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 (December 2022) are indicated by 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, Nara | 1928 | 1929* |
Tomoegata Seiichi | 1 | 1911 | Hakodate, Hokkaido | 1935 | 1935 |
Wakashima Saburo | 1 | 1906 | Hidaka, Wakayama | 1937 | 1937 |
Kyūshuzan Yoshio | 1 | 1913 | Yamada, Fukuoka | 1938 | 1938 |
Matsuragata Tatsuya | 1 | 1915 | Higashimatsuura, Saga | 1942 | 1942 |
Sakuranishiki Morihiro | 2 | 1916 | Kitatsugaru District, Aomori | 1947 | 1948* |
Kotonishiki Noboru | 3 | 1922 | Kan'onji, Kagawa | 1947 | 1952* |
Itsutsuumi Yoshio | 1 | 1922 | Minami-Matsuura District, Nagasaki | 1949 | 1949 |
Wakasegawa Taiji | 1 | 1920 | Amagasaki, Hyogo | 1950 | 1950 |
Shimizugawa Akio | 3 | 1925 | Akashi, Hyogo | 1951 | 1958* |
Wakabayama Sadao | 1 | 1922 | Yame, Fukuoka | 1951 | 1951 |
Kuninobori Kunio | 2 | 1925 | Itabashi, Tokyo | 1954 | 1954* |
Miyanishiki Hiroshi | 1 | 1927 | Miyako, Iwate | 1955 | 1955 |
Otachi Danemon | 1 | 1923 | Kaho, Fukuoka | 1955 | 1955 |
Naruyama Akira | 1 | 1931 | Sumoto, Hyogo | 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 District, Kumamoto | 1959 | 1959 |
Fujinishiki Akira | 10 | 1937 | Kofu, Yamanashi | 1960 | 1967* |
Toyokuni Susumu | 1 | 1937 | Nakatsu, Oita | 1962 | 1962 |
Kanenohana Takeo | 1 | 1936 | Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama | 1962 | 1962 |
Hirokawa Taizo | 1 | 1937 | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | 1964 | 1964 |
Wakanami Jun | 3 | 1941 | Iwai, Ibaraki | 1964 | 1971* |
Sawahikari Yukio | 1 | 1941 | Tokoro, Hokkaido | 1964 | 1964 |
Futagodake Takeshi | 3 | 1943 | Kanagi, Aomori | 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, Miyazaki | 1973 | 1973 |
Ōnishiki Ittetsu | 1 | 1953 | Hamochi, Niigata | 1973 | 1973 |
Wakajishi Shigenori | 1 | 1948 | Kamikita, Aomori | 1976 | 1976 |
Ōshio Kenji | 1 | 1948 | Kitakyushu, Fukuoka | 1978 | 1978 |
Banryūyama Takaharu | 1 | 1951 | Tatsuno, Hyogo | 1978 | 1978 |
Aobayama Hirotoshi | 3 | 1950 | Osato, Miyagi | 1979 | 1980* |
Tamakiyama Masanori | 1 | 1951 | Maebaru, Fukuoka | 1979 | 1979 |
Futatsuryū Jun'ichi | 1 | 1950 | Muroran, Hokkaido | 1979 | 1979 |
Kurosegawa Kuniyuki | 2 | 1951 | Higashimurayama, Tokyo | 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, Nagasaki | 1987 | 1990* |
Maenoshin Yasuo | 1 | 1961 | Chikuho, Fukuoka | 1987 | 1987 |
Tamaryū Daizō | 1 | 1954 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki | 1987 | 1987 |
Jingaku Takashi | 2 | 1959 | Shibushi, Kagoshima | 1987 | 1990* |
Misugisato Kōji | 3 | 1962 | Shigaraki, Shiga | 1989 | 1992* |
Itai Keisuke | 1 | 1956 | Usuki, Oita | 1989 | 1989 |
Takanofuji Tadao | 1 | 1963 | Ota, Tokyo | 1990 | 1990 |
Takamisugi Takakatsu | 2 | 1961 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa | 1991 | 1993* |
Tomoefuji Toshihide | 1 | 1971 | Kazuno, Akita | 1992 | 1992 |
Kyokudōzan Kazuyasu | 3 | 1964 | Tokunoshima, Kagoshima | 1992 | 1993* |
Daishōhō Masami | 3 | 1967 | Toyohira-ku, Sapporo | 1993 | 1996* |
Tomonohana Shinya | 1 | 1964 | Yatsushiro, Kumamoto | 1994 | 1994 |
Daizen Takahiro | 1 | 1964 | Naniwa-ku, Osaka | 1994 | 1994 |
Hamanoshima Keishi | 1 | 1970 | Uto, Kumamoto | 1994 | 1994 |
Mainoumi Shūhei | 1 | 1968 | Ajigasawa, Aomori | 1994 | 1994 |
Naminohana Kazutaka | 1 | 1969 | Namioka, Aomori | 1995 | 1995 |
Kenkō Satoshi | 2 | 1967 | Moriguchi, Osaka | 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, Osaka | 1999 | 1999 |
Tochinohana Hitoshi | 1 | 1973 | Kuji, Iwate | 2000 | 2000 |
Wakanoyama Hiroshi | 1 | 1972 | Gobo, Wakayama | 2001 | 2001 |
Kaihō Ryōji | 1 | 1973 | Fukaura, Aomori | 2001 | 2001 |
Takamisakari Seiken | 2 | 1976 | Itayanagi, Aomori | 2002 | 2003* |
Tōki Susumu | 1 | 1974 | Ichikawa, Chiba | 2003 | 2003 |
Iwakiyama Ryūta | 2 | 1976 | Hirosaki, Aomori | 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, Yamaguchi | 2011 | 2012* |
Wakakōyū Masaya | 1 | 1984 | Funabashi, Chiba | 2012 | 2012 |
Gagamaru Masaru | 1 | 1987 | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2012 | 2012 |
Shōhōzan Yūya | 5 | 1984 | Chikujo, Fukuoka | 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, Aomori | 2017 | 2018 |
Endō Shōta | 5 | 1990 | Anamizu, Ishikawa | 2018 | 2020* |
Hokutofuji Daiki | 4 | 1992 | Tokorozawa, Saitama | 2019 | 2024* |
Ryūden Gōshi | 1 | 1990 | Kofu, Yamanashi | 2019 | 2019 |
Tobizaru Masaya | 3 | 1992 | Edogawa, Tokyo | 2022 | 2023* |
Nishikigi Tetsuya | 2 | 1990 | Morioka, Iwate | 2023 | 2024* |
Ura Kazuki | 1 | 1992 | Neyagawa, Osaka | 2024 | 2024 |
Hiradoumi Yūki | 2 | 2000 | Hirado, Nagasaki | 2024 | active |
* Wrestler held the rank on at least two separate occasions.
See also
Notes
- ^ "List of komusubi". Sumo reference.