List of sumo elders
This is a list of elders of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA). More accurately called "elder stock" or toshiyori kabu, these names are a finite number of licenses that can be passed on, and are strictly controlled by the JSA. They allow certain advantageous privileges and there are official criteria for whether or not a retiring wrestler can acquire one. In 1927, the number of licenses was set at 105. For more information see toshiyori.
This list is in approximate order of the current elders' rank in the organization. Elections to the Board of Directors are held every two years; the latest was in February 2020.
List of elders
| Elder name | Ring name | Highest rank | Stable | Stablemaster? | Position/Rank | Date of birth | Mandatory retirement date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hakkaku | Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi | Yokozuna | Hakkaku | Yes | Chairman | June 22, 1963 | 2028 |
| Dewanoumi | Oginohana Akikazu | Maegashira 2 | Dewanoumi | Yes | Director | November 18, 1967 | 2032 |
| Kagamiyama | Tagaryū Shōji | Sekiwake | Kagamiyama | Yes | Director | February 15, 1958 | 2023 |
| Kasugano | Tochinowaka Kiyotaka | Sekiwake | Kasugano | Yes | Director | 22 May 1962 | 2027 |
| Oguruma | Kotokaze Kōki | Ōzeki | Oguruma | Yes | Director | April 26, 1957 | 2022 |
| Sakaigawa | Ryōgoku Kajinosuke IV | Komusubi | Sakaigawa | Yes | Director | July 30, 1962 | 2027 |
| Shibatayama | Ōnokuni Yasushi | Yokozuna | Shibatayama | Yes | Director | October 9, 1962 | 2027 |
| Yamahibiki | Ganyū Kenji | Maegashira 1 | Yamahibiki | Yes | Iin | 6 August 1970 | 2035 |
| Fujishima | Musōyama Masashi | Ōzeki | Fujishima | Yes | Deputy Director | February 14, 1972 | 2037 |
| Tamanoi | Tochiazuma Daisuke | Ōzeki | Tamanoi | Yes | Iin | November 9, 1976 | 2041 |
| Isegahama | Asahifuji Seiya | Yokozuna | Isegahama | Yes | Director | July 6, 1960 | 2025 |
| Michinoku | Kirishima Kazuhiro | Ōzeki | Michinoku | Yes | Special Executive | April 3, 1959 | 2024 |
| Nishikido | Mitoizumi Masayuki | Sekiwake | Nishikido | Yes | Special Executive | September 2, 1962 | 2027 |
| Nishonoseki | Wakashimazu Mutsuo | Ōzeki | Nishonoseki | Yes | Special Executive | January 12, 1957 | 2022 |
| Takadagawa | Akinoshima Katsumi | Sekiwake | Takadagawa | Yes | Deputy Director | March 16, 1967 | 2032 |
| Kabutoyama | Ōikari Tsuyoshi | Maegashira 11 | Isenoumi | No | Iin | June 16, 1972 | 2037 |
| Sekinoto | Iwakiyama Ryūta | Komusubi | Sakaigawa | No | Iin | March 2, 1976 | 2041 |
| Inagawa | Futen'ō Izumi | Komusubi | Kise | No | Iin | August 28, 1980 | 2045 |
| Minezaki | Misugiiso Takuya | Maegashira 2 | Minezaki | Yes | Iin | May 11, 1956 | 2021 |
| Miyagino | Chikubayama Masakuni | Maegashira 13 | Miyagino | Yes | Iin | August 21, 1957 | 2022 |
| Oitekaze | Daishōyama Naoki | Maegashira 2 | Oitekaze | Yes | Iin | July 7, 1966 | 2031 |
| Kumegawa | Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro | Komusubi | Sadogatake | No | Iin | April 26, 1962 | 2027 |
| Shiratama | Kototsubaki Katsuyuki | Maegashira 3 | Sadogatake | No | Iin | December 6, 1960 | 2025 |
| Asahiyama | Kotonishiki Katsuhiro | Sekiwake | Asahiyama | Yes | Iin | June 8, 1968 | 2033 |
| Takashima | Kōbōyama Daizō | Sekiwake | Miyagino | No | Director | August 15, 1957 | 2022 |
| Isenoumi | Kitakachidoki Hayato | Maegashira 3 | Isenoumi | Yes | Iin | January 1, 1966 | 2031 |
| Sadogatake | Kotonowaka Terumasa | Sekiwake | Sadogatake | Yes | Special Executive | May 15, 1968 | 2033 |
| Ōtake | Dairyū Tadahiro | Jūryō 4 | Ōtake | Yes | Iin | September 30, 1960 | 2025 |
| Musashigawa | Musashimaru Kōyō | Yokozuna | Musashigawa | Yes | Iin | May 2, 1971 | 2036 |
| Jinmaku | Fujinoshin Tsukasa | Maegashira 1 | Hakkaku | No | Iin | November 6, 1960 | 2025 |
| Irumagawa | Tochitsukasa Tetsuo | Sekiwake | Irumagawa | Yes | Special Executive | April 25, 1958 | 2023 |
| Minato | Minatofuji Takayuki | Maegashira 2 | Minato | Yes | Iin | July 6, 1968 | 2033 |
| Shikoroyama | Terao Tsunefumi | Sekiwake | Shikoroyama | Yes | Iin | February 2, 1963 | 2028 |
| Minatogawa | Daitetsu Tadamitsu | Komusubi | Nishonoseki | No | Iin | October 29, 1956 | 2021 |
| Ōnaruto | Dejima Takeharu | Ōzeki | Fujishima | No | Iin | March 21, 1974 | 2039 |
| Kokonoe | Chiyotaikai Ryūji | Ōzeki | Kokonoe | Yes | Iin | April 29, 1976 | 2041 |
| Kataonami | Tamakasuga Ryōji | Sekiwake | Kataonami | Yes | Iin | January 7, 1972 | 2037 |
| Asakayama | Kaiō Hiroyuki | Ōzeki | Asakayama | Yes | Iin | 24 July 1972 | 2037 |
| Tokitsukaze | Tokitsuumi Masahiro | Maegashira 3 | Tokitsukaze | Yes | Toshiyori | November 8, 1973 | 2038 |
| Tatekawa | Tosanoumi Toshio | Sekiwake | Isenoumi | No | Iin | February 16, 1972 | 2037 |
| Tagonoura | Takanotsuru Shinichi | Maegashira 8 | Tagonoura | Yes | Iin | June 18, 1976 | 2041 |
| Urakaze | Shikishima Katsumori | Maegashira 1 | Matsugane | No | Iin | December 15, 1970 | 2035 |
| Takenawa | Tochinonada Taiichi | Sekiwake | Kasugano | No | Iin | February 26, 1974 | 2039 |
| Futagoyama | Miyabiyama Tetsushi | Ōzeki | Futagoyama | Yes | Iin | July 28, 1977 | 2042 |
| Shikihide | Kitazakura Hidetoshi | Maegashira 9 | Shikihide | Yes | Iin | December 15, 1971 | 2036 |
| Fujigane | Daizen Takahiro | Komusubi | Kasugano | No | Iin | December 14, 1964 | 2029 |
| Nakadachi | Oginishiki Yasutoshi | Komusubi | Dewanoumi | No | Iin | July 8, 1971 | 2036 |
| Hatachiyama | Tochinohana Hitoshi | Komusubi | Kasugano | No | Iin | February 28, 1973 | 2038 |
| Takasaki | Kinkaiyama Ryū | Maegashira 6 | Dewanoumi | No | Iin | January 7, 1976 | 2041 |
| Tatsutayama | Sasshūnada Yasutaka | Maegashira 1 | Michinoku | No | Iin | June 7, 1957 | 2022 |
| Chiganoura | Masudayama Yasuhito | Sekiwake | Tokiwayama | No | Consultant | April 10, 1951 | 2016/2021*[1] |
| Wakamatsu | Asanowaka Takehiko | Maegashira 1 | Takasago | No | Deputy Director | December 11, 1969 | 2034 |
| Wakafuji | Ōtsukasa Nobuhide | Maegashira 4 | Irumagawa | No | Iin | February 18, 1971 | 2036 |
| Hanakago | Daijuyama Tadaaki | Sekiwake | Minezaki | No | Director | April 11, 1959 | 2024 |
| Tamagaki | Tomonohana Shinya | Komusubi | Tomozuna | No | Iin | June 23, 1964 | 2029 |
| Yamawake | Buyūzan Takeyoshi | Maegashira 1 | Fujishima | No | Iin | July 29, 1974 | 2039 |
| Matsugane | Tamarikido Hideki | Maegashira 8 | Nishonoseki | No | Iin | April 19, 1974 | 2039 |
| Mihogaseki | Tochisakae Atsushi | Maegashira 1 | Kasugano | No | Iin | June 27, 1974 | 2039 |
| Tatsunami | Asahiyutaka Katsuteru | Komusubi | Tatsunami | Yes | Iin | September 10, 1968 | 2033 |
| Kise | Higonoumi Naoya | Maegashira 1 | Kise | Yes | Iin | September 23, 1969 | 2034 |
| Edagawa | Aogiyama Hideki | Maegashira 1 | Tokitsukaze | No | Iin | February 18, 1970 | 2035 |
| Tanigawa | Hokutōriki Hideki | Sekiwake | Kokonoe | No | Iin | October 31, 1977 | 2042 |
| Sendagawa | Tōki Susumu | Komusubi | Nishikido | No | Iin | July 4, 1974 | 2039 |
| Hamakaze | Gojōrō Katsuhiro | Maegashira 3 | Sadogatake | No | Iin | August 18, 1973 | 2038 |
| Katsunoura | Kirinishiki Toshirō | Maegashira 2 | Kagamiyama | No | Special Executive | August 31, 1962 | 2027 |
| Naruto | Kotoōshū Katsunori | Ōzeki | Naruto | Yes | Iin | February 19, 1983 | 2048 |
| Onoe | Hamanoshima Keishi | Komusubi | Onoe | Yes | Iin | March 21, 1970 | 2035 |
| Ikazuchi | Kakizoe Tōru | Komusubi | Musashigawa | No | Iin | August 12, 1978 | 2043 |
| Azumazeki | Takamisakari Seiken | Komusubi | Azumazeki | Yes | Iin | May 12, 1976 | 2041 |
| Hanaregoma | Tamanoshima Arata | Sekiwake | Nishonseki | No | Iin | September 15, 1977 | 2042 |
| Iwatomo | Kimurayama Mamoru | Maegashira 7 | Kasugano | No | Iin | 13 July 1981 | 2046 |
| Shiranui | Wakakōyū Masaya | Komusubi | Ōnomatsu | No | Iin | February 24, 1984 | 2049 |
| Tatsutagawa | Hōmashō Noriyuki | Komusubi | Shikoroyama | No | Iin | April 16, 1981 | 2046 |
| Tomozuna | Kyokutenhō Masaru | Sekiwake | Tomozuna | Yes | Iin | September 13, 1974 | 2039 |
| Nishiiwa | Wakanosato Shinobu | Sekiwake | Nishiiwa | Yes | Iin | July 10, 1976 | 2041 |
| Takasago | Asasekiryū Tarō | Sekiwake | Takasago | Yes | Shunin | August 7, 1981 | 2046 |
| Ōnomatsu | Daidō Kenji | Maegashira 8 | Ōnomatsu | Yes | Iin | August 21, 1982 | 2047 |
| Onogawa | Kitataiki Akeyoshi | Maegashira 2 | Yamahibiki | No | Shunin | October 5, 1982 | 2047 |
| Magaki | Tosayutaka Yūya | Maegashira 1 | Tokitsukaze | No | Iin | March 10, 1985 | 2050 |
| Kumagatani | Tamaasuka Daisuke | Maegashira 9 | Kataonami | No | Shunin | January 26, 1983 | 2048 |
| Araiso | Kisenosato Yutaka | Yokozuna | Tagonoura | No | Iin taigu toshiyori | July 3, 1986 | 2051 |
| Takekuma | Gōeidō Gōtarō | Ozeki | Sakaigawa | No | Iin taigu Toshiyori | April 6, 1986 | 2051 |
| Nakagawa | Asahisato Kenji | Maegashira 14 | Tokitsukaze | No | Toshiyori | November 9, 1965 | 2030 |
| Oshiogawa | Takekaze Akira | Sekiwake | Oguruma | No | Toshiyori | June 21, 1979 | 2044 |
| Arashio | Sōkokurai Eikichi | Maegashira 2 | Arashio | Yes | Toshiyori | January 9, 1984 | 2049 |
| Ajigawa | Aminishiki Ryūji | Sekiwake | Isegahama | No | Toshiyori | October 3, 1978 | 2043 |
| Nakamura | Yoshikaze Masatsugu | Sekiwake | Oguruma | No | Toshiyori | March 19, 1982 | 2047 |
| Tateyama | Homarefuji Yoshiyuki | Maegashira 6 | Isegahama | No | Toshiyori | May 6, 1985 | 2050 |
| Kasugayama | Bushūyama Takashi[2] | Maegashira 3 | Fujishima | No | Toshiyori | May 21, 1976 | 2041 |
| Furiwake | Hōchiyama Kōkan[3] | Maegashira 14 | Sakaigawa | No | Toshiyori | January 18, 1982 | 2047 |
| Yamashina | Sadanofuji Akihiro[4] | Maegashira 2 | Sakaigawa | No | Toshiyori | December 25, 1984 | 2049 |
| Kitajin | Shōtenrō Taishi[5] | Maegashira 2 | Fujishima | No | Toshiyori | January 31, 1982 | 2047 |
| Sanoyama | Satoyama Kōsaku[6] | Maegashira 12 | Onoe | No | Toshiyori | May 31, 1981 | 2046 |
| Otowayama | Tenkaihō Takayuki[7] | Maegashira 8 | Onoe | No | Toshiyori | October 14, 1984 | 2049 |
| Izutsu | Toyonoshima Daiki | Sekiwake | Tokitsukaze | No | Toshiyori | June 26, 1983 | 2048 |
| Kiyomigata | Tochiōzan Yūichirō | Sekiwake | Kasugano | No | Toshiyori | March 9, 1987 | 2052 |
| Hidenoyama | Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro | Ozeki | Sadogatake | No | Toshiyori | January 30, 1984 | 2049 |
| Tokiwayama | Takamisugi Takakatsu | Komusubi | Tokiwayama | Yes | Iin | March 1, 1961 | 2026 |
| Matsuchiyama | Banryūyama Takaharu | Komusubi | Kasugano | No | Consultant | May 4, 1951 | 2016/2021*[1] |
| Dekiyama | Dewanohana Yoshitaka | Sekiwake | Dewanoumi | No | Consultant | May 13, 1951 | 2016/2021*[1] |
| Kiriyama | Kurosegawa Kuniyuki | Komusubi | Isegahama | No | Consultant | May 13, 1951 | 2016/2021*[1] |
| Ōshima | Kaiki Nobuhide | Sekiwake | Tomozuna | No | Consultant | June 12, 1952 | 2017/2022*[1] |
| Ōyama | Daihi Susumu | Maegashira 2 | Hakkaku | No | Consultant | October 16, 1952 | 2017/2022*[1] |
| Nishikijima | Asashio Tarō IV | Ōzeki | Takasago | No | Consultant | December 9, 1955 | 2020/2025*[1] |
| Kimigahama | vacant (owner is active Okinoumi Ayumi) | ||||||
Explanation of ranks
- rijichō - chairman
- riji - director
- fuku-riji - deputy director
- yakuin taigu iin - special executive
- iin - committee member
- shunin - senior member
- iin taigu toshiyori - elder receiving iin privileges
- toshiyori - elder
- sanyo - consultant (elders re-hired as consultant between 65 and 70 years old)
Elders who do not own but borrow their elder names are always toshiyori.
Hyōgiin is not a rank but a group of independent councillors who act as a kind of supervisory board for the directors. Initially there were three Internal Councillors (Ōtake, Futagoyama and Minatogawa) and four External Councillors (persons outside the sumo world). The Internal Councillors were ranked as iin prior to taking office and returned to that rank at the conclusion of their four-year term. In March 2018 they were replaced by three ex-wrestlers who are completely outside the Sumo Association: Fujinokawa, Washuyama and Asanosho.
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Re-hired as consultant on reduced pay for five years after mandatory retirement
- ^ Borrowed from active Ikioi Shōta
- ^ borrowed from estate of deceased Ushiomaru
- ^ Borrowed from retired Ōnishiki Ittetsu
- ^ Borrowed from active Endō Shōta
- ^ Borrowed from active Chiyoōtori Yūki
- ^ Borrowed from retired Masurao Hiroo