Nishonoseki Stable

Nishonoseki Stable

Nishonoseki stable (二所ノ関部屋 Nishonoseki-beya?) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Nishonoseki group of stables (ichimon) named after it. It first appeared in the late eighteenth century and was re-established in its current form in 1935 by the 32nd Yokozuna Tamanishiki while still active. The former ozeki Saganohana produced the stable's greatest wrestler, yokozuna Taiho, who won a record 32 yusho or tournament championships between 1961 and 1971. The stable's current head coach, former sekiwake Kongo, has been in charge since 1976, when he was adopted by the widow of the previous head. He is also on the board of directors of the Japan Sumo Association. The heya's fortunes have declined in recent years. It has not had any sekitori wrestlers since the retirement of Daizen in 2003 and as of September 2011 it had just three active wrestlers, all in sandanme or below (and one of whom, Kasachikara, is 41 years old). The naturalisation of a Chinese born rikishi, Ryutei, opened up another spot in the heya for a foreigner, and a Mongolian rikishi was recruited in March 2010, but he retired in May 2011.

In February 2010 general affairs manager Yoshiyuki Inoguchi, a former wrestler for the stable from 1975 to 1993 under the shikona of Nijodake, was found hanged in an apparent suicide.[1]

Contents

Nishonoseki oyakata

  • 6th Nishonoseki: former Yokozuna Tamanishiki 1935-1938
  • 7th Nishonoseki: former sekiwake Tamanoumi Umekichi 1938-1952
  • 8th Nishonoseki: former ozeki Saganohana 1952-1975
  • 9th Nishonoseki: interim 1975-76
  • 10th Nishonoseki: (former sekiwake Kongo Masahiro 1976-present

Famous former wrestlers

Active wrestlers with makuuchi experience

  • None

Toshiyori

  • Kitajin (former sekiwake Kirinji)
  • Minatogawa (former komusubi Daitetsu)
  • Fujigane (former komusubi Daizen)

Gyoji

  • Shinnosuke Shikimori (Hiromitsu Oshida) - juryo referee

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sumo stable official found hanged in apparent suicide". Japan Today. 27 February 2010. Archived from the original on 6 March 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5o2Lp6I1x. 

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