Dewanoumi stable
Dewanoumi stable (出羽海部屋 Dewanoumi-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi ichimon or group of stables. It has a long, prestigious history. Its current head coach is former maegashira Oginohana. As of January 2015 it had 18 wrestlers.
The demotion of Futenō to the makushita division in July 2010 left the stable without any sekitori (wrestlers in the salaried divisions) for the first time since 1898.[1] This continued until Dewahayate was promoted to the juryo division for the November 2014 tournament (in which he managed only 5 wins and was immediately demoted). In January 2015 the stable saw ex-maegashira Towanoyama announce his retirement, leaving Dewaotori and the 44 year old Dewanosato, with four tournament in juryo between them, as the only other wrestlers apart from Dewahayate with any sekitori experience.
Ring name conventions
Many wrestlers at this stable take ring names or shikona that begin with the characters 出羽 (read: dewa), which are taken from the first two characters of the stable's name.
Owner
- c. 1862-1890: 3rd Dewanoumi (former makushita Katsuragawa)
- 1890-1914: 4th Dewanoumi Unemon (former maegashira Hitachiyama)
- 1914-1922: 5th Dewanoumi Taniemon (the 19th yokozuna Hitachiyama)
- 1922-1949: 6th Dewanoumi Kajinosuke (former komusubi Ryōgoku)
- 1949-1960: 7th Dewanoumi Hidemitsu (the 31st yokozuna Tsunenohana)
- 1960-1968: 8th Dewanoumi Yoshihide (former maegashira Dewanohana)
- 1968-1996: 9th Dewanoumi Tomotaka (the 50th yokozuna Sadanoyama)
- 1996-2014: 10th Dewanoumi Yoshikazu (riji, former sekiwake Washūyama)
- 2014-present: 11th Dewanoumi Akikazu (iin, former maegashira Oginohana)
Notable active wrestlers
- Dewaōtori (best rank: jūryō)
- Dewanosato (best rank: jūryō)
Coaches
- Dekiyama Sōichi (riji, former sekiwake Dewanohana)
- Nakadachi Yasuteru (iin, former komusubi Oginishiki)
- Yamashina Morio (yakuin taigu iin, former komusubi Ōnishiki)
- Takasaki Ryūsui (toshiyori, former maegashira Kinkaiyama)
Notable former members
- Ōnishiki (the 26th yokozuna)
- Tochigiyama (the 27th yokozuna)
- Musashiyama (the 33rd yokozuna)
- Akinoumi (the 37th yokozuna')
- Chiyonoyama (the 41st yokozuna')
- Mienoumi (the 57th yokozuna)
- Hitachiiwa (former ōzeki)
- Masuiyama (former ōzeki)
- Dewanohana (former sekiwake)
- Kitaseumi (former sekiwake)
- Tenryū (former sekiwake)
- Mainoumi (former komusubi)
- Ōnishiki (former komusubi)
- Ryōgoku (former komusubi)
- Sadanoumi (former komusubi)
- Dewanohana (former maegashira)
- Kushimaumi (former maegashira)
- Yoshinohana (former maegashira)
- Towanoyama (best rank: maegashira)
Assistant
- Fukuryūdake (sewanin, former jūryō, real name Shigeo Nakao)
Referee
- Kimura Chishū (makushita gyōji, real name Ryōta Kobayashi)
Usher
- Yōhei (makushita yobidashi, real name Yōhei Kadooka)
Hairdressers
- Tokoyasu (special class tokoyama)
- Tokoriki (fifth class tokoyama)
See also
- List of sumo stables
- List of active sumo wrestlers
- List of past sumo wrestlers
- Glossary of sumo terms
References
- ↑ "Kotomitsuki listed on Nagoya sumo tournament rankings despite dismissal". Mainichi Daily News. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
External links
- Official site (Japanese)
- Japan Sumo Association profile
Coordinates: 35°41′33″N 139°47′33″E / 35.6924°N 139.7926°E