Rivalries 好敵手
The pairs who have met most often. Our records start in March 1958, so meetings before then aren't counted.
On the Kyushu 2026 banzuke
Top division, every official meeting- M15eTamawashi玉鷲21 wins to 21TakayasuM3e高安42 meetings
- M4wDaieisho大栄翔17 wins to 13AbiM12w阿炎30 meetings
- O2eKirishima霧島17 wins to 12DaieishoM4w大栄翔29 meetings
- Y1wHoshoryu豊昇龍16 wins to 12KotozakuraO1w琴櫻28 meetings
- M3eTakayasu高安15 wins to 12DaieishoM4w大栄翔27 meetings
- M11eTakanosho隆の勝17 wins to 10KirishimaO2e霧島27 meetings
- O2eKirishima霧島18 wins to 9KotozakuraO1w琴櫻27 meetings
- M15eTamawashi玉鷲17 wins to 10DaieishoM4w大栄翔27 meetings
- O2eKirishima霧島13 wins to 13HoshoryuY1w豊昇龍26 meetings
- O1wKotozakura琴櫻17 wins to 8WakamotoharuM7e若元春25 meetings
- O1wKotozakura琴櫻14 wins to 10DaieishoM4w大栄翔24 meetings
- M4wDaieisho大栄翔14 wins to 10TakanoshoM11e隆の勝24 meetings
Counted across every division they've met in, as each bout page's head to head is.Photos: TSUBAME98 (CC BY-SA 4.0), FourTildes (CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons, cropped. Photo credits
Longest in the top division
Top-division meetings since 1958- Kotoshogiku36 wins to 30Kisenosato66 meetings, 2005 to 2018
- Hakuho56 wins to 7Kotoshogiku63 meetings, 2006 to 2019
- Kotoshogiku33 wins to 29Harumafuji62 meetings, 2005 to 2017
- Harumafuji37 wins to 24Kisenosato61 meetings, 2004 to 2017
- Hakuho44 wins to 16Kisenosato60 meetings, 2006 to 2018
- Musashimaru37 wins to 21Takanonami58 meetings, 1991 to 2003
- Hakuho36 wins to 21Harumafuji57 meetings, 2006 to 2017
- Kaio34 wins to 20Chiyotaikai54 meetings, 1998 to 2010
- Kitanofuji37 wins to 15Kiyokuni52 meetings, 1964 to 1973
- Kakuryu30 wins to 22Kotoshogiku52 meetings, 2007 to 2019
- Goeido30 wins to 21Kotoshogiku51 meetings, 2007 to 2019
- Takanonami29 wins to 22Kotonowaka51 meetings, 1992 to 2003
- Takanonami27 wins to 24Kaio51 meetings, 1994 to 2003
- Hakuho42 wins to 8Kakuryu50 meetings, 2007 to 2020
- Kotoshogiku31 wins to 19Aminishiki50 meetings, 2005 to 2016
Closest to level
From 30 top-division meetings- Tamawashi玉鷲21 wins to 21Takayasu高安42 meetings, 2012 to 2025
- Takanohana21 wins to 21Akebono42 meetings, 1990 to 2000
- Kirishima Kazuhiro19 wins to 19Konishiki38 meetings, 1984 to 1996
- Myogiryu16 wins to 16Okinoumi32 meetings, 2012 to 2022
- Terao16 wins to 16Mitoizumi32 meetings, 1986 to 1998
- Hokutoumi16 wins to 16Konishiki32 meetings, 1984 to 1991
- Toyonoshima15 wins to 15Kotooshu30 meetings, 2004 to 2014
- Musoyama25 wins to 24Takanonami49 meetings, 1994 to 2003