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List of sumo record holders

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List of sumo record holders
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This is a list of records held by wrestlers of professional sumo. Only performances in official tournaments or honbasho are included here. Since 1958, six honbasho have been held every year, giving wrestlers from the modern era more opportunities to accumulate championships and wins. Before this, tournaments were held less frequently; sometimes only once or twice per year.

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The Rikishi Monument for Over 50 Consecutive Wins at Tomioka Hachiman Shrine. As of November 2014, the monument carries the names of Tanikaze (63 consecutive wins), Umegatani (58), Tachiyama (56), Futabayama (69), Chiyonofuji (53) and Hakuhō (63).

Names in bold indicate a still active wrestler.

The tables are up to date as of the end of the July 2025 tournament.

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Most top division championships

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Most wins

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Most consecutive wins

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Most consecutive wins from entry into sumo

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Best top division win ratios

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Most bouts

Losses by default are excluded.

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Most consecutive bouts

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Most tournaments

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The March 2011 and May 2020 tournaments were cancelled for all wrestlers and are disregarded in these totals.
Tournaments sat out by individual wrestlers are included, with the exception of "outside the banzuke" status (banzuke-gai).

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Progress to top division

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The table for the fastest progress shows wrestlers with the fewest tournaments from their professional debut to their top division debut since the six tournaments a year system was introduced in 1958. It excludes makushita tsukedashi and sandanme tsukedashi entrants who made their debut in the third makushita division and the fourth sandanme division.

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Most special prizes

Special prizes or sanshō 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.

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Most gold stars

Gold stars or kinboshi are awarded to maegashira ranked wrestlers who defeat a yokozuna. For a list of current kinboshi earners, see here.

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Youngest Yokozuna at Time of Promotion

Yokozuna by their age at the time of promotion, showing both years and months for added detail.

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Notes

  1. The winning streaks of Tanikaze, Umegatani, and Tachiyama were interrupted by draws and rest days. The others listed were all wins only.
  2. Playoff matches, whether victories or defeats, are not included. Jōkōryū lost a playoff match in September 2011, and Fujiseiun in July 2021. Itai won one in January 1979. Bouts in maezumo are unofficial and also not included.
  3. Losses by default are excluded, but wins by default are included; as is standard in sumo records.
  4. Tamawashi was forced to withdraw from Day 13 of the July 2022 tournament under COVID-19 protocols. The Japan Sumo Association has said his streak should be recognized as continuing.
  5. Yoshiazuma was forced to withdraw from the September 2020 tournament and Day 11 of the July 2022 tournament under COVID-19 protocols. However, this was not considered an interruption to his streak of consecutive appearances.

References

  • Japan Sumo Association
  • Sumo Reference
  • The Sumo Colosseum
  • Grand Sumo, Lora Sharnoff, Weatherhill, 1993. ISBN 0-8348-0283-X
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