Takanohana stable

Takanohana stable

Takanohana stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. It was known as Futagoyama stable until 2004.

History

Futagoyama stable was established in 1962 by former Yokozuna Wakanohana Kanji I, who branched off from Hanakago stable and converted his home near the Minami Asagaya station into the stable headquarters.Cite book |author=Sharnoff, Lorna |title=Grand Sumo|publisher=Weatherhill |year=1993 |id=ISBN 0-8348-0283-x] Its first sekitori was komusubi Futagodake. It was very strong in the late 1970s and early 1980s when it produced two yokozuna and two ozeki, one of whom, Takanohana Kenshi, was the stable master's younger brother. From the promotion of Taknohana Kenshi to komusubi in May 1972 until the retirement of Wakashimazu in July 1987 the stable always had at least one wrestler in the titled sanyaku ranks.

Takanohana Kenshi established Fujishima stable upon his retirement as an active wrestler in 1982, and when his elder brother reached the mandatory oyakata retirement age of 65 in February 1993, Fujishima and Futagoyama stable were merged and continued under the Futagoyama name. At its peak in the mid 1990s the merged stable had a yokozuna, two ozeki, and several other sanyaku regulars. During this period it had 50 wrestlers in total, [cite web|author=Newton, Clyde|title=Takanohana, Kaio favored in New Year sumo tourney |publisher=Japan Times|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ss20010107a1.html|date=2001-01-07|accessdate=2008-06-04] and ten in the top division: Takanohana, Wakanohana, Takanonami, Akinoshima, Takatoriki and Toyonoumi (from Fujishima) and Takamisugi, Misugisato, Naminohana and Wakashoyo (from Futagoyama). This unprecedented dominance led to suggestions that the Japan Sumo Association should not have approved the merger, as it gave these wrestlers an unfair advantage over their opponents as they never had to face each other in tournament competition.Cite book |author=Panek, Mark |title=Gaijin Yokozuna|publisher=University of Hawaii Press |year=2006 |id=ISBN 0-8248-3043-1] Takanohana's yokozuna rival Akebono by contrast, had to fight everyone as there were no other wrestlers from his stable in the top two divisions.

By the early 2000s the stable had begun to decline, and in 2004 Takanohana Kenshi retired due to ill health. His son Takanohana Kōji took over, renaming the stable Takanohana beya. The heya's last sekitori, Takanonami, retired shortly afterwards. Under Takanohana Koji's stewardship the heya has been unable to attract many promising recruits. It currently has just nine wrestlers, all in the three lowest divisions: sandanme, jonokuchi and jonidan. It is one of only five stables to have no foreign wrestlers.

Takanohana-oyakata

*Takanohana Koji (former yokozuna)

Famous former wrestlers

* Wakanohana Kanji II (former yokozuna)
* Takanosato Toshihide (former yokozuna)
* Takanohana Koji (former yokozuna)
* Wakanohana Masaru (former yokozuna)
* Takanohana Kenshi (former ozeki)
* Wakashimazu Mutsuo (former ozeki)
* Takanonami Sadahiro (former ozeki)
* Takatoriki Tadashige (former sekiwake)
* Akinoshima Katsumi (former sekiwake)

Toshiyori

* Tokiwayama Takakatsu (former komusubi Takamisugi)
* Otowayama Sadahiro (former ozeki Takanonami)

Current wrestlers with makuuchi experience

* None

References

ee also

*List of sumo beya

External links

* [http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/ozumo_meikan/sumo_beya/takanohana.html Takanohana stable page at Japan Sumo Association] en
* [http://www.takanohana.net/ Official site] ja


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