Hanakago stable

Hanakago stable (花籠部屋, Hanakago beya) was a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. Its most recent incarnation dated from 1992 when it was revived by Daijuyama of the Futagoyama stable. The previous version of the stable had been wound up in 1985 when former yokozuna Wajima was forced to leave the Japan Sumo Association. The Mongolian rikishi Koryu became the revived Hanakago's first sekitori in January 2007 and in July 2008 reached the top makuuchi division. The stable closed after the May 2012 tournament, with its wrestlers moving to Minezaki stable.^[1]

Hanakago-oyakata

• Hanakago Tadaaki (former sekiwake Daijuyama Tadaaki)

Former wrestlers

• Wakanohana Kanji I (Yokozuna)
• Wajima (Yokozuna)
• Kaiketsu (Ozeki)
• Daigo (Sekiwake)
• Arase (Sekiwake)

Active wrestlers with makuuchi experience

• None

Toshiyori

• none

Gyoji

• Mitsunosuke Kimura (Makoto Kawahara) - juryo referee
• Kazuma Kimura (Kazuma Okada) - jonokuchi referee

Yobidashi

• Masao (Noriyuki Otaka) - juryo yobidashi

See also

• Hanakago-oyakata
• List of sumo stables

References

External links

• Hanakago stable page at Japan Sumo Association (English) (Japanese)