List of sekiwake explained

This is a list of all sumo 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 the Tokyo and Osaka organizations. There are usually two active sekiwake. Wrestlers who went on to be promoted to ōzeki and yokozuna can be seen in the list of ōzeki and list of yokozuna.

The number of tournaments (basho) at sekiwake is also listed. Wrestlers who won a top division yūshō are indicated in bold. Active wrestlers (May 2023) are indicated by italics.

The longest-serving sekiwake of modern times, who did not achieve further promotion, have been Hasegawa and Kotonishiki who each held the rank for 21 tournaments (Kotomitsuki was ranked at sekiwake for 22 tournaments before being promoted to ōzeki).

List

Name Basho at rank BornFrom Promoted End of rank
Kiyosegawa Keinosuke[1] 51893Hiraka, Akita19211928*
Wakabayama Atsumi81895Chiba, Chiba19221927*
Dewagatake Bunjiro21902Kaminoyama19261928*
Yamanishiki Zenjiro21898Osaka19271928*
Nishikinada Yosaburo71900Aira, Kagoshima19281930*
Tenryū Saburō61903Hamamatsu19301932
Hatasegawa Kunishichiro51905Yuzawa, Akita19321934*
Okitsuumi Fukuo41910Munakata, Fukuoka19321933
Takanobori Hirochika41908Shimoina, Nagano19331935*
Ayagawa Goroji II11898Nishitsugaru, Aomori19351935
Shinkai Kozo21904Akita, Akita19351935
Oshio Seijiro11900Okawa, Fukuoka19361936
Kasagiyama Katsuichi21911Yamatokoriyama19371942*
Dewaminato Rikichi31907Shibata, Niigata19371943*
Asahigawa Kokichi11905Asahikawa19371937
Taikyuzan Takayoshi21908Tamano19371938
Ryogoku Kajinosuke III11907Nagasaki19381938
Tamanoumi Umekichi31912Omura, Nagasaki19381942*
Banjaku Kumataro11908Osaka19381938
Ayanobori Takezo11908Sendai19391939
Hishuzan Sakae31906Sasebo, Nagasaki19411942
Toyoshima Masao11919Osaka19431943
Sagamigawa Yoshinobu31917Atsugi, Kanagawa19431944
Futasegawa Masaichi11916Kitakatsuragi, Nara19441944
Terunobori Katsuhiko21922Rumoi19441948*
Kamikaze Shoichi41921Higashikagawa, Kagawa19441949*
Bishūyama Jun'ichi11919Fukuyama, Hiroshima19451945
Fudoiwa Mitsuo11924Kumamoto19461946
Kozuzan Yoshinobu11919Takaichi, Nara19471947
Rikidōzan Mitsuhiro31924Omura, Nagasaki19491950*
Tokitsuyama Jin'ichi101925Iwaki, Fukushima19541959*
Hajimayama Masanobu11922Hashima, Gifu19561956
Dewanishiki Tadao31925Sumida, Tokyo19561962*
Tsurugamine Akio21929Kajiki, Kagoshima19561962*
Tamanoumi Daitaro51923Oita, Oita19571959*
Haguroyama Sojō141934Shimokawa, Hokkaido19571962*
Kitanonada Noboru21923Abashiri, Hokkaido19571960*
Wakamaeda Eiichirō31930Nishibiwajima, Aichi19581959*
Shinobuyama Harusada31925Date, Fukushima19581958
Fusanishiki Katsuhiko31936Ichikawa, Chiba19591961*
Daigō Hisateru101937Marugame, Kagawa19601965*
Iwakaze Kakutaro51934Edogawa, Tokyo19611963*
Maedagawa Katsu21939Esashi, Iwate19611962*
Hagurohana Toji51936Nishiokoppe, Hokkaido19611964*
Oginohana Masaaki31935Mikatsuki, Saga19621963
Kainoyama Isamu31940Ryugasaki, Ibaraki19631968*
Aonosato Sakari11935Kuraishi, Aomori19631963
Wakachichibu Komei21939Chichibu, Saitama19631963
Kairyūyama Teruhisa21939Showa, Akita19641964*
Myobudani Yasuhiko51937Akan, Hokkaido19641967*
Wakamiyama Kōhei21943Toyama, Toyama19651966
Kōtetsuyama Toyoya11942Otaru, Hokkaido19671967
Fujinokawa Takeo21946Otofuke, Hokkaido19671970*
Hasegawa Katsuhiro211944Kurisawa, Hokkaido19691974*
Tochiazuma Tomoyori11944Soma, Fukushima19701970
Fukunohana Koichi11940Koshi, Kumamoto19711971
Mutsuarashi Yukio11943Tohoku, Aomori19711971
Takamiyama Daigorō81944Maui, Hawaii19721977*
Fujizakura Yoshimori21948Kofu, Yamanashi19741978*
Kurohimeyama Hideo81948Oumi, Niigata19741979*
Kirinji Kazuharu71953Kashiwa, Chiba19751979*
Kongō Masahiro11948Fukagawa, Hokkaido19751975
Washūyama Yoshikazu31949Kurashiki, Okayama19761977*
Arase Nagahide91949Ino, Kōchi19761980*
Kitaseumi Hiromitsu21948Setana, Hokkaido19761977*
Kaneshiro Kofuku11953Takanabe, Miyazaki19771977
Tamanofuji Shigeru61949Ogawa, Tochigi19781979*
Kurama Tatsuya11952Yasu, Shiga19781978
Tochiakagi Takanori61954Numata, Gunma19791980*
Kaiki Nobuhide11952Tenmabayashi, Aomori19791979
Ōzutsu Takeshi31956Yokkaichi, Mie19811983*
Daijuyama Tadaaki31959Niitsu, Niigata19811989*
Dewanohana Yoshitaka71951Nakasato, Aomori19821983*
Aobajō Yukio11948Sendai, Miyagi19831983
Masudayama Yasuhito11951Nanao, Ishikawa19831983
Tagaryū Shōji11958Hitachi, Ibaraki19831983
Kōbōyama Daizō11957Tsukidate, Fukushima19841984
Tōryū Kenji11958Kakogawa, Hyogo19841984
Hōō Tomomichi11956Gamagori, Aichi19841984
Sakahoko Nobushige121961Kajiki, Kagoshima19841989*
Kotogaume Tsuyoshi121963Yatsuo, Toyama19861990*
Mitoizumi Masayuki41962Mito, Ibaraki19861992*
Masurao Hiroo11961Itoda, Fukuoka19871987
Tochinowaka Kiyotaka71962Shimotsu, Wakayama19871992*
Tochitsukasa Tetsuo11958Nagoya, Aichi19881988
Terao Tsunefumi71963Kajiki, Kagoshima19891990*
Akinoshima Katsumi121967Toyota, Hiroshima19891999*
Kotofuji Takaya11964Shibata, Niigata19901990
Kotonishiki Katsuhiro211968Misato, Gunma19901997*
Takatōriki Tadashige151967Kobe, Hyogo19911998*
Wakashoyo Shunichi11966Nakano, Tokyo19931993
Tosanoumi Toshio71972Aki, Kōchi19972005*
Tamakasuga Ryōji11972Nomura, Ehime19971997
Kotonowaka Terumasa21968Obanazawa, Yamagata19991999
Hayateumi Hidehito11975Itayanagi, Aomori20002000
Wakanosato Shinobu171976Hirosaki, Aomori20012005*
Tochinonada Taiichi21974Nanao, Ishikawa20012001
Takanowaka Yūki21976Ikitsuki, Nagasaki20032003
Kyokutenhō Masaru31974Nalaikh, Mongolia20032004*
Tamanoshima Arata11977Izumizaki, Fukushima20042004
Hokutōriki Hideki11977Otawara, Tochigi20042004
Asasekiryū Tarō21981Ulaanbaatar Mongolia20072007
Aminishiki Ryūji61978Fukaura, Aomori20072012*
Toyonoshima Daiki51983Sukumo, Kōchi20082016*
Aran Hakutora11984Vladikavkaz, Russia20132013
Tochiōzan Yūichirō111987Aki, Kōchi20102016*
Myōgiryū Yasunari81986Takasago, Hyogo20122015*
Takekaze Akira11979Kitaakita, Akita20142014
Aoiyama Kōsuke21986Sofia, Bulgaria20142014
Ichinojō Takashi81993Arkhangai, Mongolia20142019*
Okinoumi Ayumi21985Okinoshima, Shimane20152016*
Yoshikaze Masatsugu41982Saiki, Oita20162017*
Kotoyūki Kazuyoshi11991Shōdoshima, Kagawa20162016
Ikioi Shōta11986Katano, Osaka20162016
Kaisei Ichirō11986São Paulo, Brazil20162016
Takarafuji Daisuke11987Nakadomari, Aomori20162016
Tamawashi Ichirō 81984Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia20172019*
Daieishō Hayato91993Asaka, Saitama20202024*
Takanoshō Nobuaki51994Kashiwa, Chiba20202022*
Meisei Chikara21994Setouchi, Kagoshima20212022
Wakatakakage Atsushi71994Fukushima, Fukushima20222023
Abi Masatora41994Koshigaya, Saitama2022active*
Wakamotoharu Minato61993Fukushima, Fukushima20232024*
Ōnosato Daiki12000Tsubata, Ishikawa2024active

* Wrestler held the rank on at least two separate occasions.

See also

Notes

  1. Web site: List of sekiwake. Sumo reference.