At the result, at the May Tournament in 1890, for the first time in the sumo history, the name of Yokozuna was written on the chart (his name was written in the margin of the east side and after that his name had been written in the margin through all the twelve tournaments until his last tournament in January 1896); and after that, Yokozuna became regarded not as an honor but as an official rank.
その結果相撲史上初めて明治23年（1890年）5月場所、横綱が番付に明記（東方に張出、西ノ海は引退する明治29年（1896年）1月場所まで12場所、番付上は全て張出されている）され、この後横綱は名誉ではなく地位とみなされていくようになる。