All-Time Yokozuna: Height, Weight, and Tournament Wins (1937–2025)

Physical stats and championship records for all 37 sumo yokozuna from Futabayama (1937) to Onosato (2025), including height, weight, and yusho counts.
# no
name
country
promoted
height_cm
weight_kg
yusho
active
1 35 Futabayama Japan 1937 179.0 128.0 12.0 0
2 36 Haguroyama Japan 1941 179.0 127.0 7.0 0
3 41 Chiyonoyama Japan 1951 187.0 133.0 6.0 0
4 42 Kagamisato Japan 1953 186.0 128.0 4.0 0
5 43 Yoshibayama Japan 1954 179.0 130.0 1.0 0
6 44 Tochinishiki Japan 1954 178.0 110.0 10.0 0
7 45 Wakanohana I Japan 1958 185.0 103.0 10.0 0
8 46 Asashio III Japan 1959 187.0 145.0 5.0 0
9 47 Kashiwado Japan 1961 189.0 133.0 5.0 0
10 48 Taiho Japan 1961 187.0 153.0 32.0 0
11 49 Tochinoumi Japan 1964 177.0 105.0 3.0 0
12 50 Sadanoyama Japan 1965 181.0 130.0 6.0 0
13 51 Tamanoumi Japan 1970 181.0 132.0 6.0 0
14 52 Kitanofuji Japan 1970 185.0 147.0 10.0 0
15 53 Kotozakura Japan 1973 189.0 167.0 5.0 0
16 54 Wajima Japan 1973 186.0 133.0 14.0 0
17 55 Kitanoumi Japan 1974 179.0 169.0 24.0 0
18 56 Wakanohana II Japan 1978 181.0 122.0 4.0 0
19 57 Mienoumi Japan 1979 181.0 134.0 3.0 0
20 58 Chiyonofuji Japan 1981 183.0 127.0 31.0 0
21 59 Takanosato Japan 1983 181.0 145.0 4.0 0
22 60 Futahaguro Japan 1986 192.0 153.0 0.0 0
23 61 Hokutoumi Japan 1987 181.0 151.0 8.0 0
24 62 Onokuni Japan 1987 186.0 203.0 2.0 0
25 63 Asahifuji Japan 1990 186.0 142.0 4.0 0
26 64 Akebono USA 1993 203.0 233.0 11.0 0
27 65 Takanohana Japan 1994 183.0 155.0 22.0 0
28 66 Wakanohana III Japan 1998 182.0 130.0 5.0 0
29 67 Musashimaru USA 1999 192.0 235.0 12.0 0
30 68 Asashoryu Mongolia 2003 184.0 148.0 25.0 0
31 69 Hakuho Mongolia 2007 192.0 153.0 45.0 0
32 70 Harumafuji Mongolia 2012 185.0 137.0 9.0 0
33 71 Kakuryu Mongolia 2014 186.0 153.0 6.0 0
34 72 Kisenosato Japan 2017 187.0 179.0 2.0 0
35 73 Terunofuji Mongolia 2021 192.0 177.0 10.0 0
36 74 Hoshoryu Mongolia 2025 188.0 148.0 2.0 1
37 75 Onosato Japan 2025 192.0 191.0 3.0 1

All-Time Yokozuna: Height, Weight, and Tournament Wins (1937–2025) — Analysis

Hakuho holds the all-time record with 45 tournament wins — 41% more than runner-up Taiho (32)

Since 1993, foreign-born yokozuna have won 120 of 368 total yusho (33%), despite being only 8 of 37 grand champions

Yokozuna Height Over Time
Total Tournament Wins by Country
Yokozuna by Country of Origin
Yokozuna Weight Over Time
Top 10 Yokozuna by Tournament Wins

Key Findings

  • Yokozuna weight has surged 37% over 9 decades: the average was 125 kg in the 1950s vs. 172 kg in the 2020s
  • Mongolia has produced 6 yokozuna since 2003, including the top winner (Hakuho, 45 yusho) and 3rd-place Asashoryu (25)
  • Futahaguro (promoted 1986) is the only yokozuna in history with zero tournament wins — he was expelled for misconduct
  • The two tallest yokozuna, Akebono (203 cm) and Musashimaru (192 cm), were both Hawaiian-born Americans
  • After a 19-year gap with no Japanese yokozuna reaching the top, Kisenosato broke the drought in 2017

The Mongolian Era

From 2003 to 2021, every yokozuna promoted was Mongolian — a streak of 5 consecutive foreign grand champions (Asashoryu, Hakuho, Harumafuji, Kakuryu, Terunofuji), interrupted only by Kisenosato in 2017.

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