List of sumo tournament second division champions


This is a list of wrestlers who have won the sumo second division jūryō championship since 1909, when the current championship system was established. These official tournaments are held exclusively in Japan.
The wrestler who has won the most jūryō championships is Masurao, with five. Wakanami, Tagaryū and Terunofuji are the only wrestlers to have won a jūryō championship after winning a top division or makuuchi title. The only wrestlers to win the jūryō championship but never earn promotion to the top division are Genbuyama, Sagahikari, Tochiizumi, Hidenohana and Daigaku.

1958 to present

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.
Names in bold mark an undefeated victory. Figures in brackets mark the number of championships earned up to that tournament for wrestlers who won the championship more than once.
JanuaryMarchMayJulySeptemberNovember
year
in sumo		TokyoOsakaTokyoNagoyaTokyoKyushu
2020Terunofuji Kotoshohono tournament
2019Shimanoumi Shimanoumi TakagenjiTsurugishoIkioi Azumaryu
2018Myōgiryū SadanoumiŌnoshōTakanoiwa TokushōryūTomokaze
2017DaieishōToyohibiki NishikigiDaiamamiAbiSōkokurai
2016HidenoumiŌsunaarashiChiyonokuni AmakazeDaiki*Satō*
2015Kitataiki FujiazumaKagamiōMitakeumiShōhōzanShōdai
2014ChiyomaruHōmashōIchinojōTochinoshin Tochinoshin Tokitenkū
2013Takanoiwa KyokushūhōKotoyūkiEndōTerunofujiChiyoōtori
2012ChiyotairyūKimikazeTamaasuka Chiyonokuni JōkōryūSadanofuji
2011Kasugaō no tournamentSagatsukasaMyōgiryū Myōgiryū Ikioi
2010GagamaruKimurayama Bushūyama MasatsukasaToyonoshima Kaisei
2009Shōtenrō Toyohibiki　Tamaasuka Wakanosato TamawashiKitataiki
2008Tochinoshin Kimurayama ChiyohakuhōBushūyama AranShōtenrō
2007Toyohibiki SatoyamaBaruto Iwakiyama Baruto Sakaizawa
2006Tochinonada Baruto ToyozakuraHōchiyamaTakanowakaJūmonji
2005Ōtsukasa KotoshōgikuTochisakae Tokitsuumi ToyonoshimaTōki
2004Wakanoyama HakuhōTokitenkū KotoōshūAma*Ishide*
2003AsasekiryūTochisakae TamakasugaKakizoeTakekazeKokkai
2002TakamisakariKotoryūIwakiyama UshiomaruTamarikidōKasugaō
2001Tamanonada*WakatsutomuKitazakuraBuyūzanAogiyama Ōikari
2000Oginishiki TochinohanaWakanosato Wakanosato KotomitsukiKinkaiyama
1999Miyabiyama Daizen Ōtsukasa Kinkaiyama HayateumiOginishiki
1998Kinkaiyama Kushimaumi Ōikari AkinoshuChiyotenzanMiyabiyama
1997DejimaChiyotaikai Tokitsuumi Chiyotaikai Oginohana Wakanosato
1996Rikiō Kyokūshuzan Rikiō Daizen Tochiazuma IITochinonada
1995AsahiyutakaTokitsunada Tosanoumi Kyokūshuzan WakanojōWakanoyama
1994Naminohana ShikishimaOginohana Tatsuhikari Naminohana Tosanoumi
1993Aogiyama Tokitsunada MinatofujiTatsuhikari HamanoshimaAsanowaka
1992Toyonoumi EnazakuraKotogaumeWakashōyōKotobeppuKomafudō
1991RyōgokuKyokugōzanDaishōhōMusashimaruDaizen Daigaku
1990Masurao Masurao DaishōyamaWakahanada*Oginohana Daikikō*
1989Tochitsukasa Kushimaumi Kushimaumi Tochitsukasa RyūkōzanOginohana
1988AkinoshimaWakasegawa HidenohanaTagaryūTakanohama* Masurao
1987TochimatoiTakamisugiŌnohana MasudayamaŌnohana Hōō
1986MitoizumiMasurao ChikubayamaMisugisatoKinoarashiTochinowaka
1985Terao TamaryūTerao Masurao SasshūnadaWakasegawa
1984Ōnishiki Konishiki Konishiki Kitao*TochiakagiKotochitose
1983ŌnokuniWashūyama TochiizumiHoshi*Hōō Hōō
1982Shishihō ŌyutakaSaisuWakasegawa Shishihō Banryūyama
1981HidanohanaKōtetsuyama II* Azumanada*AobajōHōō Wakajishi
1980Taikō Ōnishiki WakashimazuKōtetsuyama II* FujizakuraŌshio
1979Ōshio TakanosatoTerunoyamaMitsuruyama* Kotochitose Kotokaze
1978KurosegawaTaikō Washūyama Washūyama ŌzutsuTaniarashi*
1977KotogatakeKotonofujiDewanohanaŌnishiki Chiyozakura Tamakiyama
1976KonumaBanryūyama TochiisamiHachiyaAdachiDaigō
1975Banryūyama Tamakiyama Futatsuryū II TenryuAobayamaFutatsuryū II
1974Chiyozakura Kawasaki Tokibayama Kirinji IIAsanobori Banryūyama
1973MaruyamaRyūko Obori* Asanobori YoshinotaniTokibayama
1972MasuiyamaAsanobori Wakanoumi IIDaiyū Tochifuji Wakafutase
1971ShiratayamaNagahama* Ōshio YoshioyamaAsahikuniKitaseumi
1970KatsuhikariDaijuKongō Kongō WajimaNagahama*
1969Asanobori Asasegawa Kawasaki* ArashiyamaWakanamiTakanohana I
1968Ryūko TochifujiYoshinohana WakamiyamaHanada II* Kaigō
1967MutsuarashiMatsumaeyamaTensuiyama Wakafutase Tochiazuma IWakanokuni
1966AzumanishikiKiminishikiDaishinMaenoyamaDaimonjiKanenohana
1965Wakanokuni Tensuiyama Kiyonomori Amatsukaze HanahikariTamaarashi
1964Wakatenryū TochiōyamaAsasegawa Hasegawa Yoshinohana Oiteyama
1963Kotozakura Daiyū Kirinji I*Kōtetsuyama ISawahikariKitanofuji
1962Arakiyama* Amatsukaze Tamaarashi Kotozakura Wakatenryū Okanoyama
1961YoshinomineTakanishiki Kiyonomori Wakachichibu ŌtsukaUchida*
1960Yasome Futatsuryū IKairyūyamaHanada I*Arakiyama* Wakakoma
1959WakasugiyamaYasome Wakanokuni Hoshikabuto UdagawaTaihō
1958TsunenishikiTogashi*Wakachichibu Aonosato KitabayamaAonosato

*Ama would later become Harumafuji
*Arakiyama would later become Niigiyama
*Azumanada would later become Misugiiso
*Daiki would later become Hokutofuji
*Daikikō would later become Terunoumi
*Hanada I would later become Tochinoumi
*Hanada II would later become Takanohana I
*Hoshi would later become Hokutoumi
*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

*Nagahama would later become Yutakayama II
*Obori would later become Ōnishiki
*Satō would later become Takakeishō
*Takanohama would later become Toyonoumi
*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

1909 to 1957

The following tables list the champions before the introduction of the current tournament system. The system was less regularized between years, with a different number of tournaments held at different times and in different venues, and often with a changing number of bouts fought in each tournament.
JanuaryMarchMaySeptemberNovember
TokyoOsakaTokyoTokyoKyushu
1957Oikawa FusanishikiOikawa AtagoyamaSagahikari

New YearSpringSummerAutumn
TokyoOsakaTokyoTokyo
1956IwakazeTakanishikiTachikazeOtayama
1955Hoshikabuto TochihikariHirakagawaKamioiyama
1954KiryugawaAichiyamaWakanoumi I Hakuryuyama
1953Naruyama Dewaminato IINaruyama Toyonobori

SpringSummerAutumn
TokyoTokyoTokyo
1952FujitayamaImaoshima*Kakureizan*
1951HiodoshiOiwazanShionishiki
1950MasumiyamaKainoyamaYonekawa*
1949NarutoumiOnoboriKotogahama
1948no tournamentKuninobori Kiyoenami
1947no tournamentDewanishikiKuninobori
1946no tournamentno tournamentIwahira*
1945no tournamentChiyonoyama Hajimayama
1944KusunishikiHirosegawaChiyonoyama
1943AzumafujiMitsuneyamano tournament
1942Surugaumi Surugaumi no tournament
1941FutamiyamaTerunoborino tournament
1940FutasegawaMasuiyama Ino tournament
1939TerukuniShikainamino tournament
1938RyūozanFujinosatono tournament
1937HaguroyamaKinkazan no tournament
1936Onami Maedayamano tournament
1935KasagiyamaAyanishikino tournament
1934KomanosatoDewaminato Ino tournament
1933AyanoboriChoshinadano tournament

SpringMarchSummerOctober
TokyovariedTokyovaried
1932Onami ToshuzanOnonishiki*Kyushuzan
1931TakanohanaKinkazan ŌshioKaneminato
1930Ayazakura*Okitsuumi TokiwanoOkitsuumi
1929MusashiyamaShimizugawa Shimizugawa Ōshima†
1928TenryūKoganouraWakashima Wakashima
1927ShinkaiGenbuyama'Hatasegawa Hatasegawa

†tournament held in September
SpringSummer
1926TakaragawaHoshikabuto
1925RainomineKenrokuzan
1924HitachidakeNishikinada II
1923HitachiiwaIchinohama
1922NoshirogataNaranishiki
1921Nishikinada I Hitachishima
1920Mayaoroshi*Tsurugahama
1919Akutsugawa Akutsugawa
1918YahazuyamaNishikinada I
1917TsunenohanaWakahitachi
1916MomijigawaChibagasaki
1915Iwakiyama*Genjiyama*†
1914RyōgokuŌnishiki
1913YamadagawaKashozan
1912Kanenohana*Uranohama*
1911IshiyamaSakuragawa†
1910NoshirogataTosanoura†
1909see below‡Hakkuniyama*†

*Ayazakura would later become the Shōwa era Ayagawa Gorōji
*Genjiyama would later become Nishinoumi
*Hakkuniyama would later become Kashiwado
*Imaoshima would later become Tatekabuto

*Iwahira would later become Wakabayama
*Iwakiyama would later become Kiyomigata
*Kakureizan would later become Tsurugamine
*Kanenohana would later become Otohira
*Mayaoroshi would later become Shitenryū
*Ononishiki would later become Kakogawa
*Uranohama would later become Urakaze
*Yonekawa would later become Asashio III
†these tournaments were actually held the following month
*A yūshō system giving the wrestler with the best tournament record a prize was introduced by the Mainichi newspaper in the second half of 1909, and this was officially integrated by the JSA in 1926. All tournaments predating the second tournament of 1909 did not recognize or award a championship.''