Kasugano stable

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Kasugano stable (春日野部屋 Kasugano-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi ichimon or group of stables. As of April 2013 it had 22 wrestlers. It is currently one of the most successful stables, with six sekitori wrestlers, including the Georgian Tochinoshin and the Korean born (but Japanese national) Tochinowaka, who uses the current head coach's old ring name.

It was originally founded in the mid 18th century by a wrestler named Kasugano Gunpachi.[1] It became inactive for a long time but was led in the Meiji period by a referee named Kimura Soshiro (this is no longer allowed as oyakata must now be former wrestlers).[1] He adopted as his son the Yokozuna Tochigiyama, who led the stable for over thirty years. He in turn adopted as his son the 44th Yokozuna Tochinishiki, who became the head in 1959 whilst still an active wrestler and later served as the chairman of the Japan Sumo Association.[1] Tochinoumi took over upon Tochinishiki's death in 1990 and led the stable until his retirement in 2003.

The prefix "Tochi" is commonly used for wrestlers in the stable. It originally referred to Tochigi Prefecture, where Tochigiyama came from, but Tochinishiki was born in Tokyo and the prefix no longer has a geographical meaning, instead being used as a stable identifier.[1]

Owner

  • 1925-1959: 8th Kasugano Takeya (the 27th yokozuna Tochigiyama)
  • 1959-1990: 9th Kasugano Kiyotaka (the 44th yokozuna Tochinishiki)
  • 1990-2003: 10th Kasugano Terumasa (the 49th yokozuna Tochinoumi)
  • 2003–present: 11th Kasugano Kiyotaka (iin, former sekiwake Tochinowaka)

Active wrestlers with sekitori experience

See also: Sekitori

Coaches

  • Fujigane Masaharu (iin, former komusubi Daizen)
  • Hatachiyama Hitoshi (iin, former komusubi Tochinohana)
  • Kiyomigata Atsushi (toshiyori, former maegashira Tochisakae)
  • Takenawa Taiichi (toshiyori, former sekiwake Tochinonada)

Notable former stable members

Assistants

  • Tochinofuji Tatsuyuki (wakaimonogashira, former maegashira, real name Tatsuyuki Kusano)
  • Tochigenō Yasuyuki (sewanin, former makushita, real name Yasuyuki Shigeto)

Referees

  • Kimura Shōtarō (makuuchi gyōji, real name Yoshimitsu Morita)
  • Kimura Shōji (makushita gyōji, real name Makoto Sasaya)

Hairdressers

  • Tokokazu (first class tokoyama)
  • Tokomatsu (first class tokoyama)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sharnoff, Lora (1993). Grand Sumo. Weatherhill. ISBN 0-8348-0283-x. 

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