Nishonoseki stable (2014)

For the stable founded in 1935, see Nishonoseki stable.

Nishonoseki stable (二所ノ関部屋 Nishonoseki beya), formerly known as Matsugane stable, is a stable of sumo wrestlers. It was founded in 1990 by Wakashimazu of the Futagoyama stable. Wakashimazu, know known as Nishonoseki Oyakata is also the chairman of the Nishonoseki group of stables or ichimon. It has produced three top makuuchi division wrestlers in that time; Wakakosho (2000), Wakatsutomu (2001) and Harunoyama (2004). After the retirement of Harunoyama in November 2006 the stable had no sekitori until Matsutani reached the jūryō division in March 2010. As of January 2010 it had twelve wrestlers.

In late 2014, the general consensus among those with connections to the Nishonoseki ichimon was that an ichimon so named without a Nishinoseki stable as it's head was a misnomer. In accordance with this general opinion, the oyakata of Matsugane stable, which had absorbed support personnel from the defunct Nishonoseki when it closed, decided to revive the name. He switched his Matsugane elder name with the former Tamarikidō's Nishonoseki elder name, thus allowing him to rename the stable. The former Tamarikidō, now known as Matsugane Oyakata also joined the newly renamed stable.[1]

Ring name conventions

Some wrestlers at this stable take ring names or shikona that begin with the character 若 (read:waka), in deference to their coach and the stable's owner, the former Wakashimazu.

Owner

Notable active wrestlers

See also: sekitori

Coaches

Referees

Ushers

Hairdressers

See also

References

  1. ↑ An item for Sadanoumi from Kumamon -　Nikkan Sports 2014/11/23
  2. ↑ "Oyakata (Coaches)". Nihon Sumo Kyokai. Retrieved 2013-07-20.

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