- Isegahama stable
Isegahama stable (伊勢ヶ浜部屋) is a stable of
sumo wrestlers, one of the Tatsunami ichimon or group of stables. It was re-established by the 63rd YokozunaAsahifuji Seiya in November 2007, who re-named his Ajigawa stable when he acquired the Isegahamatoshiyori name.The original Ajigawa stable was established in 1979 by former sekiwake
Mutsuarashi Yukio . He had originally hoped to become head ofMiyagino stable and had married the daughter of the incumbent stablemaster there, but the marriage ended in divorce. He moved toTomozuna stable upon his retirement in 1977 before opening up his new stable two years later. Ajigawa stable absorbedKasugayama stable in 1990 on the retirement of Kasugayama-oyakata. In 1993 Asahifuji acceded to the Ajigawa name and took over running of the stable, due to the poor health of the incumbent.The original Isegahama stable has a much longer history, as it was founded in 1859. Its sixth head was the 38th Yokozuna
Terukuni Manzō who passed control over to formerozeki Kiyokuni Katsuo in 1977. Under Kiyokuni's leadership the stable declined to a point where it had only two active wrestlers left. The stable was wound up shortly after Kiyokuni reached the mandatory retirement age of 65 in November 2006. Asahifuji's decision to switch to the Isegahama name can be seen as an attempt to restore its reputation (the Tatsunami ichimon was once known as Tatsunami-Isegahama).Isegahama stable is currently a very successful stable, with two wrestlers in the
makuuchi division and one injuryo . During the period of Ajigawa stable, most of the wrestlers' names started with the kanji 安 (pronounced "a", meaning "peaceful").Isegahama-oyakata
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Asahifuji Seiya (former yokozuna)Notable wrestlers
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Ama Kōhei (sekiwake)
*Aminishiki Ryūji (sekiwake)
*Asōfuji Seiya (former maegashira)Toshiyori
none
See also
*Ajigawa-oyakata
*List of sumo beya External links
* [http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/ozumo_meikan/sumo_beya/heya.php?heya=3 Isegahama stable page at Japan Sumo Association]
* [http://homepage2.nifty.com/ajigawa-beya/ official site]
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