List of sumo tournament second division champions explained

This is a list of wrestlers who have won the sumo second division jūryō championship since 1909, when the current championship system was established. These official tournaments are held exclusively in Japan.[1]

The wrestler who has won the most jūryō championships is Masurao, with five. Wakanami, Tagaryū, Ichinojō, Terunofuji and Asanoyama are the only wrestlers to have won a jūryō championship after winning a top division or makuuchi title. The only wrestlers to win the jūryō championship but never earn promotion to the top division are Genbuyama (1927), Sagahikari (1957), Tochiizumi (1983), Hidenohana (1988), Daigaku (1991),[2] Hakuyozan (2021) and Tochimusashi (2022).

1958 to present

The first table below lists the champions since the six tournament system instituted in 1958.[3] 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.[4] Names in bold mark an undefeated victory (a zenshō-yūshō). Figures in brackets mark the number of championships earned up to that tournament for wrestlers who won the championship more than once.

January March MayJuly September November
year
in sumo
TokyoOsakaTokyoNagoyaTokyoKyushu
2024 Mitoryu (2)
2023 Ichinojō (2) AtamifujiIchiyamamoto (2) Kotoshoho (3)
2022 Kotoshoho (2)Ryūden (1)Ryūden (2) Ōshōma
2021 Tsurugisho (2)Mitoryu (1)Abi (2) Ichiyamamoto (1)
2020 Terunofuji (2)Kotoshohono tournament MeiseiChiyonokuni (3)Midorifuji
2019 Shimanoumi (1)Shimanoumi (2)Ikioi (2)Azumaryu
2018 Myōgiryū (3) Takanoiwa (2) Tomokaze
2017 Toyohibiki (3) Abi (1) Sōkokurai
2016 Chiyonokuni (2) DaikiSatō
2015 Kitataiki (2) Shōdai
2014 Ichinojō (1) Tochinoshin (2) Tochinoshin (3) Tokitenkū (2)
2013 Takanoiwa (1) Terunofuji (1) Chiyoōtori
2012 Tamaasuka (2) Chiyonokuni (1) Sadanofuji
2011 Kasugaō (2) no tournament Myōgiryū (1) Myōgiryū (2)
2010 Kimurayama (2) Bushūyama (2) Toyonoshima (2) Kaisei
2009 Shōtenrō (2) Toyohibiki (2) Tamaasuka (1) Wakanosato (4) Kitataiki (1)
2008 Tochinoshin (1) Kimurayama (1) Bushūyama (1) Shōtenrō (1)
2007 Toyohibiki (1) Baruto (2) Iwakiyama (2) Baruto (3) Sakaizawa
2006 Tochinonada (2) Baruto (1) Jūmonji
2005 Ōtsukasa (2) Tochisakae (2) Tokitsuumi (2) Tōki
2004 Wakanoyama (2) Tokitenkū (1) AmaIshide*
2003 Tochisakae (1) Kokkai
2002 Iwakiyama (1) Kasugaō
2001 TamanonadaAogiyama (2) Ōikari (2)
2000 Oginishiki (2) Wakanosato (2) Wakanosato (3) Kinkaiyama (3)
1999 Miyabiyama (2) Daizen (3) Ōtsukasa (1) Kinkaiyama (2) Oginishiki (1)
1998 Kinkaiyama (1) Kushimaumi (3) Ōikari (1) Miyabiyama (1)
1997 Chiyotaikai (1) Tokitsuumi (1) Chiyotaikai (2) Oginohana (4) Wakanosato (1)
1996 Rikiō (1) Kyokūshuzan (2) Rikiō (2) Daizen (2) Tochinonada (1)
1995 Tokitsunada (2) Tosanoumi (2) Kyokūshuzan (1) Wakanoyama (1)
1994 Naminohana (1) Oginohana (3) Tatsuhikari (2) Naminohana (2) Tosanoumi (1)
1993 Aogiyama (1) Tokitsunada (1) Tatsuhikari (1) Asanowaka
1992 Toyonoumi (2) Komafudō
1991 Daizen (1) Daigaku
1990 Masurao (4) Masurao (5) WakahanadaOginohana (2) Daikikō
1989 Tochitsukasa (1) Kushimaumi (1) Kushimaumi (2) Tochitsukasa (2) Oginohana (1)
1988 Wakasegawa (3) Takanohama
  • (1)
Masurao (3)
1987 Ōnohana (1) Ōnohana (2)Hōō (4)
1986 Masurao (2) Tochinowaka
1985 Terao (1) Terao (2) Masurao (1) Wakasegawa (2)
1984 Ōnishiki (4) Konishiki (1) Konishiki (2) KitaoKotochitose (2)
1983 Washūyama (3) HoshiHōō (2) Hōō (3)
1982 Shishihō (2)Wakasegawa (1) Shishihō (3) Banryūyama (4)
1981 Kōtetsuyama II
  • (2)
AzumanadaHōō (1) Wakajishi
1980 Taikō (2) Ōnishiki (3) Kōtetsuyama II
  • (1)
Ōshio (3)
1979 Ōshio (2) Mitsuruyama
  • (1)
Kotochitose (1)
1978 Taikō (1) Washūyama (1) Washūyama (2) Taniarashi
1977 Ōnishiki (2) Chiyozakura (2) Tamakiyama (2)
1976 Banryūyama (3) Adachi
1975 Banryūyama (2) Tamakiyama (1) Futatsuryū II (1) Futatsuryū II (2)
1974 Chiyozakura (1) Kawasaki (2) Tokibayama (2) Asanobori (4) Banryūyama (1)
1973 Ryūko (2) Obori
  • (1)
Asanobori (3) Tokibayama (1)
1972 Asanobori (2) Daiyū (2) Tochifuji (2) Wakafutase (2)
1971 Nagahama
  • (2)
Ōshio (1)
1970 Kongō (1) Kongō (2) Nagahama
  • (1)
1969 Asanobori (1) Asasegawa (2) Kawasaki
  • (1)
WakanamiTakanohana I (2)
1968 Ryūko (1) Yoshinohana (2) Hanada II
  • (1)
Kaigō
1967 Tensuiyama (2) Wakafutase (1) Tochiazuma IWakanokuni (3)
1966 DaimonjiKanenohana
1965 Wakanokuni (2) Tensuiyama (1) Kiyonomori (2) Amatsukaze (2) HanahikariTamaarashi (2)
1964 Wakatenryū (2) Asasegawa (1) Hasegawa (1) Yoshinohana (1)Oiteyama
1963 Kotozakura (2) Daiyū (1) Kirinji ISawahikariKitanofuji
1962 Arakiyama
  • (2)
Amatsukaze (1) Tamaarashi (1) Kotozakura (1) Wakatenryū (1)Okanoyama
1961 Takanishiki (2) Kiyonomori (1) Wakachichibu (2) ŌtsukaUchida
1960 Yasome (2) Hanada IArakiyama
  • (1)
Wakakoma
1959 Yasome (1) Wakanokuni (1) Hoshikabuto (2) UdagawaTaihō
1958 TogashiWakachichibu (1) Aonosato (1) KitabayamaAonosato (2)

*Adachi later became Zaonishiki
*Ama later became Harumafuji
*Arakiyama later became Niigiyama
*Azumanada later became Misugiiso
*Daiki later became Hokutofuji
*Daikikō later became Terunoumi
*Hanada I later became Tochinoumi
*Hanada II later became Takanohana I
*Hoshi later became Hokutoumi
*Ishide later became Shunketsu
*Kawasaki later became Taiga
*Kirinji I later became Daikirin
*Kitao later became Futahaguro
*Kōtetsuyama II later became Itai
*Mitsuruyama later became Shishihō
*Nagahama later became Yutakayama II
*Obori later became Ōnishiki
*Satō later became Takakeishō
*Takanohama later became Toyonoumi
*Tamanonada later became Tamanoshima
*Taniarashi later became Yamaguchi
*Togashi later became Kashiwado
*Uchida later became Yutakayama I
*Wakahanada later became Wakanohana III

1909 to 1957

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.

New Year Spring SummerAutumn
TokyoOsakaTokyoTokyo
1956
1955 Hoshikabuto (1) Tochihikari
1954 Wakanoumi I (2)
1953 Naruyama (1) Naruyama (2)
Spring SummerAutumn
TokyoTokyoTokyo
1952 ImaoshimaKakureizan
1951
1950 Yonekawa
1949
1948 no tournamentKuninobori (2)
1947 no tournamentKuninobori (1)
1946 no tournamentno tournament Iwahira
1945 no tournament
1944
1943 no tournament
1942 Surugaumi (1) Surugaumi (2) no tournament
1941 no tournament
1940 no tournament
1939 no tournament
1938 no tournament
1937 Kinkazan (2) no tournament
1936 Onami (2) no tournament
1935 Kasagiyama no tournament
1934 Dewaminato I no tournament
1933 no tournament
Spring March SummerOctober
TokyovariedTokyovaried
1932 Onami (1) Ononishiki
1931 Kinkazan (1) Kaneminato
1930 AyazakuraOkitsuumi (1) Okitsuumi (2)
1929 Musashiyama Shimizugawa (1) Shimizugawa (2) Ōshima†
1928 Wakashima (1) Wakashima (2)
1927 Shinkai 'Hatasegawa (1) Hatasegawa (2)

tournament held in September

SpringSummer
1926 Takaragawa Hoshikabuto
1925
1924 Nishikinada II
1923 Ichinohama
1922 Naranishiki
1921 Nishikinada I (2) Hitachishima
1920 MayaoroshiTsurugahama
1919 Akutsugawa (1) Akutsugawa (2)
1918 Yahazuyama Nishikinada I (1)
1917 Wakahitachi
1916 Chibagasaki
1915 IwakiyamaGenjiyama
1914 Ōnishiki
1913 Kashozan
1912 KanenohanaUranohama
1911 Sakuragawa†
1910 Tosanoura†
1909 see below‡ Hakkuniyama
[5]

*Ayazakura later became the Shōwa era Ayagawa Gorōji
*Genjiyama later became Nishinoumi
*Hakkuniyama later became Kashiwado
*Imaoshima later became Tatekabuto
*Iwahira later became Wakabayama
*Iwakiyama later became Kiyomigata
*Kakureizan later became Tsurugamine
*Kanenohana later became Otohira
*Mayaoroshi later became Shitenryū
*Ononishiki later became Kakogawa
*Uranohama later became Urakaze
*Yonekawa later became Asashio III

these tournaments were actually held the following month

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of successive champions(1990-2010). Sumo Reference. 2010-05-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20190819223230/http://sumoreference.com/. 2019-08-19. dead.
  2. Web site: Trivia bits - Page 9 - Ozumo Discussions - Sumo Forum. "Asashosakari". 23 September 2016. Sumo Forum. 23 September 2016.
  3. Web site: List of successive champions(1956-1965). Nihon Sumo Kyokai. 2007-06-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20070517104837/http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/kiroku_daicho/yusho_rikishi/yusho_1956_1965.html. 2007-05-17. dead.
  4. Web site: Rules of Sumo: Tournament. Nihon Sumo Kyokai. 2007-06-05. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070601161839/http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/ozumo_joho_kyoku/shiru/kiso_chishiki/beginners_guide/rules.html#tournament. 2007-06-01.
  5. Web site: Sumo Reference Database . Sumo Reference Database . 2012-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120911200911/http://sumoreference.com/Yusho.aspx . 2012-09-11 . dead .