Father-and-Son Sekitori Pairs

[Kaitetsu]

With Nishinoryu's promotion to juryo, news articles have been mentioning he and his dad moto-Tsunenoyama are the 14th pair of father-son sekitori. I then tried to find all other pairs but my memory only took me to these:

Fujinokawa (Wakaikari) - Oikari
Oho - Takatoriki (a news article I read said that as Oho was promoted first Mudoho's promotion doesn't count, so I guess multiple sons don't count)
Kotozakura - Kotonowaka
Sadanoumi - Sadanoumi
Takanohana - Takanohana
Kakureizan & Sakahoko - Tsurugamine (both were promoted at the same time)
Masuiyama - Masuiyama (first ever modern sumo ozeki father-son pair)

Those are 7 pairs, who else am I forgetting?

Edited July 31 by Kaitetsu

[sahaven111]

Hmm...

Oginohana and Oginishiki?

Also it's not father-son, but the Onami brothers' grandfather was Komusubi Wakabayama.

Kotoeko's dad was a Juryo, if I remember correctly...

[Chiyotasuke]

(Quoting the first post)

From the Sponichi article, the other 6 are:

M3 Tokitsuumi - (J12) Kiryuko

S Tochiazuma - O Tochiazuma

S Oginohana - M2 Oginohana & K Oginishiki

J1 Kenryu - S Ozutsu

M3 Isenohama - O Isenohama   

K Kagamiiwa - M8 Kagamiiwa

https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2025/07/30/gazo/20250731s10005000024000p.html

Edited July 31 by Chiyotasuke
Couldn't quote

[Akinomaki]

I hadn't noticed so far or maybe forgot, but it is funny that Oginohana became Dewanoumi, though his brother Oginishiki had a much better career. Not just the rank, nearly twice as much makuuchi basho, several sansho, kinboshi - the older has none. I guess we had it mentioned when Oginohana became Dewanoumi.

[Kaitetsu]

12 hours ago, sahaven111 said:

Kotoeko's dad was a Juryo, if I remember correctly...

That was his grandad, same as the Onami family

Edited July 31 by Kaitetsu

[Kaitetsu]

10 hours ago, Chiyotasuke said:

(Quoting the first post)

From the Sponichi article, the other 6 are:

M3 Tokitsuumi - (J12) Kiryuko

S Tochiazuma - O Tochiazuma

S Oginohana - M2 Oginohana & K Oginishiki

J1 Kenryu - S Ozutsu

M3 Isenohama - O Isenohama   

K Kagamiiwa - M8 Kagamiiwa

https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2025/07/30/gazo/20250731s10005000024000p.html

Thank you so much thats perfect!

[Morning]

Now we only need a Father-Son-Sektori-at-the-same-time pairing.

[Kaitetsu]

1 minute ago, Morning said:

Now we only need a Father-Son-Sektori-at-the-same-time pairing.

Tamawashi does have a child...

[Jejima]

13 hours ago, Kaitetsu said:

Takanohana - Takanohana

Those are 7 pairs, who else am I forgetting?

Takanohana - Wakanohana?

[Getayukata]

13 hours ago, Kaitetsu said:

With Nishinoryu's promotion to juryo, news articles have been mentioning he and his dad moto-Tsunenoyama are the 14th pair of father-son sekitori. I then tried to find all other pairs but my memory only took me to these:

Fujinokawa (Wakaikari) - Oikari
Oho - Takatoriki (a news article I read said that as Oho was promoted first Mudoho's promotion doesn't count, so I guess multiple sons don't count)
Kotozakura - Kotonowaka
Sadanoumi - Sadanoumi
Takanohana - Takanohana
Kakureizan & Sakahoko - Tsurugamine (both were promoted at the same time)
Masuiyama - Masuiyama (first ever modern sumo ozeki father-son pair)

Those are 7 pairs, who else am I forgetting?

What about Tsurugamine and Terao and Sakahoko

[RabidJohn]

20 minutes ago, Getayukata said:

What about Tsurugamine and Terao and Sakahoko

That was the first example I thought of. All 3 made it to sekiwake, never mind sekitori.

[Kaitetsu]

39 minutes ago, Jejima said:

Takanohana - Wakanohana?

 

27 minutes ago, Getayukata said:

What about Tsurugamine and Terao and Sakahoko

 

5 minutes ago, RabidJohn said:

That was the first example I thought of. All 3 made it to sekiwake, never mind sekitori.

So, all newspapers (as exemplified by the Sponichi graph) don't count multiple siblings as different pairs, so they are included in the same "pair".

Kakureizan/Tsurufuji just made juryo, while his younger brothers Sakahoko and Terao did make Sekiwake.

[Jejima]

Why was (son) Takanohana mentioned first, rather than the older brother Wakanohana? Is it because Takanohana reached Juryo first?

[Kaitetsu]

21 minutes ago, Jejima said:

Why was (son) Takanohana mentioned first, rather than the older brother Wakanohana? Is it because Takanohana reached Juryo first?

In my very quick list yeah, based on the news article i first linked mentioning Oho-Mudoho, but Sponichi doesn't really make a difference on their table

Edited July 31 by Kaitetsu

[Gospodin]

On 31/07/2025 at 15:18, Morning said:

Now we only need a Father-Son-Sektori-at-the-same-time pairing.

As you know, there were / are several instances of father-son combinations in the same league (e.g. Griffey, James).

Has this ever been the case in sumo, regardless of rank (e.g. Jonokuchi and Juryo) ?

P.S.: do the kettei-sen rules cvover that ? 

Edited August 2 by Gospodin
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