Grand sumo tournaments (honbasho): top-division champions
Sumo · the Japan Sumo Association
2026LatestSeptember 2026, Tokyo: Ōnosato (rank written "Ye"), 12–3, count 6
- 2026 so far
- January and July Aonishiki, March Kirishima II, May Wakatakakage, September Ōnosato
- Most titles
- Hakuhō, 45; Taihō, 32; Chiyonofuji, 31; Asashōryū, 25; Kitanoumi, 24
- Not held
- March 2011 (match-fixing) and May 2020 (COVID-19)
- India
- Not known from the list, which gives no nations
More about this tournament
How to read the rows
- Rank, record and count The list's key to these letters is not in the saved tables, so this page does not expand them; the ranks themselves (yokozuna, ōzeki, sekiwake, komusubi, maegashira) are described in the JSA booklet saved for the sumo rules.
- Count is the number in brackets after the name; the check below reads it as the champion's titles to that date, which holds for 122 of 129 champions.