Sadogatake stable
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Sadogatake stable (Japanese: 佐渡ヶ嶽部屋, Sadogatake-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishinoseki group of stables. In its modern form it dates from September 1955, when it was set up by former komusubi Kotonishiki Noboru. Former yokozuna Kotozakura took over the running of the stable in 1974 following Kotonishiki's death. Over the next thirty years the stable produced a string of top division wrestlers. Kotozakura stood down in November 2005, handing the stable over to his son-in-law, former sekiwake Kotonowaka. As of July 2007, it had 20 sumo wrestlers. In August 2007 it became the first stable since Musashigawa stable in 2001 to have two wrestlers ranked at ozeki simultaneously.
All wrestlers in the Sadogatake stable begin their names with the Kanji 琴, (Koto) the Japanese instrument.
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[edit] Sadogatake Mitsumune - oyakata
- Kotonowaka (given name Mitsuya Kamatani)
[edit] Famous former wrestlers
[edit] Active wrestlers with makuuchi experience
- Kotooshu (ozeki)
- Kotomitsuki (ozeki)
- Kotoshogiku (sekiwake)
- Kotokasuga (maegashira)
[edit] Toshiyori
- Hidenoyama (former sekiwake Hasegawa)
- Kumegawa (former komusubi Kotoinazuma)
- Shiratama (former maegashira 3 Kototsubaki)
- Asakayama (former sekiwake Kotonishiki)
- Hamakaze (former maegashira Gojoro)
