Isenoumi stable (伊勢ノ海部屋 Isenoumi beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers. Part of the Tokitsukaze group of stables, it is one of the oldest active stables in sumo, dating back to the mid-eighteenth century.[1] The legendary Tanikaze, one of the first Yokozuna, and his protégé Raiden, arguably the greatest rikishi ever, were both members of Isenoumi stable. Its current incarnation, however, dates from 1949. In the 1960s the stable produced Yokozuna Kashiwado, who upon his retirement left to found Kagamiyama stable in 1970.[1]
Former sekiwake Fujinokawa took charge on 12 December 1982.[1] He was also a Director of the Japan Sumo Association. The stable is situated in Tokyo's Edogawa ward. To help tackle the high crime rate in that area, Isenoumi Oyakata instructed his wrestlers to go on night patrols, the first time a stable has done this.[2] As of November 2010, the stable had 13 wrestlers. It is one of a handful of stables that does not recruit foreign born rikishi.
The retirement of Tosanoumi in December 2010 left the stable without any sekitori. Fujinokawa reached the mandatory retirement age of 65 on 26 September 2011 and was replaced by former maegashira Kitakachidoki.
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