List of All High School Yokozuna from the Heisei Era

[mikawa 1,794]

A fellow forum member has asked me if I could compile a list of all the High School Yokozuna from recent years, so here we are. I've also included the shikona of those who had or have joined Ozumo, as well as their highest career rank as of May 2020.

1989 - Oso Takehito (尾曽 武人), Mito Agricultural High School, Ibaraki - Musoyama (Ozeki)
1990 - Kato Koichi (加藤 耕市), Meguro High School, Tokyo
1991 - Dejima Takeharu (出島 武春), Kanazawa Technical High School, Ishikawa - Dejima (Ozeki)
1992 - Okamoto Atsushi (岡本 篤), Saitama Sakae High School, Saitama - Tochisakae (Maegashira)
1993 - Tamiya Keiji (田宮 啓司), Tottori Johoku High School, Tottori - Kotomitsuki (Ozeki)
1994 - Shiga Daisuke (志賀 太祐), Meiji University Nakano High School, Tokyo - Tochiazuma (Ozeki)
1995 - Yajima Kenichi (矢島 健一), Meguro High School, Tokyo
1996 - Ogasawara Fumio (小笠原 史男), Sanbongi Agriculture High School, Aomori
1997 - Miyoshi Masato (三好 正人), Nagaodani High School, Osaka - Asahimaru (Makushita)
1998 - Isobe Hiroyuki (磯部 洋之), Numazu Gakuen Hiryu High School, Shizuoka - Sagatsukasa (Maegashira)
1999 - Tsubakimoto Takeshi (椿本 武志), Hotoku Gakuen High School, Hyogo
2000 - Yoshida Katsuo (吉田 勝雄), Buntoku High School, Kumamoto
2001 - Ichihara Takayuki (市原 孝行), Saitama Sakae High School, Saitama - Ichihara (Maegashira)
2002 - Morishita Yuya (森下 祐哉), Kochi Technical High School, Kochi - Tosayutaka (Maegashira)
2003 - Matsumoto Taichi (松本 太一), Meitoku Gijuku High School, Kochi - Dewaotori (Juryo)
2004 - Sawai Gotaro (澤井 豪太郎), Saitama Sakae High School, Saitama - Goeido (Ozeki)
2005 - Yamaguchi Masahiro (山口 雅弘), Tottori Johoku High School, Tottori - Daikiho (Maegashira)
2006 - Lee Dae Won (李 大源), Hotoku Gakuen High School, Hyogo - Tochinowaka (Maegashira)
2007 - Hashimoto Seiya (橋本 誠也), Hotoku Gakuen High School, Hyogo
2008 - Yoshida Keisuke (吉田 圭佑), Aichi Institute of Technology Meiden High School, Aichi
2009 - Nakade Yuma (中出 雄真), Kanazawa Technical High School, Ishikawa
2010 - Nakamura Daiki (中村 大輝), Saitama Sakae High School, Saitama - Hokutofuji (Komusubi)
2011 - Sasaki Kodai (佐々木 耕大), Tottori Johoku High School, Tottori
2012 - Muramatsu Yusuke (村松 裕介), Kaiyo High School, Niigata
2013 - Kizaki Shinnosuke (木崎 伸之助), Tottori Johoku High School, Tottori - Kizakiumi (Juryo)
2014 - Shiroyama Seira (城山 聖羅), Kanazawa Technical High School, Ishikawa
2015 - Shiroyama Seira (城山 聖羅), Kanazawa Technical High School, Ishikawa
2016 - Yamaguchi Reo (山口 怜央), Tsushima High School, Ehime
2017 - Amarsanaa (アマルトゥブシン・アマルサナー), Tottori Johoku High School, Tottori - Roga (Makushita)
2018 - Saito Daisuke (齋藤 大輔), Saitama Sakae High School, Saitama - Kitanowaka (Makushita)

 

Bonus:
2019 - Okuwa Genki (大桑 元揮), Hiryu High School, Shizuoka - Hayatefuji (Jonidan)

[Katooshu 3,135]

Pretty good record of pro success there, especially from 89-94!

[hakutorizakura 590]

Interesting. I wonder what happened to those guys not joining ōzumo? I would expect that there would be 3-4 of them in that list of 30, but it actually seems that there are like 10.

[Azumashida 1]

Many thanks for this list, much appreciated! I thought that in 2001 Kotoshogiku or Toyonoshima had been high-school yokozuna (I remember reading when they joined ozumo that they had been rivals at high-school level), but good to know it actually was Ichihara / Kiyoseumi, who then went on to Nichidai where he got multiple additional amasumo yokozuna titles to get the Ms10 tsukedashi entry into ozumo...

He could have had a great ozumo career but injured his knee in a bout against Homasho in 2008, while at his highest rank of M13, and later was among the rikishi found guilty of, first illegal betting on baseball in 2010, and second, match-fixing in 2011, which led to his forced retirement - sad memories...