List of sumo tournament second division champions

This is a list of wrestlers who have won the sumo second division 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 championships is Masurao, with five. Wakanami, Tagaryū, Ichinojō, Terunofuji, Asanoyama, Takerufuji and Wakatakakage are the only wrestlers to have won a championship after winning a top division or title. The only wrestlers to win the championship but never earn promotion to the top division are Genbuyama, Sagahikari, Tochiizumi, Hidenohana, Daigaku, and .

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. This is denoted by P for every additional bout. 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.

	January	March	May	July	September	November
year in sumo	Tokyo	Osaka	Tokyo	Nagoya	Tokyo	Kyushu
2026
2025	Shishi	Kusano*	Kusano*		Asahakuryū
2024	Takerufuji	Mitoryu	Wakatakakage	Shirokuma	Takerufuji	Kinbozan
2023	Asanoyama	Ichinojō	Gōnoyama P	Atamifuji P	Ichiyamamoto	Kotoshoho P
2022	Kotoshoho P	Ryūden	Nishikifuji P	Ryūden		Ōshōma P
2021	Tsurugisho		Ura	Mitoryu	Abi	Ichiyamamoto
2020	Terunofuji	Kotoshoho	no tournament	Meisei PPP	Chiyonokuni	Midorifuji P
2019	Shimanoumi	Shimanoumi	Takagenji	Tsurugisho	Ikioi	Azumaryu
2018	Myōgiryū	Sadanoumi	Ōnoshō	Takanoiwa	Tokushōryū	Tomokaze
2017	Daieishō	Toyohibiki	Nishikigi	Daiamami	Abi	Sōkokurai
2016	Hidenoumi	Ōsunaarashi	Chiyonokuni	Amakaze	Daiki*	Satō*
2015	Kitataiki	Fujiazuma	Kagamiō	Mitakeumi	Shōhōzan	Shōdai
2014	Chiyomaru	Hōmashō	Ichinojō	Tochinoshin	Tochinoshin	Tokitenkū
2013	Takanoiwa	Kyokushūhō	Kotoyūki	Endō	Terunofuji	Chiyoōtori
2012	Chiyotairyū	Kimikaze	Tamaasuka	Chiyonokuni	Jōkōryū	Sadanofuji
2011	Kasugaō	no tournament	Sagatsukasa	Myōgiryū	Myōgiryū	Ikioi
2010	Gagamaru	Kimurayama	Bushūyama	Masatsukasa	Toyonoshima	Kaisei
2009	Shōtenrō	Toyohibiki	Tamaasuka	Wakanosato	Tamawashi	Kitataiki
2008	Tochinoshin	Kimurayama	Chiyohakuhō	Bushūyama	Aran	Shōtenrō
2007	Toyohibiki	Satoyama	Baruto	Iwakiyama	Baruto	Sakaizawa
2006	Tochinonada	Baruto	Toyozakura	Hōchiyama	Takanowaka	Jūmonji
2005	Ōtsukasa	Kotoshōgiku	Tochisakae	Tokitsuumi	Toyonoshima	Tōki
2004	Wakanoyama	Hakuhō	Tokitenkū	Kotoōshū	Ama*	Ishide*
2003	Asasekiryū	Tochisakae	Tamakasuga	Kakizoe	Takekaze	Kokkai
2002	Takamisakari	Kotoryū	Iwakiyama	Ushiomaru	Tamarikidō	Kasugaō
2001	Tamanonada*	Wakatsutomu	Kitazakura	Buyūzan	Aogiyama	Ōikari
2000	Oginishiki	Tochinohana	Wakanosato	Wakanosato	Kotomitsuki	Kinkaiyama
1999	Miyabiyama	Daizen	Ōtsukasa	Kinkaiyama	Hayateumi	Oginishiki
1998	Kinkaiyama	Kushimaumi	Ōikari	Akinoshu	Chiyotenzan	Miyabiyama
1997	Dejima	Chiyotaikai	Tokitsuumi	Chiyotaikai	Oginohana	Wakanosato
1996	Rikiō	Kyokūshuzan	Rikiō	Daizen	Tochiazuma II	Tochinonada
1995	Asahiyutaka	Tokitsunada	Tosanoumi	Kyokūshuzan	Wakanojō	Wakanoyama
1994	Naminohana	Shikishima	Oginohana	Tatsuhikari	Naminohana	Tosanoumi
1993	Aogiyama	Tokitsunada	Minatofuji	Tatsuhikari	Hamanoshima	Asanowaka
1992	Toyonoumi	Enazakura	Kotogaume	Wakashōyō	Kotobeppu	Komafudō
1991	Ryōgoku	Kyokugōzan	Daishōhō	Musashimaru	Daizen	Daigaku
1990	Masurao	Masurao	Daishōyama	Wakahanada*	Oginohana	Daikikō*
1989	Tochitsukasa	Kushimaumi	Kushimaumi	Tochitsukasa	Ryūkōzan	Oginohana
1988	Akinoshima	Wakasegawa	Hidenohana	Tagaryū	Takanohama*	Masurao
1987	Tochimatoi	Takamisugi	Ōnohana	Masudayama	Ōnohana	Hōō
1986	Mitoizumi	Masurao	Chikubayama	Misugisato	Kinoarashi	Tochinowaka
1985	Terao	Tamaryū	Terao	Masurao	Sasshūnada	Wakasegawa
1984	Ōnishiki	Konishiki	Konishiki	Kitao*	Tochiakagi	Kotochitose
1983	Ōnokuni	Washūyama	Tochiizumi	Hoshi*	Hōō	Hōō
1982	Shishihō	Ōyutaka	Saisu	Wakasegawa	Shishihō	Banryūyama
1981	Hidanohana	Kōtetsuyama II*	Azumanada*	Aobajō	Hōō	Wakajishi
1980	Taikō	Ōnishiki	Wakashimazu	Kōtetsuyama II*	Fujizakura	Ōshio
1979	Ōshio	Takanosato	Terunoyama	Mitsuruyama*	Kotochitose	Kotokaze
1978	Kurosegawa	Taikō	Washūyama	Washūyama	Ōzutsu	Taniarashi*
1977	Kotogatake	Kotonofuji	Dewanohana	Ōnishiki	Chiyozakura	Tamakiyama
1976	Konuma	Banryūyama	Tochiisami	Hachiya	Adachi*	Daigō
1975	Banryūyama	Tamakiyama	Futatsuryū II	Tenryu	Aobayama	Futatsuryū II
1974	Chiyozakura	Kawasaki	Tokibayama	Kirinji II	Asanobori	Banryūyama
1973	Maruyama	Ryūko	Obori*	Asanobori	Yoshinotani	Tokibayama
1972	Masuiyama	Asanobori	Wakanoumi II	Daiyū	Tochifuji	Wakafutase
1971	Shiratayama	Nagahama*	Ōshio	Yoshioyama	Asahikuni	Kitaseumi
1970	Katsuhikari	Daiju	Kongō	Kongō	Wajima	Nagahama*
1969	Asanobori	Asasegawa	Kawasaki*	Arashiyama	Wakanami	Takanohana I
1968	Ryūko	Tochifuji	Yoshinohana	Wakamiyama	Hanada II*	Kaigō
1967	Mutsuarashi	Matsumaeyama	Tensuiyama	Wakafutase	Tochiazuma I	Wakanokuni
1966	Azumanishiki	Kiminishiki	Daishin	Maenoyama	Daimonji	Kanenohana
1965	Wakanokuni	Tensuiyama	Kiyonomori	Amatsukaze	Hanahikari	Tamaarashi
1964	Wakatenryū	Tochiōyama	Asasegawa	Hasegawa	Yoshinohana	Oiteyama
1963	Kotozakura	Daiyū	Kirinji I*	Kōtetsuyama I	Sawahikari	Kitanofuji
1962	Arakiyama*	Amatsukaze	Tamaarashi	Kotozakura	Wakatenryū	Okanoyama
1961	Yoshinomine	Takanishiki	Kiyonomori	Wakachichibu	Ōtsuka	Uchida*
1960	Yasome	Futatsuryū I	Kairyūyama	Hanada I*	Arakiyama*	Wakakoma
1959	Wakasugiyama	Yasome	Wakanokuni	Hoshikabuto	Udagawa	Taihō
1958	Tsunenishiki	Togashi*	Wakachichibu	Aonosato	Kitabayama	Aonosato

*Adachi later became Zaonishiki
*Ama later became Harumafuji
*Arakiyama later became Niigiyama
*Azumanada later became Misugiiso
*Daiki later became Hokutofuji
*Daikikō later became Terunoumi
*Hanada I later became Tochinoumi
*Hanada II later became Takanohana I
*Hoshi later became Hokutoumi
*Ishide later became Shunketsu
*Kawasaki later became Taiga
*Kirinji I later became Daikirin
*Kitao later became Futahaguro
*Kōtetsuyama II later became Itai
*Kusano later became Yoshinofuji
*Mitsuruyama later became Shishihō

*Nagahama later became Yutakayama II
*Obori later became Ōnishiki
*Satō later became Takakeishō
*Takanohama later became Toyonoumi
*Tamanonada later became Tamanoshima
*Taniarashi later became Yamaguchi

*Togashi later became Kashiwado

*Uchida later became Yutakayama I
*Wakahanada later became 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.

	January	March	May	September	November
	Tokyo	Osaka	Tokyo	Tokyo	Kyushu
1957	Oikawa	Fusanishiki	Oikawa	Atagoyama	Sagahikari

	New Year	Spring	Summer	Autumn
	Tokyo	Osaka	Tokyo	Tokyo
1956	Iwakaze	Takanishiki	Tachikaze	Otayama
1955	Hoshikabuto	Tochihikari	Hirakagawa	Kamioiyama
1954	Kiryugawa	Aichiyama	Wakanoumi I	Hakuryuyama
1953	Naruyama	Dewaminato II	Naruyama	Toyonobori

	Spring	Summer	Autumn
	Tokyo	Tokyo	Tokyo
1952	Fujitayama	Imaoshima*	Kakureizan*
1951	Hiodoshi	Oiwazan	Shionishiki
1950	Masumiyama	Kainoyama	Yonekawa*
1949	Narutoumi	Onobori	Kotogahama
1948	no tournament	Kuninobori	Kiyoenami
1947	no tournament	Dewanishiki	Kuninobori
1946	no tournament	no tournament	Iwahira*
1945	no tournament	Chiyonoyama (2)	Hajimayama
1944	Kusunishiki	Hirosegawa	Chiyonoyama (1)
1943	Azumafuji	Mitsuneyama	no tournament
1942	Surugaumi	Surugaumi	no tournament
1941	Futamiyama	Terunobori	no tournament
1940	Futasegawa	Masuiyama I	no tournament
1939	Terukuni	Shikainami	no tournament
1938	Ryūozan	Fujinosato	no tournament
1937	Haguroyama	Kinkazan	no tournament
1936	Onami	Maedayama	no tournament
1935	Kasagiyama	Ayanishiki	no tournament
1934	Komanosato	Dewaminato I	no tournament
1933	Ayanobori	Choshinada	no tournament

	Spring	March	Summer	October
	Tokyo	varied	Tokyo	varied
1932	Onami	Toshuzan	Ononishiki*	Kyushuzan
1931	Takanohana	Kinkazan	Ōshio	Kaneminato
1930	Ayazakura*	Okitsuumi	Tokiwano	Okitsuumi
1929	Musashiyama	Shimizugawa	Shimizugawa	Ōshima†
1928	Tenryū	Koganoura	Wakashima	Wakashima
1927	Shinkai	Genbuyama	'Hatasegawa	Hatasegawa

†tournament held in September

	Spring	Summer
1926	Takaragawa	Hoshikabuto
1925	Rainomine	Kenrokuzan
1924	Hitachidake	Nishikinada II
1923	Hitachiiwa	Ichinohama
1922	Noshirogata	Naranishiki
1921	Nishikinada I	Hitachishima
1920	Mayaoroshi*	Tsurugahama
1919	Akutsugawa	Akutsugawa
1918	Yahazuyama	Nishikinada I
1917	Tsunenohana	Wakahitachi
1916	Momijigawa	Chibagasaki
1915	Iwakiyama*	Genjiyama*†
1914	Ryōgoku	Ōnishiki
1913	Yamadagawa	Kashozan
1912	Kanenohana*	Uranohama*
1911	Ishiyama	Sakuragawa†
1910	Noshirogata	Tosanoura†
1909	see below‡	Hakkuniyama*†

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

*Iwahira later became Wakabayama
*Iwakiyama later became Kiyomigata
*Kakureizan later became Tsurugamine
*Kanenohana later became Otohira
*Mayaoroshi later became Shitenryū
*Ononishiki later became Kakogawa
*Uranohama later became Urakaze
*Yonekawa later became Asashio III
†these tournaments were actually held the following month
''*A 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.''