Oitekaze stable
The Oitekaze stable (追手風部屋 Oitekaze-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Isegahama ichimon or group of stables. It was established in its modern incarnation on 1 October 1998 by former maegashira Daishoyama, who is the stable's current head coach. He had married the daughter of the previous Oitekaze Oyakata and branched off from Tomozuna stable, taking some wrestlers with him including future sekitori Hayateumi and Daishodai.[1] As of December 2007, it had 17 wrestlers.
Ring name conventions
Many wrestlers at this stable take ring names or shikona that begin with the characters 大翔 (read: daishō), in deference to their coach and the stable's owner, the former Daishōyama.
Owner
- 8th Oitekaze (former ōzeki Shimuzugawa)
- 11th Oitekaze (iin, former maegashira Daishōyama)
Notable active wrestlers
See also: sekitori
- Daieishō (best rank jūryō)
- Endō (best rank maegashira)
Coach
- Nakagawa Kenji (iin, former maegashira Asahisato)
Notable former members
- Hayateumi (former sekiwake)
- Kokkai (former komusubi)
- Hamanishiki (former maegashira)
Referee
- Shikimori Kiichirō (jūryō gyōji, real name Osamu Wachi)
Hairdressers
- Tokosaku (3rd class tokoyama)
- Tokokaze (5th class tokoyama)
See also
- List of sumo stables
- List of active sumo wrestlers
- List of past sumo wrestlers
- Glossary of sumo terms
References
- ↑ Harumi Hotta (April 2006). "Interview of Tomozuna oyakata". Le Monde du Sumo. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
External links
Coordinates: 35°48′45″N 139°48′52″E / 35.8126°N 139.8144°E