Wakanohana Kanji I - Top Division Record

Top Division Record

Note: The Osaka tournament resumed in 1953. The Kyushu tournament was first held in 1957, and the Nagoya tournament in 1958.

Wakanohana Kanji I
Year in sumo January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 March
Haru basho, Osaka		 May
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya		 September
Aki basho, Tokyo		 November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1950 West Maegashira #18
11–4
F		 x East Maegashira #9
10–5
 x East Maegashira #4
4–11
 x
1951 East Maegashira #7
11–4
F		 x East Maegashira #1
8–7
★		 x East Komusubi
7–8
 x
1952 West Komusubi
5–10
 x West Maegashira #4
5–10
 x West Maegashira #9
10–5
 x
1953 West Maegashira #3
8–7
★★★		 East Maegashira #1
8–7
★		 East Maegashira #1
8–7
★		 x West Komusubi
8–7
 x
1954 West Sekiwake
8–7
O		 East Sekiwake
9–6
 East Sekiwake
9–6
 x West Sekiwake
11–4
O		 x
1955 East Sekiwake
7–7–1draw
 West Sekiwake
10–4–1draw
 West Sekiwake
8–7
 x West Sekiwake
10–4–1draw
T		 x
1956 East Ōzeki
13–2
 East Ōzeki
12–3–P
 East Ōzeki
12–3–P
 x East Ōzeki
12–2–1
 x
1957 East Ōzeki
11–4
 East Ōzeki
10–5
 East Ōzeki
11–4
 x East Ōzeki
11–4
 East Ōzeki
12–3
1958 East Ōzeki
13–2
 East Yokozuna
12–3
 West Yokozuna
11–4
 East Yokozuna
13–2
 East Yokozuna
14–1
 East Yokozuna
12–2–1draw
1959 East Yokozuna
14–1
 East Yokozuna
12–3
 East Yokozuna
14–1–P
 West Yokozuna
11–4
 West Yokozuna
14–1
 East Yokozuna
11–4
1960 West Yokozuna
0–3–12
 East Yokozuna
15–0
 East Yokozuna
13–2
 East Yokozuna
13–2
 East Yokozuna
13–2
 East Yokozuna
5–4–6
1961 West Yokozuna
12–3
Sat out due to injury
0–0–15		 West Yokozuna
10–5
 East Yokozuna
3–4–8
 West Yokozuna
10–5
 East Yokozuna
11–4
1962 East Yokozuna
11–4
 West Yokozuna
0–2–13
 East Yokozuna
Retired
0–0		 x x x
Record given as win-loss-absent Top Division Champion Retired Lower Divisions

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique Also shown: ★=Kinboshi(s); P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

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