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53 sumo wrestlers have reached the second highest in the sport, the rank of ōzeki, but have failed to rise to the top rank since the modern era of sumo began in 1927 with the merger of the Tokyo and Osaka organizations. By 2020, over 250 wrestlers have been promoted to the rank of ōzeki throughout the entire history of the sport.[1] Wrestlers who went on to be promoted to yokozuna are tabulated in the list of yokozuna.[2] Active wrestlers (September 2024) are indicated by italics.

The number of top division yūshō (championships) won by each ōzeki is also listed. There is no requirement to win a championship before promotion, but a wrestler must usually have won around 33 bouts over three consecutive tournaments. Since 1927, the longest-serving ōzeki of modern times have been Kaiō and Chiyotaikai who each held the rank for 65 tournaments. With five wins, Kaiō also holds the record for yūshō won in the modern era by a wrestler to never reach the rank of yokozuna.

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Name (in Japanese) yūshō Born Home Town Promoted End of rank Reason
Raiden Tameemon 雷電爲右衞門 28 (unofficial) 1767 Tōmi, Nagano 1795 1811 Retired
Hiodoshi Katsugorō 緋縅 勝五郎 0 1773 Yamagata District, Hiroshima 1814 ? demoted
Tamagaki Gakunosuke 玉垣 額之助 4 (unofficial) 1784 Minamitakaki, Nagasaki 1814 1824 death
Sendagawa Kichizō 千田川 吉藏 0 1793 Muro District, Kii 1815 1815 demoted
Kashiwado Risuke 柏戸 利助 16 (unofficial) 1783 Goshogawara, Aomori 1815 1825 retired
Iwamigata Jōemon 岩見潟 丈右エ門 0 1785 Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture 1821 1822 demoted
Yotsugamine Tōkichi 四賀峰 東吉 2 (unofficial) 1795 Kitakami, Iwate 1824 1828 retired
Genjiyama Tsunagorō 源氏山 綱五郎 1 (unofficial) 1786 Tendō, Yamagata 1825 1826 demoted
Hiodoshi Rikiya II 緋縅力弥 (2代) 2 (unofficial) 1799 Kyoto Prefecture 1833 c. 1834-1835 demoted
Akitsukaze Otoemon 秋津風 音右エ門 0 1797 Sannohe District, Aomori 1834 1834 demoted
Kotōzan Bun'emon 湖東山 文右エ門 2 (unofficial) 1798 Yōkaichi, Shiga 1836 1838 demoted*
Oitekaze Kitarō 追手風 喜太郎　 1 (unofficial) 1800 Tsukui District, Kanagawa 1836 1836 demoted
Hiraiwa Shichidayū II 平石 七太夫 (2代) 0 1801 Edo, Musashi Province 1839 1840 demoted*
Tsurugizan Taniemon 劔山 谷右衛門 6 (unofficial) 1803 Toyama, Toyama 1842 1852 retired
Kagamiiwa Hamanosuke II 鏡岩 濱之助 (2代) 1 (unofficial) 1809 Niikawa district, Etchū 1850 1856 retired
Koyanagi Tsunekichi 小柳 常吉 5 (unofficial) 1817 Ichihara district, Kazusa 1852 1856 retired
Iōzan Moriemon 猪王山 森右衛門 2 (unofficial) 1815 Monou District, Miyagi 1856 1868 demoted
Kaigatake Ryūemon 階ヶ嶽 龍右エ門 2 (unofficial) 1817 Takaoka, Toyama 1856 1857 demoted
Sakaigawa Namiemon I 境川浪右衛門 (初代) 2 (unofficial) 1814 Kuwana, Mie 1857 1861 demoted*
Zōgahana Heisuke 象ヶ鼻 平助 0 1836 Tateyama, Chiba 1871 1872 retired
Ayasegawa Sanzaemon 綾瀬川 山左衛門 1 (unofficial) 1835 Chūō-ku, Osaka 1872 1876 retired
Raiden Shin'emon 雷電 震右エ門 6 (unofficial) 1842 Hakui District, Ishikawa 1877 1877 demoted
Asahidake Tsurunosuke 朝日嶽 鶴之助 0 ? Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture 1877 1878 retired
Wakashima Kyūzaburō 若嶌久三郎 2 (unofficial) 1842 Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture 1881 1884 retired
Tsurugizan Taniemon II 劔山 谷右エ門 (2代) 1 (unofficial) 1852 Kamojima, Tokushima 1886 1892 retired
Ōdate Uzaemon 大達羽左エ門 4 (unofficial) 1853 Tagawa, Dewa Province 1886 1889 demoted
Ichinoya Tōtarō 一ノ矢藤太郎 2 (unofficial) 1856 Minamitsugaru District, Aomori 1889 1890 demoted
Ōnaruto Nadaemon II 大鳴門灘右エ門 (2代) 0 1853 Tsuna District, Hyōgo 1890 1891 retired
Yahatayama Sadakichi 八幡山定吉 2 (unofficial) 1856 Tosa District, Kōchi 1891 1894 retired
Ōtohira Hirokichi 大戸平廣吉 2 (unofficial) 1866 Miyagino-ku, Sendai 1893 1897 demoted
Ōikari Montarō 大碇紋太郎 0 1869 Chita District, Owari Province 1895 1896 demoted
Hōō Umagorō 鳳凰 馬五郎 3 (unofficial) 1866 Chiba District, Chiba 1897 1900 demoted
Asashio Tarō I 朝汐 太郎 2 (unofficial) 1864 Uwa, Ehime 1898 1903 demoted
Araiwa Kamenosuke 荒岩 亀之助 6 (unofficial) 1871 Saihaku, Tottori 1905 1909 retired
Kunimiyama Etsukichi 國見山 悦吉 2 (unofficial) 1876 Tosa District, Kōchi 1905 1912 retired
Komagatake Kuniriki 駒ヶ嶽 國力 0 1880 Tōda District, Miyagi 1907 1914 death
Isenohama Keitarō 伊勢ノ濱 慶太郎 0 1883 Sumida, Tokyo 1914 1919 retired
Asashio Tarō II 朝汐 太郎 (2代) 0 1879 Saijō, Ehime 1915 1919 retired
Tsushimanada Yakichi 對馬洋 弥吉 0 1887 Tsushima Island 1919 1920 demoted
Tachihikari Denemon 太刀光 電右エ門 0 1897 Mikasa, Hokkaido 1923 1927 demoted
Ōnosato Mansuke 大ノ里 萬助 0 1892 Minamitsugaru District, Aomori 1925 1932 retired
Toyokuni Fukuma 豊國 福馬 2 1893 Ōita, Ōita 1927 1930 retired
Noshirogata Kinsaku 能代潟 錦作 1 1895 Yamamoto, Akita 1927 1933 demoted*
Hitachiiwa Eitarō 常陸岩 英太郎 1 1900 Chūō, Tokyo 1927 1931 retired
Shimizugawa Motokichi 清水川 元吉 3 1900 Goshogawara, Aomori 1932 1937 retired
Kagamiiwa Zenshirō 鏡岩 善四郎 0 1902 Towada, Aomori 1937 1939 retired
Itsutsushima Narao 五ツ嶋 名良男 0 1912 Minami-Matsuura District, Nagasaki 1941 1942 demoted
Nayoroiwa Shizuo 名寄岩 静男 0 1914 Nayoro, Hokkaido 1943 1948 demoted*
Saganohana Katsumi 佐賀ノ花 勝巳 1 1917 Saga, Saga 1944 1951 demoted
Shionoumi Unemon 汐ノ海 運右エ門 0 1918 Himeji, Hyōgo 1947 1951 retired*
Masuiyama Daishirō I 増位山 大志郎 2 1919 Himeji, Hyōgo 1949 1950 retired
Mitsuneyama Keiji 三根山 繼司 1 1922 Arakawa, Tokyo 1953 1955 demoted
Ōuchiyama Heikichi 大内山 平吉 0 1926 Hitachinaka, Ibaraki 1955 1957 demoted
Matsunobori Shigeo 松登 晟郎 0 1924 Matsudo, Chiba 1956 1959 demoted
Kotogahama Sadao 琴ヶ濵 貞雄 0 1927 Kan'onji, Kagawa 1958 1962 retired
Wakahaguro Tomoaki 若羽黒 朋明 1 1934 Yokohama, Kanagawa 1959 1962 demoted
Kitabayama Hidetoshi 北葉山 英俊 1 1935 Muroran, Hokkaido 1961 1966 retired
Tochihikari Masayuki 栃光 正之 0 1933 Ushibuka, Kumamoto 1962 1966 retired
Yutakayama Katsuo 豊山 勝男 0 1937 Shibata, Niigata 1963 1968 retired
Kiyokuni Katsuo 清國 勝雄 1 1941 Ogachi, Akita 1969 1974 retired
Maenoyama Tarō 前の山 太郎 0 1945 Moriguchi, Osaka 1970 1972 demoted
Daikirin Takayoshi 大麒麟 將能 0 1942 Saga, Saga 1970 1974 retired
Takanohana Kenshi 貴ノ花 健士 2 1950 Hirosaki, Aomori 1972 1981 retired
Daiju Hisateru 大受 久晃 0 1950 Setana, Hokkaido 1973 1974 demoted
Kaiketsu Masateru 魁傑 將晃 2 1948 Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi 1975 1977 demoted*
Asahikuni Masuo 旭國 斗雄 0 1947 Aibetsu, Hokkaido 1976 1979 retired
Masuiyama Daishirō II 増位山 太志郎 0 1948 Himeji, Hyōgo 1980 1981 retired
Kotokaze Kōki 琴風 豪規 2 1957 Tsu, Mie 1981 1985 demoted
Wakashimazu Mutsuo 若嶋津 六夫 2 1957 Nakatane, Kagoshima 1983 1987 retired
Asashio Tarō IV 朝潮 太郎(4代) 1 1955 Muroto, Kōchi 1983 1989 retired
Hokuten'yū Katsuhiko 北天佑 勝彦 2 1960 Muroran, Hokkaido 1983 1990 retired
Konishiki Yasokichi 小錦 八十吉 3 1963 Honolulu, United States 1987 1994 demoted
Kirishima Kazuhiro 霧島 一博 1 1959 Makizono, Kagoshima 1990 1993 demoted
Takanonami Sadahiro 貴ノ浪 貞博 2 1971 Misawa, Aomori 1994 2000 demoted*
Chiyotaikai Ryūji 千代大海 龍二 3 1976 Chitose, Hokkaido 1999 2010 demoted
Dejima Takeharu 出島 武春 1 1974 Kanazawa, Ishikawa 1999 2001 demoted
Musōyama Masashi 武双山 正士 1 1972 Mito, Ibaraki 2000 2004 retired*
Miyabiyama Tetsushi 雅山 哲士之 0 1977 Mito, Ibaraki 2000 2001 demoted
Kaiō Hiroyuki 魁皇 博之 5 1972 Nōgata, Fukuoka 2000 2011 retired
Tochiazuma Daisuke 栃東 大裕 3 1976 Adachi, Tokyo 2002 2007 retired*
Kotoōshū Katsunori 琴欧洲 勝紀 1 1983 Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria 2006 2014 demoted
Kotomitsuki Keiji 琴光喜 啓司 1 1976 Okazaki, Aichi 2007 2010 dismissed
Baruto Kaito 把瑠都 凱斗 1 1984 Väike-Maarja, Estonia 2010 2013 demoted
Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro 琴奨菊 和弘 1 1984 Yanagawa, Fukuoka 2011 2017 demoted
Gōeidō Gōtarō 豪栄道 豪太郎 1 1986 Neyagawa, Osaka 2014 2020 retired
Takayasu Akira 高安 晃 0 1990 Tsuchiura, Ibaraki 2017 2019 demoted
Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi 栃ノ心 剛史 1 1987 Mtskheta, Georgia 2018 2019 demoted*
Takakeishō Takanobu 貴景勝 貴信 4 1996 Ashiya, Hyōgo 2019 2024 demoted*
Asanoyama Hideki 朝乃山 英樹 1 1994 Toyama, Toyama 2020 2021 demoted
Shōdai Naoya 正代 直也 1 1991 Uto, Kumamoto 2020 2022 demoted
Mitakeumi Hisashi 御嶽海 久司 3 1992 Agematsu, Nagano 2022 2022 demoted
Kirishima Tetsuo 霧島 鐵力 2 1996 Dornod, Mongolia 2023 2024 demoted
Hōshōryū Tomokatsu 豊昇龍 智勝 1 1999 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 2023 active n/a
Kotozakura Masakatsu 琴櫻 将傑 0 1997 Matsudo, Chiba 2024 active n/a
Ōnosato Daiki 大の里 泰輝 2 2000 Tsubata, Ishikawa Prefecture 2024 active n/a

* Wrestler held the rank on more than one occasion.

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Once-fearsome ozeki rank no longer sport's 'great barrier'". 14 October 2020.
  2. ^ "List of Ozeki". Sumo reference.
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