Izutsu stable
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Izutsu stable (井筒部屋 Izutsu beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tokitsukaze group of stables.
The stable was established in the Meiji era by former yokozuna Nishinoumi Kajirō I, the 16th yokozuna, who became the 7th Izutsu-oyakata. He was succeeded by Nishinoumi Kajirō II, the 25th yokozuna. The current incarnation of Izutsu stable is back in the hands of the same family, having been founded as Kimigahama stable by his grandson-in-law Tsurugamine Akio in 1972 and subsequently renamed to Izutsu stable five years later. It was passed on to Tsurugamine's son Sakahoko Nobushige in 1994.
Owner
- 1994-present: Izutsu (former sekiwake Sakahoko)
Active wrestlers with sekitori experience
See also: Sekitori
- Kakuryū Rikisaburō (ōzeki)
Notable former stable members
- Nishinoumi Kajirō II (25th yokozuna)
- Nishinoumi Kajirō III (30th yokozuna)
- Kirishima Kazuhiro (ōzeki)
- Toyokuni Fukuma (ōzeki)
- Terao Tsunefumi (sekiwake)
- 36th Kimura Shonosuke (given name Toshihiro Yamazaki) - former chief referee
See also
- Izutsu-oyakata
- List of sumo stables
- List of active sumo wrestlers
- List of past sumo wrestlers
- Glossary of sumo terms
External links
- official site (Japanese)
- Japan Sumo Association profile
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