |
| 1939 | Dewaminato (1) | Futabayama (6) | no tournament |
| 1938 | Futabayama (4) | Futabayama (5) | no tournament |
| 1937 | Futabayama (2) | Futabayama (3) | no tournament |
| 1936 | Tamanishiki (9) | Futabayama (1) | no tournament |
| 1935 | Tamanishiki (7) | Tamanishiki (8) | no tournament |
| 1934 | Minanogawa (2) | Shimizugawa (3) | no tournament |
| 1933 | Minanogawa (1) | Tamanishiki (6) | no tournament |
| Spring | March | Summer | October | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Shimizugawa (1) | Okitsuumi (1) | Tamanishiki (5) | Shimizugawa (2) |
| 1931 | Tamanishiki (3) | Tamanishiki (4) | Musashiyama (1) | Ayazakura (1) |
| 1930 | Toyokuni (2) | Tsunenohana (10) | Yamanishiki (1) | Tamanishiki (2) |
| 1929 | Tamanishiki (1) | Toyokuni (1) | Tsunenohana (8) | Tsunenohana* (9) |
| 1928 | Hitachiiwa (1) | Noshirogata (1) | Tsunenohana (7) | Miyagiyama (2) |
| 1927 | Miyagiyama (1) | Tsunenohana (4) | Tsunenohana (5) | Tsunenohana (6) |
*tournament held in September
| January | May | |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | Tsunenohana (3) | Orochiyama (1) |
| 1925 | Tochigiyama (9) | Nishinoumi III (1) |
| 1924 | Tochigiyama (7) | Tochigiyama (8) |
| 1923 | Tochigiyama (6) | Tsunenohana (2) |
| 1922 | Tsurugahama (1) | Ōnishiki (5) |
| 1921 | Ōnishiki (4) | Tsunenohana (1) |
| 1920 | Ōnishiki (2) | Ōnishiki (3) |
| 1919 | Tochigiyama (4) | Tochigiyama (5) |
| 1918 | Tochigiyama (2) | Tochigiyama (3) |
| 1917 | Ōnishiki (1) | Tochigiyama (1) |
| 1916 | Nishinoumi II (1) | Tachiyama (9) |
| 1915 | Ōtori (2) | Tachiyama* (8) |
| 1914 | Tachiyama (7) | Ryōgoku (1) |
| 1913 | Ōtori (1) | Tachiyama (6) |
| 1912 | Tachiyama (4) | Tachiyama (5) |
| 1911 | Tachiyama* (2) | Tachiyama* (3) |
| 1910 | Hitachiyama (1) | Tachiyama* (1) |
| 1909 | see below** | Takamiyama* (1) |
*these tournaments were actually held the following month
**a new yusho system was introduced by the Mainichi newspaper in the second half of 1909, after this tournament. All championships predating the second tournament of 1909 are considered unofficial. As a consequence of this, yokozuna Hitachiyama had seven pre-1909 championships uncounted here, and yokozuna Tachiyama had two.
[edit] References
- ^ List of successive champions(1956-1965) (English). Nihon Sumo Kyokai. Retrieved on 2007-06-05.
- ^ Rules of Sumo: Tournament (English). Nihon Sumo Kyokai. Retrieved on 2007-06-05.
- ^ accessdate=2007-06-05 The Sumo Record Book (English). Nihon Sumo Kyokai.
