This is a list of elders of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA). More accurately called "elder stock" or toshiyori kabu, these names are a finite number of licenses that can be passed on, and are strictly controlled by the JSA. They allow certain advantageous privileges and there are official criteria for whether or not a retiring wrestler can acquire one. In 1927, the number of licenses was set at 105. For more information see toshiyori.
This list is in approximate order of the current elders' rank in the organization. Members with borrowed kabu are always at the bottom of the hierarchy (aside from consultants) and are listed here with the name of the owner, if known. Elections to the Board of Directors are held every two years; the latest was in March 2024.
| Elder name | Ring name | Highest rank | Stable | Stablemaster? | Position/Rank | Date of birth | Mandatory retirement date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hakkaku | Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi | data-sort-value="a" | Yokozuna | Hakkaku | Yes | Chairman | 22 June 1963 | 2028 | ||
| Kasugano | Tochinowaka Kiyotaka | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Kasugano | Yes | Director | 22 May 1962 | 2027 | ||
| Sakaigawa | Ryōgoku Kajinosuke IV | data-sort-value="d" | Komusubi | Sakaigawa | Yes | Director | 30 July 1962 | 2027 | ||
| Dewanoumi | Oginohana Akikazu | data-sort-value="e02" | Maegashira 2 | Dewanoumi | Yes | Director | 18 November 1967 | 2032 | ||
| Shibatayama | data-sort-value="Onokuni" | Ōnokuni Yasushi | data-sort-value="a" | Yokozuna | Shibatayama | Yes | Director | 9 October 1962 | 2027 | |
| Isenoumi | Kitakachidoki Hayato | data-sort-value="e03" | Maegashira 3 | Isenoumi | Yes | Director | 1 January 1966 | 2031 | ||
| Sadogatake | Kotonowaka Terumasa | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Sadogatake | Yes | Director | 15 May 1968 | 2033 | ||
| Katsunoura | Kirinishiki Toshirō | data-sort-value="e02" | Maegashira 2 | Isenoumi | No | Director | 31 August 1962 | 2027 | ||
| Takadagawa | Akinoshima Katsumi | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Takadagawa | Yes | Director | 16 March 1967 | 2032 | ||
| Asakayama | Kaiō Hiroyuki | data-sort-value="b" | Ōzeki | Asakayama | Yes | Director | 24 July 1972 | 2037 | ||
| Fujishima | Musōyama Masashi | data-sort-value="b" | Ōzeki | Fujishima | Yes | Deputy Director | 14 February 1972 | 2037 | ||
| Wakamatsu | Asanowaka Takehiko | data-sort-value="e01" | Maegashira 1 | Takasago | No | Deputy Director | 11 December 1969 | 2034 | ||
| Kumegawa | Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro | data-sort-value="d" | Komusubi | Sadogatake | No | Deputy Director | 26 April 1962 | 2027 | ||
| Isegahama | Asahifuji Seiya | data-sort-value="a" | Yokozuna | Isegahama | Yes | Special Executive | 6 July 1960 | 2025 | ||
| Nishikido | Mitoizumi Masayuki | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Nishikido | Yes | Special Executive | 2 September 1962 | 2027 | ||
| Shiratama | Kototsubaki Katsuyuki | data-sort-value="e03" | Maegashira 3 | Sadogatake | No | Special Executive | 6 December 1960 | 2025 | ||
| Kokonoe | Chiyotaikai Ryūji | data-sort-value="b" | Ōzeki | Kokonoe | Yes | Special Executive | 29 April 1976 | 2041 | ||
| Nakadachi | Oginishiki Yasutoshi | data-sort-value="d" | Komusubi | Dewanoumi | No | Special Executive | 8 July 1971 | 2036 | ||
| Kabutoyama | data-sort-value="Oikari" | Ōikari Tsuyoshi | data-sort-value="e11" | Maegashira 11 | Isenoumi | No | Iin | 16 June 1972 | 2037 | |
| Tateyama | Homarefuji Yoshiyuki | data-sort-value="e06" | Maegashira 6 | Isegahama | No | Iin | 2050 | |||
| Jinmaku | Fujinoshin Tsukasa | data-sort-value="e01" | Maegashira 1 | Hakkaku | No | Iin | 6 November 1960 | 2025 | ||
| Oitekaze | Daishōyama Naoki | data-sort-value="e02" | Maegashira 2 | Oitekaze | Yes | Iin | 7 July 1966 | 2031 | ||
| Minato | Minatofuji Takayuki | data-sort-value="e02" | Maegashira 2 | Minato | Yes | Iin | 6 July 1968 | 2033 | ||
| Kise | Higonoumi Naoya | data-sort-value="e01" | Maegashira 1 | Kise | Yes | Iin | 23 September 1969 | 2034 | ||
| Kataonami | Tamakasuga Ryōji | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Kataonami | Yes | Iin | 7 January 1972 | 2037 | ||
| Inagawa | Futen'ō Izumi | data-sort-value="d" | Komusubi | Kise | No | Iin | 28 August 1980 | 2045 | ||
| Shikihide | data-sort-value="e09" | Maegashira 9 | Shikihide | Yes | Iin | 15 December 1971 | 2036 | |||
| Onoe | Hamanoshima Keishi | data-sort-value="d" | Komusubi | Onoe | Yes | Iin | 21 March 1970 | 2035 | ||
| Nakagawa | Asahisato Kenji | data-sort-value="e14" | Maegashira 14 | Tokitsukaze | No | Iin | 9 November 1965 | 2030 | ||
| Tokiwayama | Takamisugi Takakatsu | data-sort-value="d" | Komusubi | Tokiwayama | Yes | Iin | 1 March 1961 | 2026 | ||
| Oshiogawa | Takekaze Akira | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Oshiogawa | Yes | Iin | 21 June 1979 | 2044 | ||
| Nakamura | Yoshikaze Masatsugu | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Nakamura | Yes | Iin | 19 March 1982 | 2047 | ||
| Arashio | data-sort-value="Sokokurai" | Sōkokurai Eikichi | data-sort-value="e02" | Maegashira 2 | Arashio | Yes | Iin | 9 January 1984 | 2049 | |
| Yamahibiki | Ganyū Kenji | data-sort-value="e01" | Maegashira 1 | Yamahibiki | Yes | Iin | 6 August 1970 | 2035 | ||
| data-sort-value="Otake" | Ōtake | Dairyū Tadahiro | data-sort-value="f04" | Jūryō 4 | data-sort-value="Otake" | Ōtake | Yes | Iin | 30 September 1960 | 2025 |
| Yamawake | Buyūzan Takeyoshi | data-sort-value="e01" | Maegashira 1 | Fujishima | No | Iin | 29 July 1974 | 2039 | ||
| Musashigawa | Musashimaru Kōyō | data-sort-value="a" | Yokozuna | Musashigawa | Yes | Iin | 2 May 1971 | 2036 | ||
| Tagonoura | data-sort-value="e08" | Maegashira 8 | Tagonoura | Yes | Iin | 18 June 1976 | 2041 | |||
| Tamagaki | Tomonohana Shinya | data-sort-value="d" | Komusubi | data-sort-value="Oshima" | Ōshima | No | Iin | 23 June 1964 | 2029 | |
| data-sort-value="Onaruto" | Ōnaruto | Dejima Takeharu | data-sort-value="b" | Ōzeki | Fujishima | No | Iin | 21 March 1974 | 2039 | |
| Tatekawa | Tosanoumi Toshio | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Isenoumi | No | Iin | 16 February 1972 | 2037 | ||
| Urakaze | data-sort-value="e01" | Maegashira 1 | Arashio | No | Iin | 15 December 1970 | 2035 | |||
| Takenawa | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Kasugano | No | Iin | 26 February 1974 | 2039 | |||
| Futagoyama | Miyabiyama Tetsushi | data-sort-value="b" | Ōzeki | Futagoyama | Yes | Iin | 28 July 1977 | 2042 | ||
| Asahiyama | Kotonishiki Katsuhiro | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Asahiyama | Yes | Iin | 8 June 1968 | 2033 | ||
| Naruto | data-sort-value="Kotooshu" | Kotoōshū Katsunori | data-sort-value="b" | Ōzeki | Naruto | Yes | Iin | 19 February 1983 | 2048 | |
| Ikazuchi | Kakizoe Tōru | data-sort-value="d" | Komusubi | Ikazuchi | Yes | Iin | 12 August 1978 | 2043 | ||
| Azumazeki | Takamisakari Seiken | data-sort-value="d" | Komusubi | Hakkaku | No | Iin | 12 May 1976 | 2041 | ||
| Hanaregoma | Tamanoshima Arata | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Hanaregoma | Yes | Iin | 15 September 1977 | 2042 | ||
| data-sort-value="Oshima" | Ōshima | Kyokutenhō Masaru | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | data-sort-value="Oshima" | Ōshima | Yes | Iin | 13 September 1974 | 2039 |
| Tokitsukaze | Tosayutaka Yūya | data-sort-value="e01" | Maegashira 1 | Tokitsukaze | Yes | Iin | 10 March 1985 | 2050 | ||
| Takasago | Asasekiryū Tarō | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Takasago | Yes | Iin | 7 August 1981 | 2046 | ||
| Nishonoseki | Kisenosato Yutaka | data-sort-value="a" | Yokozuna | Nishonoseki | Yes | Iin | 3 July 1986 | 2051 | ||
| Hidenoyama | Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro | data-sort-value="b" | Ōzeki | Sadogatake | No | Iin | 30 January 1984 | 2049 | ||
| Ajigawa | Aminishiki Ryūji | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Ajigawa | Yes | Iin | 2043 | |||
| Fujigane | Daizen Takahiro | data-sort-value="d" | Komusubi | Kasugano | No | Iin | 14 December 1964 | 2029 | ||
| Hatachiyama | Tochinohana Hitoshi | data-sort-value="d" | Komusubi | Kasugano | No | Iin | 28 February 1973 | 2038 | ||
| Takasaki | Kinkaiyama Ryū | data-sort-value="e06" | Maegashira 6 | Dewanoumi | No | Iin | 7 January 1976 | 2041 | ||
| data-sort-value="Onomatsu" | Ōnomatsu | Daidō Kenji | data-sort-value="e08" | Maegashira 8 | data-sort-value="Onomatsu" | Ōnomatsu | Yes | Iin | 21 August 1982 | 2047 |
| Wakafuji | data-sort-value="Otsukasa" | Ōtsukasa Nobuhide | data-sort-value="e04" | Maegashira 4 | Kise | No | Iin | 18 February 1971 | 2036 | |
| Kumagatani | Tamaasuka Daisuke | data-sort-value="e09" | Maegashira 9 | Kataonami | No | Iin | 26 January 1983 | 2048 | ||
| Chiganoura | Satoyama Kōsaku | data-sort-value="e12" | Maegashira 12 | Onoe | No | Iin | 2046 | |||
| Mihogaseki | Tochisakae Atsushi | data-sort-value="e01" | Maegashira 1 | Kasugano | No | Iin | 27 June 1974 | 2039 | ||
| Shiranui | Wakakōyū Masaya | data-sort-value="d" | Komusubi | data-sort-value="Onomatsu" | Ōnomatsu | No | Iin | 24 February 1984 | 2049 | |
| Onogawa | Kitataiki Akeyoshi | data-sort-value="e02" | Maegashira 2 | Yamahibiki | No | Iin | 5 October 1982 | 2047 | ||
| Tatsunami | Asahiyutaka Katsuteru | data-sort-value="d" | Komusubi | Tatsunami | Yes | Iin | 10 September 1968 | 2033 | ||
| Edagawa | Aogiyama Hideki | data-sort-value="e01" | Maegashira 1 | Tokitsukaze | No | Iin | 18 February 1970 | 2035 | ||
| Tamanoi | Tochiazuma Daisuke | data-sort-value="b" | Ōzeki | Tamanoi | Yes | Iin | 9 November 1976 | 2041 | ||
| Tanigawa | data-sort-value="Hokutoriki" | Hokutōriki Hideki | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Kokonoe | No | Iin | 31 October 1977 | 2042 | |
| Matsugane | Tamarikido Hideki | data-sort-value="e08" | Maegashira 8 | Hanaregoma | No | Iin | 19 April 1974 | 2039 | ||
| Shikoroyama | Hōmashō Noriyuki | data-sort-value="d" | Komusubi | Shikoroyama | Yes | Iin | 16 April 1981 | 2046 | ||
| Takekuma | Gōeidō Gōtarō | data-sort-value="b" | Ōzeki | Takekuma | Yes | Iin | 6 April 1986 | 2051 | ||
| Hamakaze | Gojōrō Katsuhiro | data-sort-value="e03" | Maegashira 3 | Sadogatake | No | Iin | 18 August 1973 | 2038 | ||
| Sekinoto | Iwakiyama Ryūta | data-sort-value="d" | Komusubi | Sakaigawa | No | Iin | 2 March 1976 | 2041 | ||
| Matsuchiyama | Bushūyama Takashi | data-sort-value="e03" | Maegashira 3 | Fujishima | No | Iin | 21 May 1976 | 2041 | ||
| Nishiiwa | Wakanosato Shinobu | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Nishiiwa | Yes | Iin | 10 July 1976 | 2041 | ||
| Otowayama | Kakuryū Rikisaburō | data-sort-value="a" | Yokozuna | Otowayama | Yes | Iin | 10 August 1985 | 2050 | ||
| Kiyomigata | Tochiōzan Yūichirō | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Kasugano | No | Shunin | 2052 | |||
| Yamashina | Toyohibiki Ryūta | data-sort-value="e02" | Maegashira 2 | Sakaigawa | No | Shunin | 16 November 1984 | 2049 | ||
| Kasugayama | Ikioi Shōta | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Isenoumi | No | Shunin | 2051 | |||
| Minatogawa | Takakeishō Takanobu | data-sort-value="b" | Ōzeki | Tokiwayama | No | Iin taigu toshiyori | 2061 | |||
| Miyagino | Hakuhō Shō | data-sort-value="a" | Yokozuna | Isegahama[1] | No[2] | Toshiyori | 11 March 1985 | 2050 | ||
| Tomozuna | Kaisei Ichiro | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Asakayama | No | Toshiyori | 18 December 1986 | 2051 | ||
| Kimigahama | Okinoumi Ayumi | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Hakkaku | No | Toshiyori | 2050 | |||
| Magaki | Ishiura Shikanosuke | data-sort-value="e05" | Maegashira 5 | Isegahama | No | Toshiyori | 10 January 1990 | 2055 | ||
| Araiso | Kotoyūki Kazuyoshi | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Sadogatake | No | Toshiyori | 2 April 1991 | 2056 | ||
| Sanoyama | Chiyonokuni Toshiki | data-sort-value="e01" | Maegashira 1 | Kokonoe | No | Toshiyori | 2055 | |||
| Oguruma | Kotoekō Mitsunori | data-sort-value="e04" | Maegashira 4 | Sadogatake | No | Toshiyori | 2056 | |||
| Furiwake | Myōgiryū Yasunari | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Sakaigawa | No | Toshiyori | 22 October 1986 | 2051 | ||
| Iwatomo | Aoiyama Kōsuke | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Kasugano | No | Toshiyori | 19 June 1986 | 2051 | ||
| Tatsutagawa | data-sort-value="Hochiyama" | Hōchiyama Kōkan[3] | data-sort-value="e14" | Maegashira 14 | Sakaigawa | No | Toshiyori | 18 January 1982 | 2047 | |
| Nishikijima | data-sort-value="Shotenro" | Shōtenrō Taishi[4] | data-sort-value="e02" | Maegashira 2 | Fujishima | No | Toshiyori | 31 January 1982 | 2047 | |
| Kitajin | Tenkaihō Takayuki[5] | data-sort-value="e08" | Maegashira 8 | Onoe | No | Toshiyori | 14 October 1984 | 2049 | ||
| data-sort-value="Oyama" | Ōyama | Chiyoōtori Yūki[6] | data-sort-value="d" | Komusubi | Kokonoe | No | Toshiyori | 2057 | ||
| Izutsu | Akiseyama Mitsuhiko[7] | data-sort-value="e12" | Maegashira 12 | Kise | No | Toshiyori | 18 July 1985 | 2050 | ||
| Sendagawa | Tokushōryū Makoto[8] | data-sort-value="e02" | Maegashira 2 | Kise | No | Toshiyori | 22 August 1986 | 2051 | ||
| Minezaki | Misugiiso Takuya | data-sort-value="e02" | Maegashira 2 | Shibatayama | No | Consultant | 11 May 1956 | 2021/2026*[9] | ||
| Tatsutayama | Sasshūnada Yasutaka | data-sort-value="e01" | Maegashira 1 | Oitekaze | No | Consultant | 7 June 1957 | 2022/2027* | ||
| Takashima | data-sort-value="Koboyama" | Kōbōyama Daizō | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Oitekaze | No | Consultant | 15 August 1957 | 2022/2027* | |
| Kagamiyama | Tagaryū Shōji | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Isenoumi | No | Consultant | 15 February 1958 | 2023/2028* | ||
| Irumagawa | Tochitsukasa Tetsuo | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Ikazuchi | No | Consultant | 25 April 1958 | 2023/2028* | ||
| Michinoku | Kirishima Kazuhiro | data-sort-value="b" | Ōzeki | Otowayama | No | Consultant | 3 April 1959 | 2024/2029* | ||
| Hanakago | Daijuyama Tadaaki | data-sort-value="c" | Sekiwake | Takadagawa | No | Consultant | 11 April 1959 | 2024/2029* | ||
| Dekiyama | vacant[10] | |||||||||
| Kiriyama | vacant[11] | |||||||||
The sumo elder hierarchy from the top rank down is as follows:
Elders who do not own but borrow their elder names are always toshiyori. They are not allowed to be stablemasters.
is not a rank, but a group of independent councillors who act as a kind of supervisory board for the directors. Initially there were three Internal Councillors (Ōtake, Futagoyama and Minatogawa) and four External Councillors (persons outside the sumo world). The Internal Councillors were ranked as iin prior to taking office and returned to that rank at the conclusion of their four-year term. In March 2018 they were replaced by three former wrestlers who are completely outside the Sumo Association: Fujinokawa, Washūyama and Asanosho.