List of sumo tournament winners
- List of sumo tournament winners
This is a list of wrestlers who have won the top division championship since 1909. These official tournaments are held exclusively in Japan.
The first table below lists the champions since the six tournament system instituted in 1958. [cite web | title = List of successive champions(1956-1965)
publisher=Nihon Sumo Kyokai | language=English | url= http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/kiroku_daicho/yusho_rikishi/yusho_1956_1965.html| accessdate=2007-06-05] 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. [cite web | title = Rules of Sumo: Tournament
publisher=Nihon Sumo Kyokai | language=English | url=http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/ozumo_joho_kyoku/shiru/kiso_chishiki/beginners_guide/rules.html#tournament| accessdate=2007-06-05] Names in bold mark an undefeated victory (a "zenshō-yūshō"). Figures in brackets mark the number of championships earned by the wrestler up to that point.
"*these tournaments were actually held the following month
"**a new yusho system was introduced by the Mainichi newspaper in the second half of 1909, after this tournament. All championships predating the second tournament of 1909 are considered unofficial. As a consequence of this, yokozuna Hitachiyama had seven pre-1909 championships uncounted here, and yokozuna Tachiyama had two."
References
ee also
*List of active sumo wrestlers
*List of past sumo wrestlers
*List of sumo records
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