List of sumo elders
This is a list of elders of the Japan Sumo Association, in approximate order of their rank in the organization. Elections to the Board of Directors are held every two years; the latest was in February 2018.
Elder name | Ring name | Highest rank | Stable | Stablemaster? | Position/Rank | Date of birth | Mandatory retirement date |
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Hakkaku | Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi | Yokozuna | Hakkaku | Yes | Chairman | June 22, 1963 | 2028 |
Oguruma | Kotokaze Kōki | Ōzeki | Oguruma | Yes | Director | April 26, 1957 | 2022 |
Kagamiyama | Tagaryū Shōji | Sekiwake | Kagamiyama | Yes | Director | February 15, 1958 | 2023 |
Sakaigawa | Ryōgoku Kajinosuke IV | Komusubi | Sakaigawa | Yes | Director | July 30, 1962 | 2027 |
Kasugano | Tochinowaka Kiyotaka | Sekiwake | Kasugano | Yes | Director | 22 May 1962 | 2027 |
Dewanoumi | Oginohana Akikazu | Maegashira 2 | Dewanoumi | Yes | Director | November 18, 1967 | 2032 |
Yamahibiki | Ganyū Kenji | Maegashira 1 | Yamahibiki | Yes | Director | 6 August 1970 | 2035 |
Shibatayama | Ōnokuni Yasushi | Yokozuna | Shibatayama | Yes | Director | October 9, 1962 | 2027 |
Tamanoi | Tochiazuma Daisuke | Ōzeki | Tamanoi | Yes | Deputy Director | November 9, 1976 | 2041 |
Fujishima | Musōyama Masashi | Ōzeki | Fujishima | Yes | Deputy Director | February 14, 1972 | 2037 |
Izutsu | Sakahoko Nobushige | Sekiwake | Izutsu | Yes | Deputy Director | June 18, 1961 | 2026 |
Takasago | Asashio Tarō IV | Ōzeki | Takasago | Yes | Special Executive | December 9, 1955 | 2020 |
Nishonoseki | Wakashimazu Mutsuo | Ōzeki | Nishonoseki | Yes | Special Executive | January 12, 1957 | 2022 |
Michinoku | Kirishima Kazuhiro | Ōzeki | Michinoku | Yes | Special Executive | April 3, 1959 | 2024 |
Isegahama | Asahifuji Seiya | Yokozuna | Isegahama | Yes | Special Executive | July 6, 1960 | 2025 |
Nishikido | Mitoizumi Masayuki | Sekiwake | Nishikido | Yes | Special Executive | September 2, 1962 | 2027 |
Takadagawa | Akinoshima Katsumi | Sekiwake | Takadagawa | Yes | Special Executive | 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 |
Arashio | Ōyutaka Masachika | Komusubi | Arashio | Yes | Iin | March 29, 1955 | 2020 |
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 | Iin | August 15, 1957 | 2022 |
Isenoumi | Kitakachidoki Hayato | Maegashira 3 | Isenoumi | Yes | Iin | January 1, 1966 | 2031 |
Sadogatake | Kotonowaka Terumasa | Sekiwake | Sadogatake | Yes | Iin | 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 | Iin | 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 | Iin | November 8, 1973 | 2038 |
Azumazeki | Ushiomaru Motoyasu | Maegashira 10 | Azumazeki | Yes | Iin | May 11, 1978 | 2043 |
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 |
Nakagawa | Asahisato Kenji | Maegashira 14 | Nakagawa | Yes | Iin | November 9, 1965 | 2030 |
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 | Takamisugi Takakatsu | Komusubi | Chiganoura | Yes | Iin | March 1, 1961 | 2026 |
Wakamatsu | Asanowaka Takehiko | Maegashira 1 | Takasago | No | Iin | December 11, 1969 | 2034 |
Wakafuji | Ōtsukasa Nobuhide | Maegashira 4 | Irumagawa | No | Iin | February 18, 1971 | 2036 |
Hanakago | Daijuyama Tadaaki | Sekiwake | Minezaki | No | Iin | 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 |
Ōnomatsu | Masurao Hiroo | Sekiwake | Ōnomatsu | Yes | Iin | June 27, 1961 | 2026 |
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 | Iin | August 31, 1962 | 2027 |
Naruto | Kotoōshū Katsunori | Ōzeki | Naruto | Yes | Iin | February 19, 1983 | 2048 |
Onoe | Hamanoshima Keishi | Komusubi | Onoe | Yes | Shunin | March 21, 1970 | 2035 |
Ikazuchi | Kakizoe Tōru | Komusubi | Musashigawa | No | Shunin | August 12, 1978 | 2043 |
Furiwake | Takamisakari Seiken | Komusubi | Azumazeki | No | Shunin | May 12, 1976 | 2041 |
Hanaregoma | Tamanoshima Arata | Sekiwake | Nishonseki | No | Shunin | September 15, 1977 | 2042 |
Iwatomo | Kimurayama Mamoru | Maegashira 7 | Kasugano | No | Shunin | 13 July 1981 | 2046 |
Shiranui | Wakakōyū Masaya | Komusubi | Ōnomatsu | No | Shunin | February 24, 1984 | 2049 |
Tatsutagawa | Hōmashō Noriyuki | Komusubi | Shikoroyama | No | Shunin | April 16, 1981 | 2046 |
Tomozuna | Kyokutenhō Masaru | Sekiwake | Tomozuna | Yes | Shunin | September 13, 1974 | 2039 |
Nishiiwa | Wakanosato Shinobu | Sekiwake | Nishiiwa | Yes | Shunin | July 10, 1976 | 2041 |
Nishikijima | Asasekiryū Tarō | Sekiwake | Takasago | No | Toshiyori | August 7, 1981 | 2046 |
Otowayama | Daidō Kenji | Maegashira 8 | Ōnomatsu | No | Toshiyori | August 21, 1982 | 2047 |
Onogawa | Kitataiki Akeyoshi | Maegashira 2 | Yamahibiki | No | Toshiyori | October 5, 1982 | 2047 |
Magaki | Tosayutaka Yūya | Maegashira 1 | Tokitsukaze | No | Toshiyori | March 10, 1985 | 2050 |
Kumatagani | Tamaasuka Daisuke | Maegashira 9 | Kataonami | No | Toshiyori | January 26, 1983 | 2048 |
Kiyomigata | Bushūyama Takashi[1] | Maegashira 3 | Fujishima | No | Toshiyori | May 21, 1976 | 2041 |
Kimigahama | Hōchiyama Kōkan[2] | Maegashira 14 | Sakaigawa | No | Toshiyori | January 18, 1982 | 2047 |
Nakamura | Sadanofuji Akihiro[3] | Maegashira 2 | Sakaigawa | No | Toshiyori | December 25, 1984 | 2049 |
Kasugayama | Shōtenrō Taishi[4] | Maegashira 2 | Fujishima | No | Toshiyori | January 31, 1982 | 2047 |
Tateyama | Tamanofuji Shigeru | Sekiwake | Kataonami | No | Consultant | November 24, 1949 | 2014/2019*[5] |
Tokiwayama | Masudayama Yasuhito | Sekiwake | Chiganoura | No | Consultant | April 10, 1951 | 2016/2021*[5] |
Matsuchiyama | Banryūyama Takaharu | Komusubi | Kasugano | No | Consultant | May 4, 1951 | 2016/2021*[5] |
Dekiyama | Dewanohana Yoshitaka | Sekiwake | Dewanoumi | No | Consultant | May 13, 1951 | 2016/2021*[5] |
Kiriyama | Kurosegawa Kuniyuki | Komusubi | Isegahama | No | Consultant | May 13, 1951 | 2016/2021*[5] |
Ōshima | Kaiki Nobuhide | Sekiwake | Tomozuna | No | Consultant | June 12, 1952 | 2017/2022*[5] |
Takekuma | Zaōnishiki Toshimasa | Maegashira 1 | Tokitsukaze | No | Consultant | September 3, 1952 | 2017/2022*[5] |
Ōyama | Daihi Susumu | Maegashira 2 | Azumazeki | No | Consultant | October 16, 1952 | 2017/2022*[5] |
Ajigawa | vacant (owner is active Aminishiki Ryūji) | ||||||
Araiso | vacant (owner is active Kisenosato Yutaka) | ||||||
Hidenoyama | vacant (owner is active Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro) | ||||||
Kitajin | vacant (owner is active Endō Shōta) | ||||||
Oshiogawa | vacant (owner is active Takekaze Akira) | ||||||
Sanoyama | vacant (owner is active Chiyoōtori Yūki) | ||||||
Yamashina | vacant (owner is retired Ōnishiki Ittetsu) |
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 (empty rank for the moment)
- 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.
Notes
- ↑ Borrowed from active Tochiōzan Yūichirō
- ↑ Borrowed from active Okinoumi Ayumi
- ↑ Borrowed from active Yoshikaze Masatsugu
- ↑ Borrowed from active Ikioi Shōta
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Re-hired as consultant on reduced pay for five years after mandatory retirement