Kasugano stable

Entrance to Kasugano stable

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 now retired Japanese born (but Korean national) Tochinowaka, who used 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 stable absorbed Mihogaseki stable in 2013 when its stablemaster (former ozeki Masuiyama Daishiro II) reached the mandatory retirement age.

Ring name conventions

Many wrestlers at this stable take ring names or shikona that begin with the character 栃 (read: tochi), in deference to the long line of owners who have used this character in their shikona. It originally referred to Tochigi Prefecture, where Tochigiyama came from, but subsequent owners were not from there and the prefix no longer has a geographical meaning.[1]

Owner

Notable active wrestlers

See also: sekitori

Coaches

Notable former members

Assistants

Referees

Ushers

Hairdressers

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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Coordinates: 35°41′34″N 139°47′27″E / 35.6929°N 139.7908°E