Juryo-ranked wrestlers are now considered professional competitors. During the Edo period, wrestlers often made their debuts as ōzeki based on size alone, though their real competitiveness had not been tested. History   |   69 rikishi crowned Yokozuna in the entire history of the sport. For an ōzeki, relegation is a two-step procedure. In these early days yokozuna was also not regarded as a separate rank in the listings, but as an ōzeki with special dispensation to perform his own ring entering ceremony. There are no absolute criteria, nor is there a set quota: there have been periods with no wrestlers at yokozuna rank, and there have been periods with as many as four simultaneously. Have a parking space at the Sumo Association headquarters. These two wrestlers were both awarded yokozuna licences by the prominent Yoshida family. [4] The promotion again proved to be a fiasco when it was later revealed that he had a heated argument with his stable boss, Tatsunami, and stormed out of the heya, allegedly striking Tatsunami's wife on the way. Typically 11–4 or better as a komusubi is sufficient for promotion to sekiwake even with no normal space available; lower ranks need progressively more wins. Futahaguro eventually retired after only one and a half years at the top rank and became the only yokozuna in sumo history ever to retire without having won at least one top division championship. It’s common for wrestlers from the higher ranks to fall to makushita, which is truly an unfortunate fate. In each case the wrestler was merely moved from the sekiwake East rank to the less prestigious West side. For many purposes sekiwake and the komusubi rank are treated together as the junior san'yaku ranks, as opposed to ōzeki and yokozuna. Contributors  |  [3] After being promoted, he was involved in several misbehaviors that embarrassed the Sumo Association such as hitting one of his tsukebito (manservant or personal assistant) over a trivial matter in a scandal that had six of his seven tsukebito decide to leave him. Elevation to yokozuna rank is a multi-stage process. This ceremony first started with the former yokozuna Tachiyama in 1937. [1] Other wrestlers have also been held back. This is largely because the top two ranks of yokozuna and ōzeki have distinctive differences from the lower two ranks and from each other. The second highest division is called Juryo. They will still have to deal with hazing, and there are some restrictions on their clothing. Juryo consists of 28 rikishi. /* ST-Gray-Narrow-Vert */