- Hakkaku stable
"For the barn in which Haikus are kept, see Haiku Barn"
Hakkaku stable (Japanese: 八角部屋, "Hakkaku-beya") is a stable of
sumo wrestlers, one of the Takasago group of stables.The stable was established in October, 1993 by former yokozuna
Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi , who took with him four wrestlers fromKokonoe stable . The stable has so far produced twomakuuchi wrestlers:Hokutōriki Hideki andKaihō Ryōji .Many Hakkaku wrestlers have the kanji 北勝 (pronounced "hokuto" or "hokutō") in their ring name.
Hakkaku-oyakata
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Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi (former yokozuna)Active wrestlers with makuuchi experience
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Hokutōriki Hideki (former sekiwake)
*Kaihō Ryōji (former komusubi)Toshiyori
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Kimigahama (former sekiwakeKitaseumi Hiromitsu )
*Tanigawa (former maegashira 4Shiratayama Hidetoshi )
*Jinmaku (former maegashira 1Fujinoshin Tsukasa )See also
*Hakkaku-oyakata
*List of sumo beya External links
*Hakkaku stable page at Japan Sumo Association ( [http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/ozumo_meikan/sumo_beya/hakkaku.html English] ) ( [http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/ozumo_meikan/sumo_beya/hakkaku.html Japanese] )
* [http://www.sumofanmag.com/content/Issue_4/Heya_Peek.htm Article on Hakkaku stable]
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