Nishonoseki stable (2014)
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, now 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 May 2015 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 its 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
- 1990-present: 12th Nishonoseki (riji, former ōzeki Wakashimazu)
Notable active wrestlers
Coaches
- Hanaregoma Arata (toshiyori, former sekiwake Tamanoshima
- Kitajin Kazuharu (iin, former sekiwake Kirinji)
- Minatogawa Tadamitsu (hyōgin: councilor, former komusubi Daitetsu)[2]
- Matsugane Hideki (toshiyori, former maegashira Tamarikidō)
Referees
- Shikimori Kindayū (makuuchi gyōji, real name Hiromitsu Oshida)
- Shikimori Shinnosuke (jūryō gyōji, real name Yōji Mizutani)
Ushers
- Matsuo (jūryō yobidashi, real name Yoshihiro Mine)
- Satoru jūryō yobidashi, real name Satoru Asakura)
Hairdressers
- Tokohira (1st class tokoyama)
- Tokoshima (2nd class tokoyama)
See also
- List of sumo stables
- List of active sumo wrestlers
- List of past sumo wrestlers
- Glossary of sumo terms
References
- ↑ An item for Sadanoumi from Kumamon - Nikkan Sports 2014/11/23
- ↑ "Oyakata (Coaches)". Nihon Sumo Kyokai. Retrieved 2013-07-20.