With Chiyotaikai gunning for yokozuna promotion and in view of the recent discussions elsewhere about the criteria for promotion, I thought I'd have a look at how some previous yokozuna candidates did in the past. I hope some of you will find it interesting as well. It isn't always obvious as to what the requirements to be considered a yokozuna candidate (tsuna-tori) are. This table shows the records of all rikishi promoted to yokozuna since 1973: Yokozuna promotions Rikishi 1stbasho Recor