List of sekiwake

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 (September 2019) are indicated in 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	Born	From	Promoted	End of rank
Kiyosegawa Keinosuke[1]	5	1893	Hiraka, Akita	1921	1928*
Wakabayama Atsumi[1]	8	1895	Chiba, Chiba	1922	1927*
Dewagatake Bunjiro[1]	2	1902	Kaminoyama	1926	1928*
Yamanishiki Zenjiro[1]	2	1898	Osaka	1927	1928*
Nishikinada Yosaburo[1]	7	1900	Aira, Kagoshima	1928	1930*
Tenryū Saburō[1]	6	1903	Hamamatsu	1930	1932
Hatasegawa Kunishichiro[1]	5	1905	Yuzawa, Akita	1932	1934*
Okitsuumi Fukuo[1]	4	1910	Munakata, Fukuoka	1932	1933
Takanobori Hirochika[1]	4	1908	Shimoina, Nagano	1933	1935*
Ayagawa Goroji II[1]	1	1898	Nishitsugaru, Aomori	1935	1935
Shinkai Kozo[1]	2	1904	Akita, Akita	1935	1935
Oshio Seijiro[1]	1	1900	Okawa, Fukuoka	1936	1936
Kasagiyama Katsuichi[1]	2	1911	Yamatokoriyama	1937	1942*
Dewaminato Rikichi[1]	3	1907	Shibata, Niigata	1937	1943*
Asahigawa Kokichi[1]	1	1905	Asahikawa	1937	1937
Taikyuzan Takayoshi[1]	2	1908	Tamano	1937	1938
Ryogoku Kajinosuke III[1]	1	1907	Nagasaki	1938	1938
Tamanoumi Umekichi[1]	3	1912	Omura, Nagasaki	1938	1942*
Banjaku Kumataro[1]	1	1908	Osaka	1938	1938
Ayanobori Takezo[1]	1	1908	Sendai	1939	1939
Hishuzan Sakae[1]	3	1906	Sasebo, Nagasaki	1941	1942
Toyoshima Masao[1]	1	1919	Osaka	1943	1943
Sagamigawa Yoshinobu[1]	3	1917	Atsugi	1943	1944
Futasegawa Masaichi[1]	1	1916	Kitakatsuragi, Nara	1944	1944
Terunobori Katsuhiko[1]	2	1922	Rumoi	1944	1948*
Kamikaze Shoichi[1]	4	1921	Higashikagawa	1944	1949*
Bishūyama Jun'ichi[1]	1	1919	Fukuyama, Hiroshima	1945	1945
Fudoiwa Mitsuo[1]	1	1924	Kumamoto	1946	1946
Kozuzan Yoshinobu[1]	1	1919	Takaichi, Nara	1947	1947
Rikidōzan Mitsuhiro[1]	3	1937	Omura, Nagasaki	1949	1950*
Tokitsuyama Jin'ichi[1]	10	1925	Iwaki, Fukushima	1954	1959*
Hajimayama Masanobu[1]	1	1922	Hashima, Gifu	1956	1956
Dewanishiki Tadao[1]	3	1925	Sumida, Tokyo	1956	1962*
Tsurugamine Akio[1]	2	1929	Kajiki	1956	1962*
Tamanoumi Daitaro[1]	5	1923	Oita, Oita	1957	1959*
Haguroyama Sojō[1]	14	1934	Shimokawa, Hokkaido	1957	1962*
Kitanonada Noboru[1]	2	1923	Abashiri	1957	1960*
Wakamaeda Eiichirō[1]	3	1930	Nishibiwajima, Aichi	1958	1959*
Shinobuyama Harusada[1]	3	1925	Date, Fukushima	1958	1958
Fusanishiki Katsuhiko[1]	3	1936	Ichikawa, Chiba	1959	1961*
Daigō Hisateru[1]	10	1937	Marugame	1960	1965*
Iwakaze Kakutaro[1]	5	1934	Edogawa, Tokyo	1961	1963*
Maedagawa Katsu[1]	2	1939	Esashi, Iwate	1961	1962*
Hagurohana Toji[1]	5	1936	Nishiokoppe	1961	1964*
Oginohana Masaaki[1]	3	1935	Mikatsuki, Saga	1962	1963
Kainoyama Isamu[1]	3	1940	Ryugasaki	1963	1968*
Aonosato Sakari[1]	1	1935	Kuraishi, Aomori	1963	1963
Wakachichibu Komei[1]	2	1939	Chichibu	1963	1963
Kairyūyama Teruhisa[1]	2	1939	Showa, Akita	1964	1964*
Myobudani Yasuhiko[1]	5	1937	Akan, Hokkaido	1964	1967*
Wakamiyama Kōhei[1]	2	1943	Toyama, Toyama	1965	1966
Kōtetsuyama Toyoya[1]	1	1942	Otaru	1967	1967
Fujinokawa Takeo[1]	2	1946	Otofuke	1967	1970*
Hasegawa Katsuhiro[1]	21	1944	Kurisawa, Hokkaido	1969	1974*
Tochiazuma Tomoyori[1]	1	1944	Soma, Fukushima	1970	1970
Fukunohana Koichi[1]	1	1940	Koshi, Kumamoto	1971	1971
Mutsuarashi Yukio[1]	1	1943	Tohoku, Aomori	1971	1971
Takamiyama Daigorō[1]	8	1944	Maui, Hawaii	1972	1977*
Fujizakura Yoshimori[1]	2	1948	Kofu	1974	1978*
Kurohimeyama Hideo[1]	8	1948	Oumi, Niigata	1974	1979*
Kirinji Kazuharu[1]	7	1953	Kashiwa	1975	1979*
Kongō Masahiro[1]	1	1948	Fukagawa, Hokkaido	1975	1975
Washūyama Yoshikazu[1]	3	1949	Kurashiki	1976	1977*
Arase Nagahide[1]	9	1949	Ino, Kōchi	1976	1980*
Kitaseumi Hiromitsu[1]	2	1948	Setana	1976	1977*
Kaneshiro Kofuku[1]	1	1953	Takanabe	1977	1977
Tamanofuji Shigeru[1]	6	1949	Ogawa, Tochigi	1978	1979*
Kurama Tatsuya[1]	1	1952	Yasu, Shiga	1978	1978
Tochiakagi Takanori[1]	6	1954	Numata	1979	1980*
Kaiki Nobuhide[1]	1	1952	Tenmabayashi, Aomori	1979	1979
Ōzutsu Takeshi[1]	3	1956	Yokkaichi	1981	1983*
Daijuyama Tadaaki[1]	3	1959	Niitsu	1981	1989*
Dewanohana Yoshitaka[1]	7	1951	Nakasato, Aomori	1982	1983*
Aobajō Yukio[1]	1	1948	Sendai	1983	1983
Masudayama Yasuhito[1]	1	1951	Nanao, Ishikawa	1983	1983
Tagaryū Shōji[1]	1	1958	Hitachi, Ibaraki	1983	1983
Kōbōyama Daizō[1]	1	1957	Tsukidate	1984	1984
Tōryū Kenji[1]	1	1958	Kakogawa	1984	1984
Hōō Tomomichi[1]	1	1956	Gamagori	1984	1984
Sakahoko Nobushige[1]	12	1961	Kajiki	1984	1989*
Kotogaume Tsuyoshi[1]	12	1963	Yatsuo	1986	1990*
Mitoizumi Masayuki[1]	4	1962	Mito, Ibaraki	1986	1992*
Masurao Hiroo[1]	1	1961	Itoda	1987	1987
Tochinowaka Kiyotaka[1]	7	1962	Shimotsu, Wakayama	1987	1992*
Tochitsukasa Tetsuo[1]	1	1958	Nagoya	1988	1988
Terao Tsunefumi[1]	7	1963	Kajiki	1989	1990*
Akinoshima Katsumi[1]	12	1967	Toyota, Hiroshima	1989	1999*
Kotofuji Takaya[1]	1	1964	Shibata, Niigata	1990	1990
Kotonishiki Katsuhiro[1]	21	1968	Misato, Gunma	1990	1997*
Takatōriki Tadashige[1]	15	1967	Kobe	1991	1998*
Wakashoyo Shunichi[1]	1	1966	Nakano, Tokyo	1993	1993
Tosanoumi Toshio[1]	7	1972	Aki, Kōchi	1997	2005*
Tamakasuga Ryōji[1]	1	1972	Nomura, Ehime	1997	1997
Kotonowaka Terumasa[1]	2	1968	Obanazawa	1999	1999
Hayateumi Hidehito[1]	1	1975	Itayanagi	2000	2000
Wakanosato Shinobu[1]	17	1976	Hirosaki	2001	2005*
Tochinonada Taiichi[1]	2	1974	Nanao, Ishikawa	2001	2001
Takanowaka Yūki[1]	2	1976	Ikitsuki	2003	2003
Kyokutenhō Masaru[1]	3	1974	Nalaikh, Mongolia	2003	2004*
Tamanoshima Arata[1]	1	1977	Izumizaki	2004	2004
Hokutōriki Hideki[1]	1	1977	Otawara	2004	2004
Asasekiryū Tarō[1]	2	1981	Ulaanbaatar Mongolia	2007	2007
Aminishiki Ryūji[1]	6	1978	Fukaura	2007	2012*
Toyonoshima Daiki[1]	5	1983	Sukumo	2008	2016*
Aran Hakutora[1]	1	1984	Vladikavkaz, Russia	2013	2013
Tochiōzan Yūichirō[1]	11	1987	Aki, Kōchi	2010	2016*
Myōgiryū Yasunari[1]	8	1986	Takasago, Hyogo	2012	2015*
Takekaze Akira[1]	1	1979	Kitaakita	2014	2014
Aoiyama Kōsuke[1]	2	1986	Sofia, Bulgaria	2014	2014
Ichinojō Takashi[1]	8	1993	Arkhangai, Mongolia	2014	2019*
Okinoumi Ayumi[1]	2	1985	Okinoshima, Shimane	2015	2016*
Yoshikaze Masatsugu[1]	4	1982	Saiki	2016	2017*
Kotoyūki Kazuyoshi[1]	1	1991	Shōdoshima, Kagawa	2016	2016
Ikioi Shōta[1]	1	1986	Katano	2016	2016
Kaisei Ichirō[1]	1	1986	São Paulo, Brazil	2016	2016
Takarafuji Daisuke[1]	1	1987	Nakadomari	2016	2016
Tamawashi Ichirō[1]	8	1984	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	2017	2019*
Shōdai Naoya[1]	4	1991	Uto, Kumamoto	2017	*
Mitakeumi Hisashi[1]	13	1992	Agematsu	2017	*

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

See also

• List of active sumo wrestlers
• List of past sumo wrestlers
• List of sumo tournament top division champions
• List of sumo tournament second division champions
• List of yokozuna
• List of ōzeki
• List of komusubi

Notes

1. "List of sekiwake". Sumo reference.