The first table below lists the champions since the six tournament system instituted in 1958. 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. [1] Names in bold mark an undefeated victory (a zenshō-yūshō). Figures in brackets mark the number of championships earned up to that tournament for wrestlers who won the championship more than once.
*Chibanoyama later became Wakayoshiba
*Goto later became Gokenzan
*Hagiwara later became
Kisenosato
*Hanada later became
Tochinoumi
*Haruki later became
Tokibayama
*Hayashi later became
Terunoumi
*Hoshi later became
Hokutoumi
*Ikeda later became
Tensuiyama
*Ishikawa later became
Onoumi
*Ishiyama later became
Kinoarashi
*Kaishinzan later became
Sentoryu
*Kanesaku later became Susanoumi
*Kaseda later became
Tochinowaka
*Kawasaki later became
Taiga
*Koga later became
Kaio
*Kogawa later became
Wakanosato
*Komahikari would later become
Shunketsu
*Kotomidori later became
Kotogatake
*Kototamiya later became
Kotomitsuki
*Kumagaya later became
Kaiho
*Kuga later became
Kitakachidoki
*Matsuoka later became Ryumon
*Mitsuhikari later became Wakahikari
*Morita later became
Fujinokawa
*Nagahama later became
Yutakayama II
*Nakao later became
Wakatsutomu
*Narimatsu later became
Tomonohana
*Nishinoryu later became
Tsunenoyama
*Noguchi later became
Hananokuni
*Ogata later became
Amanoyama
*Oso later became
Musoyama
*Osuzuki later became Yutakafuji
*Otsuka later became
Toyokuni
*Otsuka later became
Otsukasa
*Oyoshizawa later became
Kongo
*Sakamotoyama later became
Higonoumi
*Sawai later became
Goeido
*Shiga later became
Tochiazuma
*Shimoda later became Wakakeisho
*Shiraishi later became Shirononami
*Sugiyama later became
Wakamisugi
*Shimada later became
Tenryu
*Shoji later became
Aobajo
*Takanohama later became
Toyonoumi
*Takaozaki later became
Takanowaka
*Takahanada later became
Takanohana
*Takeuchi later became
Miyabiyama
*Tamanokuni later became Tamamitsukuni
*Tarusawa later became
Kirinji
*Tochinoiwa later became
Tochisakae
*Tomiyama later became
Wakanami
*Wakaadachi later became
Asanowaka
*Yamakazi later became
Daishoyama
*Yamamotogawa later became
Futatsuryu
*Yoshitane later became
Shikishima
*Ama would later become
Harumafuji
*Arakiyama would later become
Niigiyama
*Azumanada would later become
Misugiiso
*Daiki later became
Hokutofuji
*Daikiko later became
Terunoumi
*Hanada II would later become
Takanohana I
*Ishide would later become
Shunketsu
*Kawasaki would later become
Taiga
*Kirinji I would later become
Daikirin
*Kitao would later become
Futahaguro
*Kōtetsuyama II would later become
Itai
*Mitsuruyama would later become
Shishihō
*Obori would later become
Ōnishiki
*Satō would later become
Takakeishō
*Tamanonada would later become
Tamanoshima
*Taniarashi would later become
Yamaguchi
*Togashi would later become
Kashiwado
*Uchida would later become
Yutakayama I
*Wakahanada would later become
Wakanohana III
The first table below lists the champions since the six tournament system instituted in 1958. 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. [1] Names in bold mark an undefeated victory (a zenshō-yūshō). Figures in brackets mark the number of championships earned up to that tournament for wrestlers who won the championship more than once.
*Chibanoyama later became Wakayoshiba
*Goto later became Gokenzan
*Hagiwara later became
Kisenosato
*Hanada later became
Tochinoumi
*Haruki later became
Tokibayama
*Hayashi later became
Terunoumi
*Hoshi later became
Hokutoumi
*Ikeda later became
Tensuiyama
*Ishikawa later became
Onoumi
*Ishiyama later became
Kinoarashi
*Kaishinzan later became
Sentoryu
*Kanesaku later became Susanoumi
*Kaseda later became
Tochinowaka
*Kawasaki later became
Taiga
*Koga later became
Kaio
*Kogawa later became
Wakanosato
*Komahikari would later become
Shunketsu
*Kotomidori later became
Kotogatake
*Kototamiya later became
Kotomitsuki
*Kumagaya later became
Kaiho
*Kuga later became
Kitakachidoki
*Matsuoka later became Ryumon
*Mitsuhikari later became Wakahikari
*Morita later became
Fujinokawa
*Nagahama later became
Yutakayama II
*Nakao later became
Wakatsutomu
*Narimatsu later became
Tomonohana
*Nishinoryu later became
Tsunenoyama
*Noguchi later became
Hananokuni
*Ogata later became
Amanoyama
*Oso later became
Musoyama
*Osuzuki later became Yutakafuji
*Otsuka later became
Toyokuni
*Otsuka later became
Otsukasa
*Oyoshizawa later became
Kongo
*Sakamotoyama later became
Higonoumi
*Sawai later became
Goeido
*Shiga later became
Tochiazuma
*Shimoda later became Wakakeisho
*Shiraishi later became Shirononami
*Sugiyama later became
Wakamisugi
*Shimada later became
Tenryu
*Shoji later became
Aobajo
*Takanohama later became
Toyonoumi
*Takaozaki later became
Takanowaka
*Takahanada later became
Takanohana
*Takeuchi later became
Miyabiyama
*Tamanokuni later became Tamamitsukuni
*Tarusawa later became
Kirinji
*Tochinoiwa later became
Tochisakae
*Tomiyama later became
Wakanami
*Wakaadachi later became
Asanowaka
*Yamakazi later became
Daishoyama
*Yamamotogawa later became
Futatsuryu
*Yoshitane later became
Shikishima
*Ama would later become
Harumafuji
*Arakiyama would later become
Niigiyama
*Azumanada would later become
Misugiiso
*Daiki later became
Hokutofuji
*Daikiko later became
Terunoumi
*Hanada II would later become
Takanohana I
*Ishide would later become
Shunketsu
*Kawasaki would later become
Taiga
*Kirinji I would later become
Daikirin
*Kitao would later become
Futahaguro
*Kōtetsuyama II would later become
Itai
*Mitsuruyama would later become
Shishihō
*Obori would later become
Ōnishiki
*Satō would later become
Takakeishō
*Tamanonada would later become
Tamanoshima
*Taniarashi would later become
Yamaguchi
*Togashi would later become
Kashiwado
*Uchida would later become
Yutakayama I
*Wakahanada would later become
Wakanohana III