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List of komusubi
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This is a list of all sumo wrestlers whose pinnacle in the sport has been the fourth highest rank of komusubi 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 sekiwake, ōzeki or yokozuna can be seen in the List of sekiwake, List of ōzeki and List of yokozuna.
While it is required and most common for each rankings chart (banzuke) to list exactly two wrestlers at this rank, instances of three or even four active komusubi have occurred on rare occasions.
The number of tournaments (basho) at komusubi is also listed. Wrestlers who won a top division championship (yūshō) are indicated in bold. Active wrestlers are indicated by italics.
The table is up to date as of the July 2025 tournament.
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* Wrestler held the rank on at least two separate occasions.
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The longest-serving komusubi of modern times, who did not achieve further promotion, has been Fujinishiki Akira who held the rank for 10 basho at seven separate occasions within six years, including a rare consecutive komusubi appearance and the only instance of a three-peat at that rank.
Futhermore no other komusubi failing to make sekiwake has ever managed to win a yusho. (although there have been additional instances of maegashira ranked wrestlers winning a championship but failing to reach san'yaku.)
Having defended a rank of komusubi or sekiwake for at least one tournament will qualify a wrestler to later become a sumo elder (toshiyori), while the many that fail to do so are subject to much stricter criteria.
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