Règlement et historique

		Ville d’origine	Année de yokozuna	Retraite
1	Akashi Shiganosuke	Utsunomiya	----	---
2	Ayagawa Gorōji	Tochigi	----	---
3	Maruyama Gondazaemon	Miyagi	1749	1749
4	Tanikaze Kajinosuke	Miyagi	1789	1795
5	Onogawa Kisaburō	Shiga	1789	1797
6	Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke	Ishikawa	1828	1835
7	Inazuma Raigorō	Ibaraki	1830	1839
8	Shiranui Dakuemon	Kumamoto	1840	1844
9	Hidenoyama Raigorō	Miyagi	1847	1850
10	Unryū Kyūkichi	Fukuoka	1861	1865
11	Shiranui Kōemon	Kumamoto	1863	1869
12	Jinmaku Kyūgorō	Shimane	1867	1867
13	Kimenzan Tanigorō	Gifu	1869	1870
14	Sakaigawa Namiemon	Chiba	1877	1881
15	Umegatani Tōtarō I	Fukuoka	1884	1885
16	Nishinoumi Kajirō I	Kagoshima	1890	1896
17	Konishiki Yasokichi I	Chiba	1896	1901
18	Ōzutsu Man'emon	Miyagi	1901	1908
19	Hitachiyama Taniemon	Ibaraki	1903	1914
20	Umegatani Tōtarō II	Toyama	1903	1915
21	Wakashima Gonshirō	Chiba	1905	1907
22	Tachiyama Mineemon	Toyama	1911	1918
23	Ōkido Moriemon	Hyōgo	1912	1914
24	Ōtori Tanigorō	Chiba	1915	1920
25	Nishinoumi Kajirō II	Kagoshima	1916	1918
26	Ōnishiki Uichirō	Osaka	1917	1923
27	Tochigiyama Moriya	Tochigi	1918	1925
28	Ōnishiki Daigorō	Aichi	1918	1922
29	Miyagiyama Fukumatsu	Iwate	1922	1931
30	Nishinoumi Kajirō III	Kagoshima	1923	1928
31	Tsunenohana Kan'ichi	Okayama	1924	1930
32	Tamanishiki San'emon	Kochi	1932	1938
33	Musashiyama Takeshi	Kanagawa	1935	1939
34	Minanogawa Tōzō	Ibaraki	1936	1942
35	Futabayama Sadaji	Ōita	1937	1945
36	Haguroyama Masaji	Niigata	1941	1953
37	Akinoumi Setsuo	Hiroshima	1942	1946
38	Terukuni Manzō	Akita	1942	1953
39	Maedayama Eigorō	Ehime	1947	1949
40	Azumafuji Kin'ichi	Tokyo	1948	1954
41	Chiyonoyama Masanobu	Hokkaidō	1951	1959
42	Kagamisato Kiyoji	Aomori	1953	1958
43	Yoshibayama Junnosuke	Hokkaidō	1954	1958
44	Tochinishiki Kiyotaka	Tokyo	1954	1960
45	Wakanohana Kanji I	Aomori	1958	1962
46	Asashio Tarō III	Hyōgo	1959	1962
47	Kashiwado Tsuyoshi	Yamagata	1961	1969
48	Taihō Kōki	Hokkaidō	1961	1971
49	Tochinoumi Teruyoshi	Aomori	1964	1966
50	Sadanoyama Shinmatsu	Nagasaki	1965	1968
51	Tamanoumi Masahiro	Aichi	1970	1971
52	Kitanofuji Katsuaki	Hokkaidō	1970	1974
53	Kotozakura Masakatsu	Tottori	1973	1974
54	Wajima Hiroshi	Ishikawa	1973	1981
55	Kitanoumi Toshimitsu	Hokkaidō	1974	1985
56	Wakanohana Kanji II	Aomori	1978	1983
57	Mienoumi Tsuyoshi	Mie	1979	1980
58	Chiyonofuji Mitsugu	Hokkaidō	1981	1991
59	Takanosato Toshihide	Aomori	1983	1986
60	Futahaguro Kōji	Mie	1986	1988
61	Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi	Hokkaidō	1987	1992
62	Ōnokuni Yasushi	Hokkaidō	1987	1991
63	Asahifuji Seiya	Aomori	1990	1992
64	Akebono Tarō	Hawaii, USA	1993	2001
65	Takanohana Kōji	Tokyo	1994	2003
66	Wakanohana Masaru	Tokyo	1998	2000
67	Musashimaru Kōyō	Hawaii, USA	1999	2003
68	Asashōryū Akinori	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolie	2003	2010
69	Hakuhō Shō	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolie	2007	active

Musashimaru (2-5-71). Originaire d’Hawaï, il devient en mai 1999 le deuxième yokozuna non-japonais (après Akebono). Vainqueur du tournoi de Tokyo cette année-là en battant en finale Akebono.