| Higashi East |
Nishi West |
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| Hokkaidoo | Chiyonoyama Masanobu | Yokozuna | Azumafuji Kin'ichi | Tookyoo |
| Akita | Terukuni Manzoo | Haridashi | Haguroyama Masaji | Niigata |
| Aomori | Kagamisato Kiyoji | Oozeki | Yoshibayama Junnosuke | Hokkaidoo |
| Tookyoo | Tochinishiki Kiyotaka | Haridashi | ||
| Kobe | Asashio Taroo | Sekiwake | Nayoroiwa Shizuo | Hokkaidoo |
| Chiba | Matsunobori Fukutaroo | Komusubi | Kotogahama Sadao | Kagawa |
| Haridashi | Mitsuneyama Takashi | Tookyoo | ||
| Kagawa | Kotonishiki Noboru | M1 | Oouchiyama Heikichi | Ibaraki |
| Tookyoo | Dewanishiki Tadao | M2 | Tokitsuyama Jin'ichi | Fukushima |
| Oomiya | Wakabayama Sadao | M3 | Wakanohana Katsuji | Muroran |
| Akita | Orochigata Kinsaku | M4 | Futaseyama Shoogo | Oosaka |
| Fukuoka | Ootachi Dan'emon | M5 | Bishuuyama Ryuushoo | Matsunaga |
| Rumoi | Terunobori Katsuhiko | M6 | Oohikari Sadayuki | Hokkaidoo |
| Amagasaki | Wakasegawa Taiji | M7 | Narutoumi Kazuyuki | Awaji |
| Tookyoo | Kuninobori Kunio | M8 | Shimizugawa Akio | Akashi |
| Ooita | Tamanoumi Tomohiro | M9 | Itsutsunada Yoshikazu | Gotoo |
| Sendai | Hirosegawa Soonosuke | M10 | Kaminishiki Kuniyasu | Aomori |
| Fukushima | Shinobuyama Harusada | M11 | Shionishiki Yoshiaki | Kumamoto |
| Aichi | Aichiyama Haruo | M12 | Kusunishiki Masao | Fukuoka |
| Ishikawa | Kiyoenami Kiyotaka | M13 | Tsunenoyama Katsumasa | Okayama |
| Yamanashi | Kainoyama Fukuhito | M14 | Shimanishiki Hiroshi | Oosaka |
| Yamanashi | Yoshidagawa Seishiroo | M15 | Ooiwazan Kinji | Tookyoo |
| Hokkaidoo | Futatsuryuu Tokuyoshi | M16 | Fujitayama Tadayoshi | Fukuoka |
| Akita | Hiodoshi Rikiya | M17 | Koodzuzan Yoshinobu | Nara |
| Nagano | Oonobori Mitsuhiro | M18 | Hajimayama Masanobu | Gifu |
| Saga | Daitenryuu Mitsunori | M19 | Yoshiiyama Tomoichiroo | Fukuoka |
| Akita | Kosakagawa Kenzaburoo | M20 | Dairyuu Shiroo | Hokkaidoo |
In February 1953, Kagamisato was promoted to Yokozuna
New in Makunouchi: 0998 Daitenryuu 0999 Dairyuu