List of komusubi

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. There are usually two active komusubi. Wrestlers who went on to be promoted to sekiwake, ōzeki and yokozuna can be seen in the list of sekiwake, list of ōzeki and list of yokozuna articles.[1]

The number of tournaments (basho) at komusubi is also listed. Wrestlers who won top division championships are indicated in bold. Active wrestlers (September 2019) are indicated in italics.

The longest-serving komusubi of modern times, who did not achieve further promotion, has been Fujinishiki Akira who held the rank for 10 tournaments.

List

Name	Basho at rank	Born	From	Promoted	End of rank
Manazuru Shugoro	5	1902	Tenri	1928	1929*
Tomoegata Seiichi	1	1911	Hakodate	1935	1935
Wakashima Saburo	1	1906	Hidaka, Wakayama	1937	1937
Kyūshuzan Yoshio	1	1913	Yamada, Fukuoka	1938	1938
Matsuragata Tatsuya	1	1915	Higashimatsuura	1942	1942
Sakuranishiki Morihiro	2	1916	Kitatsugaru	1947	1948*
Kotonishiki Noboru	3	1922	Kan'onji	1947	1952*
Itsutsuumi Yoshio	1	1922	Minami-Matsuura	1949	1949
Wakasegawa Taiji	1	1920	Amagasaki	1950	1950
Shimizugawa Akio	3	1925	Akashi	1951	1958*
Wakabayama Sadao	1	1922	Yame	1951	1951
Kuninobori Kunio	2	1925	Itabashi	1954	1954*
Miyanishiki Hiroshi	1	1927	Miyako, Iwate	1955	1955
Otachi Danemon	1	1923	Kaho, Fukuoka	1955	1955
Naruyama Akira	1	1931	Sumoto	1956	1956
Wakanoumi Masateru	3	1931	Ikawa, Akita	1957	1960*
Yoshakayama Tsunenori	1	1931	Shingu, Fukuoka	1958	1958
Ōhikari Sadayuki	2	1927	Kamiiso, Hokkaido	1958	1958*
Shionishiki Yoshiaki	1	1924	Shimomashiki	1959	1959
Fujinishiki Akira	10	1937	Kofu	1960	1967*
Toyokuni Susumu	1	1937	Nakatsu	1962	1962
Kanenohana Takeo	1	1936	Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama	1962	1962
Hirokawa Taizo	1	1937	Yokosuka	1964	1964
Wakanami Jun	3	1941	Iwai, Ibaraki	1964	1971*
Sawahikari Yukio	1	1941	Tokoro	1964	1964
Futagodake Takeshi	3	1943	Kanagi	1967	1968*
Wakafutase Tadayuki	3	1942	Minami-ku, Nagoya	1968	1969*
Ryūko Seihō	4	1941	Ota, Tokyo	1970	1975*
Yutakayama Hiromitsu	4	1947	Hiraka, Akita	1972	1977*
Haguroiwa Tomomi	1	1946	Nobeoka	1973	1973
Ōnishiki Ittetsu	1	1953	Hamochi, Niigata	1973	1973
Wakajishi Shigenori	1	1948	Kamikita, Aomori	1976	1976
Ōshio Kenji	1	1948	Kitakyushu	1978	1978
Banryūyama Takaharu	1	1951	Tatsuno, Hyogo	1978	1978
Aobayama Hirotoshi	3	1950	Osato, Miyagi	1979	1980*
Tamakiyama Masanori	1	1951	Maebaru	1979	1979
Futatsuryū Jun'ichi	1	1950	Muroran	1979	1979
Kurosegawa Kuniyuki	2	1951	Higashimurayama	1980	1982*
Sadanoumi Kōji	4	1956	Sakai, Osaka	1982	1984*
Ōyutaka Masachika	1	1955	Horinouchi, Niigata	1983	1983
Daitetsu Tadamitsu	1	1956	Ono, Fukui	1987	1987
Hananoumi Ken	2	1960	Ikawa, Akita	1987	1989*
Ryōgoku Kajinosuke IV	4	1962	Nagasaki	1987	1990*
Maenoshin Yasuo	1	1961	Chikuho, Fukuoka	1987	1987
Tamaryū Daizō	1	1954	Nagasaki	1987	1987
Jingaku Takashi	2	1959	Shibushi, Kagoshima	1987	1990*
Misugisato Kōji	3	1962	Shigaraki	1989	1992*
Itai Keisuke	1	1956	Usuki	1989	1989
Takanofuji Tadao	1	1963	Ota, Tokyo	1990	1990
Takamisugi Takakatsu	2	1961	Kawasaki, Kanagawa	1991	1993*
Tomoefuji Toshihide	1	1971	Kazuno	1992	1992
Kyokudōzan Kazuyasu	3	1964	Tokunoshima, Kagoshima	1992	1993*
Daishōhō Masami	3	1967	Toyohira-ku	1993	1996*
Tomonohana Shinya	1	1964	Yatsushiro	1994	1994
Daizen Takahiro	1	1964	Naniwa-ku	1994	1994
Hamanoshima Keishi	1	1970	Uto, Kumamoto	1994	1994
Mainoumi Shūhei	1	1968	Ajigasawa	1994	1994
Naminohana Kazutaka	1	1969	Namioka, Aomori	1995	1995
Kenkō Satoshi	2	1967	Moriguchi	1995	1995*
Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro	1	1962	Niiharu, Gunma	1995	1995
Asahiyutaka Katsuteru	3	1968	Kasugai, Aichi	1996	1996*
Kyokushūzan Noboru	1	1973	Ulaanbataar, Mongolia	1997	1997
Oginishiki Yasutoshi	1	1971	Ichikawa, Chiba	1997	1997
Chiyotenzan Daihachirō	1	1976	Higashisumiyoshi-ku	1999	1999
Tochinohana Hitoshi	1	1973	Kuji	2000	2000
Wakanoyama Hiroshi	1	1972	Gobo, Wakayama	2001	2001
Kaihō Ryōji	1	1973	Fukaura	2001	2001
Takamisakari Seiken	2	1976	Itayanagi	2002	2003*
Tōki Susumu	1	1974	Ichikawa, Chiba	2003	2003
Iwakiyama Ryūta	2	1976	Hirosaki	2003	2005*
Shimotori Norio	1	1978	Arai, Niigata	2004	2004
Kakizoe Tōru	1	1978	Usa, Oita	2004	2004
Futen'ō Izumi	1	1980	Tamana, Kumamoto	2005	2005
Rohō Yukio	3	1980	Vladikavkaz, Russia	2006	2007*
Kokkai Futoshi	2	1981	Tbilisi, Georgia	2006	2006
Tokitenkū Yoshiaki	3	1979	Altanbulag, Mongolia	2007	2013*
Hakuba Takeshi	1	1983	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	2010	2010
Hōmashō Noriyuki	3	1981	Shimonoseki	2011	2012*
Wakakōyū Masaya	1	1984	Funabashi	2012	2012
Gagamaru Masaru	1	1987	Tbilisi, Georgia	2012	2012
Shōhōzan Yūya	5	1984	Chikujo	2013	2018*
Chiyoōtori Yūki	1	1992	Shibushi, Kagoshima	2014	2014
Chiyotairyū Hidemasa	2	1988	Arakawa, Tokyo	2014	2018*
Jōkōryū Takayuki	1	1988	Kita, Tokyo	2014	2014
Ōnoshō Fumiya	2	1996	Nakadomari	2017	2018
Endō Shōta	4	1990	Anamizu, Ishikawa	2018	2020*
Hokutofuji Daiki	3	1992	Tokorozawa, Saitama	2019	2020*
Abi Masatora	4	1994	Koshigaya, Saitama	2019	2020
Ryūden Gōshi	1	1990	Kofu, Yamanashi	2019	2019
Daieishō Hayato	3	1993	Asaka, Saitama	2020	*

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

See also

• List of past sumo wrestlers
• List of sumo tournament top division champions
• List of yokozuna
• List of ōzeki
• List of sekiwake

Notes

1. "List of komusubi". Sumo reference.