Magaki stable (間垣部屋 Magaki beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, formerly one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. Wakanohana Kanji II, the 56th Yokozuna in sumo history, re-established the stable in 1983 and is its current oyakata. Its first wrestler to reach the top makuuchi division was the Hawaiian born Yamato in 1997, followed by Gojoro and Wakanojo, also in 1997. However the stable has had less success in recent years. Russian maegashira Wakanoho was thrown out of sumo in 2008 after being found guilty of cannabis possession, and juryo Wakatenro was forced to retire because of match-fixing in 2011. As of November 2011 the stable had just four wrestlers, all the lowest three divisions.
In January 2010 the stable, along with the Takanohana, Onomatsu and Otake stable, was forced to leave the Nishonoseki ichimon after Takanohana declared his intention to run as an unofficial candidate in the elections to the Sumo Association's board of directors.[1]
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