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American professional wrestler (1966–2000)
professional wrestler. He was best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where he wrestled under the ring name Yokozuna. He was also
Yokozuna_(wrestler)
Highest-ranking of the six divisions of professional sumo
award a wrestler a yokozuna license. The Yoshida family won this dispute, because the 15th yokozuna Umegatani Tōtarō I, one of the strongest wrestlers of his
Makuuchi
Yokozuna is the highest rank of sumo wrestling. It was not recorded on the banzuke until 1890 and was not officially recognised as sumo's highest rank
List_of_yokozuna
1993 World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view event
WrestleMania event held outdoors. WrestleMania IX was built around two main storylines. The first was the seemingly unstoppable Yokozuna challenging Bret Hart for
WrestleMania_IX
Mongolian sumo wrestler (born 1999)
Byambasüren; May 22, 1999) is a Mongolian professional sumo wrestler and the 74th yokozuna. Wrestling for Tatsunami stable, he made his professional debut in
Hōshōryū_Tomokatsu
Japanese sumo wrestler (born 2000)
Nakamura Daiki), June 7, 2000) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler and the 75th yokozuna. After a successful amateur career at university level, where
Ōnosato_Daiki
1994 World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view event
Luger won, he would face Yokozuna first. Hart would then wrestle his brother Owen Hart before facing the winner of the Luger-Yokozuna match. If Hart won the
WrestleMania_X
Japanese sumo wrestler (1955–2016)
Japanese professional sumo wrestler and the 58th yokozuna of the sport. Chiyonofuji is considered one of the greatest yokozunas in sumo's history, winning
Chiyonofuji_Mitsugu
Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1986)
yūshō with a 14–1 record and subsequently was promoted to yokozuna, the first Japanese-born wrestler to reach sumo's highest rank since Wakanohana in 1998
Kisenosato_Yutaka
American professional wrestler (born 1965)
1965) is an American professional wrestler, best known under the ring names Rikishi and Fatu with the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and under a variety
Rikishi_(wrestler)
Japanese professional wrestler and sumo wrestler (1963–2019)
Japanese sumo wrestler (rikishi), professional wrestler, and mixed martial artist. As Futahaguro Kōji (双羽黒 光司) he was sumo's 60th yokozuna, and the only
Kōji_Kitao
Ukrainian sumo wrestler (born 2004)
sumo wrestler from Vinnytsia, Vinnytsia Oblast. He is the second Ukrainian to become a professional sumo wrestler, after Shishi in 2020. He wrestles for
Aonishiki_Arata
Japanese sumo wrestler
to act when Mongolian wrestler Takanoiwa was injured by Harumafuji at a restaurant and bar in Tottori in October. Fellow yokozuna Hakuhō was docked a month
Kakuryū_Rikisaburō
Japanese sumo wrestler
Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Taitō, Tokyo. He was the sport's 40th yokozuna, and later a professional wrestler. Azumafuji's real name was
Azumafuji_Kin'ichi
American sumo wrestler
1999 he became only the second foreign-born wrestler in history to reach the sport's highest rank of yokozuna. Musashimaru won over 700 top division bouts
Musashimaru_Kōyō
Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1985)
sumo, yokozuna. With a record 45 total championships (yūshō) at the top makuuchi division, he is widely considered to be the greatest sumo wrestler of all
Hakuhō_Shō
17th-century Japanese sumo wrestler
– c. 1649) is purported to be a Japanese sumo wrestler who is formally recognized as the first yokozuna. A legendary figure, his historicity is disputed
Akashi_Shiganosuke
Mongolian-Japanese sumo wrestler
is a Mongolian-Japanese former professional sumo wrestler. The 73rd yokozuna of the sport, he wrestled for Isegahama stable. After his retirement in 2025
Terunofuji_Haruo
Japanese sumo wrestler (1953–2015)
including promotion to the highest rank of yokozuna at the age of 21. Despite being the most dominant wrestler in the sport during the 1970s with 24 tournament
Kitanoumi_Toshimitsu
Japanese sumo wrestler
1703 – March 14, 1765) was a Japanese sumo wrestler, who is formally recognised as the second yokozuna. Ayagawa came from Tochigi prefecture and was
Ayagawa_Gorōji
Japanese sumo wrestler
sumo wrestler from Tōmi, Nagano Prefecture. He is considered one of the greatest rikishi in history, although he was never promoted to yokozuna. To date
Raiden_Tameemon
Japanese sumo wrestler
1892 – October 3, 1959) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 27th yokozuna from 1918 until 1925. Generally he is considered one of
Tochigiyama_Moriya
Mongolian sumo wrestler (born 1984)
professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 70th yokozuna from 2012 to 2017, making him the third Mongolian and fifth overall non-Japanese wrestler to attain
Harumafuji_Kōhei
Japanese sumo wrestler
He reached the second highest rank of ōzeki in 1987 and became the 63rd yokozuna in the history of the sport in 1990 at the age of 30. He won four tournaments
Asahifuji_Seiya
Professional wrestling family
members of the family include Roman Reigns and WWE Hall of Fameers Rikishi, Yokozuna, and the Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika). Other notable members include The
Anoaʻi_family
American sumo wrestler (born 1963)
American-born Japanese former professional sumo wrestler. He was the first non-Japanese-born wrestler to reach ōzeki, the second-highest possible rank
Konishiki_Yasokichi
American-born Japanese sumo wrestler (1969–2024)
first non-Japanese-born wrestler ever to reach yokozuna, the highest rank in sumo. One of the tallest and heaviest wrestlers ever, Akebono's rivalry with
Akebono_Tarō
Mongolian former sumo wrestler (born 1980)
tagw̜atɔrt͡ʃ]) is a Mongolian former professional sumo wrestler (rikishi). He was the 68th yokozuna in the history of the sport in Japan, and in January
Asashōryū_Akinori
Notation used in professional sumo wrestling
notation used in professional sumo wrestling to record a lower-ranked (maegashira) wrestler's victory over a yokozuna in a grand sumo tournament (honbasho)
Kinboshi
endorsing a particular stable or wrestler. Kōjō (口上) 'Speech'. A formal address in which wrestlers promoted to yokozuna or ōzeki ranks makes a speech after
Glossary_of_sumo_terms
Japanese sumo wrestler (1887–1956)
1956) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Inzai, Chiba Prefecture. He was the sport's 24th yokozuna. His real name was Takita Akira (瀧田 明)
Ōtori_Tanigorō
Advisory body of Japanese professional sumo
The Yokozuna Deliberation Council (横綱審議委員会, Yokozuna shingī iinkai), sometimes called Yokozuna Promotion Council, and usually abbreviated in Japanese as
Yokozuna_Deliberation_Council
Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1971)
born January 20, 1971) is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler. As an active wrestler he was known as Wakanohana Masaru (若乃花 勝), and his rise through
Wakanohana_Masaru
Japanese sumo wrestler
Japanese former professional sumo wrestler and coach. He was the 65th man in history to reach sumo's highest rank of yokozuna, and he won 22 tournament championships
Takanohana_Kōji
Japanese sumo wrestler (1903–1938)
December 4, 1938) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kōchi. He was the sport's 32nd yokozuna. He won a total of nine top division yūshō or tournament
Tamanishiki_San'emon
Japanese sumo wrestler
never lost a match against a yokozuna. Fujinokawa was born in Edogawa, Tokyo as the elder son of former makuuchi sumo wrestler Ōikari. During his third year
Fujinokawa_Seigō
Japanese form of full-contact wrestling
sumo wrestlers. The latter produced Hiroshi Wajima, who in 1973 became the first wrestler with a collegiate background to attain the rank of yokozuna. The
Sumo
Japanese sumo wrestler
Japanese sumo and professional wrestler. Born in Nanao, Ishikawa, he was the sport's 54th yokozuna and is the first wrestler with a collegiate background
Wajima_Hiroshi
holds the record for yūshō won in the modern era by a wrestler to never reach the rank of yokozuna. The table is up to date as of the end of the July 2026
List_of_ōzeki
Japanese sumo wrestler (1940–2013)
1940 – January 19, 2013) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He became the 48th yokozuna in 1961 at the age of 21, the youngest ever at the time
Taihō_Kōki
Japanese sumo wrestler
(高谷 俊英), was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Namioka, Aomori. He was the sport's 59th yokozuna from 1983 to 1986 and won four top division
Takanosato_Toshihide
Japanese sumo wrestler (1750–1795)
February 27, 1795) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from the Edo period. Officially recognized as the fourth yokozuna, he was however effectively the first
Tanikaze_Kajinosuke
Japanese sumo wrestler
Old: The 62nd Yokozuna Onokuni Yasushi (1962 ~ ) Part 2" (PDF). Sumo Fan Magazine. Retrieved 3 September 2010. "Former Mongolian sumo wrestler sues stablemaster
Ōnokuni_Yasushi
Japanese sumo wrestler
sumo wrestler from Fukushima, Hokkaidō. He was the sport's 41st yokozuna, between 1951 until 1959. He is regarded as the first "modern" yokozuna in that
Chiyonoyama_Masanobu
Japanese sumo wrestler
14, 2007) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kurayoshi, Tottori. He was the sport's 53rd yokozuna. He made his professional debut in 1959, reaching
Kotozakura_Masakatsu_I
Japanese sumo wrestler
1988) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tokunoshima in the Amami Islands. He was the sport's 46th yokozuna. He was also a sumo coach and head
Asashio_Tarō_III
Japanese sumo wrestler
Nagiemon) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Uto, Higo Province. He was the sport's 8th yokozuna, and is the only yokozuna in history to have been demoted
Shiranui_Dakuemon
Japanese sumo wrestler
1903) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Itō, Izumo Province. He was the sport's 12th yokozuna and one of its most important record keepers
Jinmaku_Kyūgorō
top division runners-up List of sumo second division champions List of yokozuna List of ōzeki List of sekiwake List of komusubi List of years in sumo Glossary
List_of_active_sumo_wrestlers
Japanese sumo wrestler
1922) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture. He was the sport's 19th yokozuna from 1903 till 1914. His great rivalry
Hitachiyama_Taniemon
Japanese sumo wrestler
– September 7, 1871) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 13th yokozuna and the first to be promoted during the Meiji era. Kimenzan
Kimenzan_Tanigorō
1995 World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view event
surprisingly well for a non-wrestler. Others thought that the WWF pushing a football player to defeat a wrestler made professional wrestling look bad. Reviews of
WrestleMania_XI
Attendant in sumo
higher ranked wrestler of the two attendants. All three wrestlers will wear a matching set of keshō-mawashi belonging to the yokozuna during the ceremony
Tachimochi
Professional sumo wrestler
wrestler in fifty makes it to the jūryō division, just one in a hundred becomes a makuuchi wrestler, and only one in four hundred makes the yokozuna rank
Rikishi
Japanese sumo wrestler
1808 – June 16, 1862) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Kesennuma, Mutsu Province. He was the sport's 9th yokozuna. Born Kikuta Tatsugorō (菊田 辰五郎), he later
Hidenoyama_Raigorō
Japanese sumo wrestler (1867–1914)
1914) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Musha District, Kazusa Province. He was the sport's 17th yokozuna. His real name was Iwai Yasokichi (岩井
Konishiki_Yasokichi_I
Sumo wrestler from Bulgaria
ranking system behind only yokozuna. On May 24, 2008, Kotoōshū made history by becoming the first European sumo wrestler to win an Emperor's Cup. He
Kotoōshū_Katsunori
Japanese sumo wrestler (1953–2022)
July 2022) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ōwani, Aomori. He was the sport's 56th yokozuna. He was popular with sumo fans and was well-known
Wakanohana_Kanji_II
Japanese sumo wrestler
wrestler from Tokyo. He was the sport's 44th yokozuna. He won ten top division yūshō or tournament championships and was a rival of fellow yokozuna Wakanohana
Tochinishiki_Kiyotaka
Japanese sumo wrestler
1794 – 20 January 1852) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Noto Province. He was the sport's 6th yokozuna. He trained ōzeki Tsurugizan Taniemon. He was
Ōnomatsu_Midorinosuke
Japanese sumo wrestler
1908) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Sendai, Satsuma Province. He was the sport's 16th yokozuna, and the first to be officially listed
Nishinoumi_Kajirō_I
Japanese sumo wrestler
1713 – November 14, 1749) was a Japanese sumo wrestler, who is formally recognised as the third yokozuna. His real name was Haga Gindayu (芳賀 銀太夫). He came
Maruyama_Gondazaemon
Japanese sumo wrestler
professional sumo wrestler from Kikuchi, Higo Province. He was the sport's 11th yokozuna. He gives his name to one of the two styles for the yokozuna's in-ring
Shiranui_Kōemon
Japanese sumo wrestler
professional sumo wrestler from Matsudo. He wrestles for Sadogatake stable, a sumo stable previously run by his grandfather, former yokozuna Kotozakura, and
Kotozakura_Masakatsu_II
Japanese sumo wrestler
professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 26th yokozuna. On 2 November 1922, he became the first yokozuna to perform the yokozuna dohyō-iri at the
Ōnishiki_Uichirō
Japanese sumo wrestler
professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 23rd yokozuna. He was the second yokozuna to be recognised from Osaka sumo, and the only yokozuna who spent his
Ōkido_Moriemon
Attendant in sumo
the lower ranked wrestler of the two attendants. All three wrestlers will wear a matching set of keshō-mawashi belonging to the yokozuna during the ceremony
Tsuyuharai
Japanese sumo wrestler
Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture. He was the sport's 29th yokozuna, and the last yokozuna in Osaka sumo. He was born
Miyagiyama_Fukumatsu
Japanese sumo wrestler
Japanese sumo wrestler from Yanagawa, Chikugo Province. He was the sport's 10th yokozuna. Although the name of the style of the yokozuna 's in-ring ceremony
Unryū_Kyūkichi
Japanese sumo wrestler
professional sumo wrestler from the town of Haki, Chikuzen Province, now Shiwa, Fukuoka Prefecture. He was the sport's 15th yokozuna. He was generally
Umegatani_Tōtarō_I
American professional wrestler (1964–2007)
professional wrestler. Adams is known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), under the name Crush, and for World Championship Wrestling (WCW)
Brian_Adams_(wrestler)
Japanese sumo wrestler
30, 1806) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Ōtsu, Ōmi Province (now Shiga Prefecture). He was the sport's 5th yokozuna. Along with Tanikaze, Onogawa was
Onogawa_Kisaburō
Japanese sumo wrestler
was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Nakanokuchi, Niigata. He was the sport's 36th yokozuna. He was a yokozuna for a period of twelve years and
Haguroyama_Masaji
American professional wrestler (born 1965)
and won him the Wrestling Observer Newsletter award for Best Gimmick a record-setting 5 years in a row. He is the longest-tenured wrestler in company history
The_Undertaker
Topics referred to by the same term
Kotozakura Masakatsu I (1940–2007), sumo wrestler, the 53rd yokozuna Kotozakura Masakatsu II (born 1997), sumo wrestler, current ōzeki, grandson of Kotozakura
Kotozakura_Masakatsu
Japanese sumo wrestler
29, 2004) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Aomori Prefecture. He was the sport's 42nd yokozuna. He was born Okuyama Kiyoji (奥山 喜世治) in a
Kagamisato_Kiyoji
Japanese sumo wrestler
was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Awazaki, Hitachi Province (now Inashiki, Ibaraki Prefecture). He was the sport's 7th yokozuna. Born Nemoto Saisuke
Inazuma_Raigorō
American professional wrestler (born 1963)
Samuel Fred Anoaʻi (born May 29, 1963) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Samu. He is signed to WWE on a Legends contract
Samu_(wrestler)
undefeated against both yokozuna, becoming only the fourth wrestler in sumo history to win four consecutive bouts against a yokozuna. This has not been accomplished
2026_in_sumo
Canadian professional wrestler and sumo wrestler (1963–2006)
2006) was a Canadian professional wrestler and sumo wrestler (rikishi) best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as Earthquake. After a
John_Tenta
World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view event
Borga, however, Yokozuna entered the ring. Yokozuna performed a leg drop on Steiner and pinned him to even the match at two wrestlers each. Luger fought
Survivor_Series_(1993)
Japanese sumo wrestler
– January 27, 1931) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 25th yokozuna. His real name was Makise Kyūhachi (牧瀬 休八), but he later
Nishinoumi_Kajirō_II
Canadian-American wrestler (1965–1999)
professional wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and
Owen_Hart
World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view event
main event wrestler, although he never won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. He competed in another match with Yokozuna at WrestleMania X after
SummerSlam_(1993)
World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view event
last wrestler to enter the match. The wrestlers fought and several men were eliminated in quick succession, leaving Backlund, Martel, Yokozuna, and Savage
Royal_Rumble_(1993)
Japanese sumo wrestler
Ishiyama Gorō)) is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Matsusaka, Mie. He was the 57th yokozuna of the sport. After retiring he founded the Musashigawa
Mienoumi_Tsuyoshi
Japanese sumo wrestler
2010) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 45th yokozuna. He was a popular wrestler and was nicknamed the "Devil of the Dohyō"
Wakanohana_Kanji_I
American sumo wrestler
stable in 1986. His most successful wrestler was fellow Hawaiian Akebono who reached the sport's highest rank of yokozuna in 1993. Takamiyama retired as a
Takamiyama_Daigorō
Professional wrestling stable
new manager. World Wrestling Federation WWF Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Owen Hart and Yokozuna The Heenan Family "Wrestler Profiles: Jim Cornette"
Camp_Cornette
Mongolian sumo wrestler
san'yaku wrestler, Wakamotoharu. During promotional interviews he spoke of his desire to fight with a black shimekomi, in order to evoke yokozuna Harumafuji
Kirishima_Tetsuo
People associated with professional wrestling who died before age 65
Bedlam: Wrestler Ion Croitoru's Secret Life of Crime". March 12, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2024. Sansome, Jessica. "Jackass star and wrestler Stevie
List of premature professional wrestling deaths
List_of_premature_professional_wrestling_deaths
Japanese sumo wrestler
former professional sumo wrestler from Hokkaidō. He was the sport's 61st yokozuna and won eight top division championships. He wrestled for Kokonoe stable.
Hokutoumi_Nobuyoshi
Japanese clan once responsible for the organization of professional sumo in Japan
wrestlers) and gyōji (sumo referees) throughout the country, making sure that sumo etiquette was strictly observed, and granting the rank of yokozuna
House_of_Yoshida_Tsukasa
Japanese sumo wrestler
a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ogachi, Akita. He was the sport's 38th yokozuna. He was promoted to yokozuna without any top division tournament
Terukuni_Manzō
Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1841)
was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Katsushika District, Shimōsa Province. He was the sport's 14th yokozuna. Nicknamed "Tanikaze of the Meiji
Sakaigawa_Namiemon
Japanese sumo wrestler
was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Oita Prefecture. Entering sumo in 1927, he was the sport's 35th yokozuna from 1937 until his retirement in
Futabayama_Sadaji
Japanese sumo wrestler
Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture. He was the sport's 21st yokozuna and the first official yokozuna from the Osaka Sumo Association
Wakashima_Gonshirō
Topics referred to by the same term
sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna Wakanohana Kanji II (1953–2022), sumo wrestler, the 56th Yokozuna Wakanohana Masaru (born 1971), sumo wrestler, the 66th
Wakanohana
Japanese sumo wrestler
1941) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture. He was the sport's 22nd yokozuna. He was well known for his extreme strength
Tachiyama_Mineemon
Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1992)
wrestler from Neyagawa, Osaka. After winning a gold medal in sumo at the 2013 World Combat Games, he made his professional debut in 2015, wrestling with
Ura_Kazuki
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YOKOZUNA WRESTLER
Boy/Male
Biblical, British, Christian, English, Hebrew
He that Embraces; A Wrestler
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval female personal name Mal(le), pet form of Mary (see Marie).Indian (northern states) : Hindu name found in several communities, from Sanskrit malla ‘strongman’, ‘wrestler’.
Male
Chinese
little wrestler.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
An Ancient Wrestler
Male
Greek
(Πᾰλαιμον) Greek name PALAIMON means "wrestler." In mythology, this is the name of a young sea god who aided sailors in distress.
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, from the Middle English word kempe "athlete, wrestler," from Old English kempa, KEMP means "champion, warrior."
Biblical
he that embraces; a wrestler
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