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This is a list of the holders of the most senior gyōji (referee) position in sumo. They are always known as Kimura Shonosuke (木村庄之助). Like all Japan Sumo Association officials they have a mandatory retirement age of 65. This meant that the 32nd Kimura was able to serve for only one tournament. By contrast the 27th Kimura, who was promoted at the expectionally young age of 51, served for a record 79 tournaments and 1185 match days. The 35th Shonosuke, Junichi Uchida, had no wrong calls during his four and a half years as a tate-gyoji (one of the top two positions). The most recent, the 37th Kimura Shonosuke, retired in March 2015 and has yet to be replaced as in the opinion of the Sumo Association there is no referee with sufficient skill or experience to hold the position.


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! class="unsortable"| Number ! class="unsortable"| First tournament ! class="unsortable"| Last tournament ! Duration ! class="unsortable"| Real name ! Stable ! Birthplace ! Date of birth ! Date of death
 * 15||May 1885||September 1897||12 years, 4 months||Fukayama Yazaburo||Unknown||Tokyo||October 20, 1839||September 22, 1897
 * 16||January 1898||January 1912||14 years||Tsuge Shinsuke||Takasago||Aichi||November 12, 1849||January 6, 1912
 * 17||May 1912||May 1921||9 years||Sakai Heikichi||Unknown||Tokushima||1862||July 19, 1924
 * 18||January 1922||May 1925||3 years, 4 months||Asano Jintaro||Takasago||Ishikawa||1860||June 11, 1925
 * 19||January 1926||May 1932||6 years, 4 months||Kito Takida||Unknown||Tokyo||1869||May 30, 1932
 * 20||October 1933||January 1940||6 years, 3 months||Goto Nenokichi||Dewanoumi||Tochigi||December 3, 1876||March 9, 1940
 * 21||May 1940||May 1951||10 years, 8 months||Takeuchi Jumon||Isenoumi||Nagano||April 1, 1889||November 25, 1970
 * 22||September 1951||November 1959||8 years, 2 months||Izumi Rinhachi||Dewanoumi||Kagawa||1994:4:23, March 1, 1890||April 23, 1994
 * 23||January 1960||November 1962||2 years, 10 months||Uchiyama Tomitsu||Asahiyama||Ishikawa||December 18, 1897||September 19, 1994
 * 24||January 1963||July 1966||3 years, 6 months||Midorikawa Yoshi||Dewanoumi||Chiba||August 15, 1901||September 19, 1973
 * 25||September 1966||January 1972||5 years, 4 months||Yamada Kingo||Nishonoseki||Aichi||September 1, 1909||February 10, 1991
 * 26||January 1973||November 1976||3 years, 10 months||Asai Tadashi||Kimigahama||Aichi||January 2, 1912||March 27, 1994
 * 27||November 1977||November 1990||13 years||Kumagai Sokichi||Tatsunami||Iwate||December 3, 1925||June 22, 2023
 * 28||January 1991||November 1993||2 years, 10 months||Goto Satoru||Dewanoumi||Yamagata||December 15, 1928||April 1, 2010
 * 29||January 1995||March 2001||6 years, 2 months||Sakurai Haruyoshi||Nishonoseki||Kochi||March 26, 1936||Living
 * 30||November 2001||January 2003|| 1 year, 2 months ||Yasusuke Uike||Dewanoumi||Aichi||February 1, 1938||Living
 * 31||May 2003||November 2005||2 years, 6 months ||Abe Masao||Tatsunami||Hokkaido||December 3, 1940||Living
 * 32||Jan 2006||Jan 2006||1 month ||Sawada Ikuya||Dewanoumi||Hokkaido||||Living
 * 33Sumo4-vi.jpg||May 2006||March 2007||10 months ||Nozawa Yoichi||Takasago||Aomori||||Living
 * 34||May 2007||March 2008||10 months ||Ito Katsuharu||Isenoumi||Tokyo||||Living
 * 35Gyoji Jan08.JPG||May 2008||September 2011||3 years, 4 months ||Uchida Junichi||Tatsunami||Miyazaki||October 29, 1946||Living
 * 3636 shonosuke 1.JPG||November 2011||May 2013||1 year, 6 months ||Yamazaki Toshihiro||Izutsu||Kagoshima||||November 23, 2022
 * 3739th Inosuke Shikimori in Sumiyoshi Taisha (1) IMG 1474-2 20130302.JPG||November 2013||March 2015||1 year, 4 months ||Hatakeyama Saburo||Tomozuna||Aomori||March 16, 1950||July 22, 2022
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 * 27||November 1977||November 1990||13 years||Kumagai Sokichi||Tatsunami||Iwate||December 3, 1925||June 22, 2023
 * 28||January 1991||November 1993||2 years, 10 months||Goto Satoru||Dewanoumi||Yamagata||December 15, 1928||April 1, 2010
 * 29||January 1995||March 2001||6 years, 2 months||Sakurai Haruyoshi||Nishonoseki||Kochi||March 26, 1936||Living
 * 30||November 2001||January 2003|| 1 year, 2 months ||Yasusuke Uike||Dewanoumi||Aichi||February 1, 1938||Living
 * 31||May 2003||November 2005||2 years, 6 months ||Abe Masao||Tatsunami||Hokkaido||December 3, 1940||Living
 * 32||Jan 2006||Jan 2006||1 month ||Sawada Ikuya||Dewanoumi||Hokkaido||||Living
 * 33Sumo4-vi.jpg||May 2006||March 2007||10 months ||Nozawa Yoichi||Takasago||Aomori||||Living
 * 34||May 2007||March 2008||10 months ||Ito Katsuharu||Isenoumi||Tokyo||||Living
 * 35Gyoji Jan08.JPG||May 2008||September 2011||3 years, 4 months ||Uchida Junichi||Tatsunami||Miyazaki||October 29, 1946||Living
 * 3636 shonosuke 1.JPG||November 2011||May 2013||1 year, 6 months ||Yamazaki Toshihiro||Izutsu||Kagoshima||||November 23, 2022
 * 3739th Inosuke Shikimori in Sumiyoshi Taisha (1) IMG 1474-2 20130302.JPG||November 2013||March 2015||1 year, 4 months ||Hatakeyama Saburo||Tomozuna||Aomori||March 16, 1950||July 22, 2022
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 * 33Sumo4-vi.jpg||May 2006||March 2007||10 months ||Nozawa Yoichi||Takasago||Aomori||||Living
 * 34||May 2007||March 2008||10 months ||Ito Katsuharu||Isenoumi||Tokyo||||Living
 * 35Gyoji Jan08.JPG||May 2008||September 2011||3 years, 4 months ||Uchida Junichi||Tatsunami||Miyazaki||October 29, 1946||Living
 * 3636 shonosuke 1.JPG||November 2011||May 2013||1 year, 6 months ||Yamazaki Toshihiro||Izutsu||Kagoshima||||November 23, 2022
 * 3739th Inosuke Shikimori in Sumiyoshi Taisha (1) IMG 1474-2 20130302.JPG||November 2013||March 2015||1 year, 4 months ||Hatakeyama Saburo||Tomozuna||Aomori||March 16, 1950||July 22, 2022
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 * 3636 shonosuke 1.JPG||November 2011||May 2013||1 year, 6 months ||Yamazaki Toshihiro||Izutsu||Kagoshima||||November 23, 2022
 * 3739th Inosuke Shikimori in Sumiyoshi Taisha (1) IMG 1474-2 20130302.JPG||November 2013||March 2015||1 year, 4 months ||Hatakeyama Saburo||Tomozuna||Aomori||March 16, 1950||July 22, 2022
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 * 3739th Inosuke Shikimori in Sumiyoshi Taisha (1) IMG 1474-2 20130302.JPG||November 2013||March 2015||1 year, 4 months ||Hatakeyama Saburo||Tomozuna||Aomori||March 16, 1950||July 22, 2022
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