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The following is an alphabetical list of heya or training stables in professional sumo.All belong to one of five groups, called ichimon.These groups, led by the stable by which each group is named, are in order of size: Dewanoumi ichimon, Nishonoseki ichimon, Tokitsukaze ichimon, Takasago ichimon and Isegahama ichimon.
Otowayama stable (音羽山部屋, Otowayama-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tokitsukaze ichimon, or group of stables. It was formed by the 71st Yokozuna Kakuryū in December 2023 after he became independent from Michinoku stable. As of September 2024, the stable has 6 wrestlers.
Furthermore, a typical week at the stable sees a maximum of three days of sumo training and two days of strength training, the latter of which is conducted in a training room with equipment built on the upper floor of the stable. The stablemaster also installed an oxygen capsule said to help with fatigue, considered rare for a sumo stable. [6]
Hidenoyama stable (秀ノ山部屋, Hidenoyama-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Nishonoseki ichimon, or group of stables. It was formed by former ōzeki Kotoshōgiku in October 2024 after he became independent from Sadogatake stable. As of October 2024, the stable has 5 wrestlers. [1]
The stable was established by former maegashira Takasago Uragorō as Takasago Kaisei-Gumi (高砂改正組) in 1873 and joined the Tokyo Sumo Association in 1878. Takasago stable has produced many successful wrestlers, including seven yokozuna and the first non-Japanese ōzeki, American Konishiki, as well as the 33rd Kimura Shōnosuke, the tate-gyōji or chief referee.
This compelled Tokitsuumi, a long time top division wrestler from the stable, to retire from active sumo and take over as the new head of the stable. [3] Tokitsuumi was asked by the Japan Sumo Association to retire in February 2021 after twice violating COVID-19 safety protocols. Tokitsukaze stable was taken over by former maegashira Tosayutaka ...
Ōnomatsu stable (阿武松部屋, Ōnomatsu-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki ichimon or group of stables. It was founded in its modern form on 1 October 1994 by Masurao Hiroo, who branched off from the now defunct Oshiogawa stable. As of January 2023, the stable had 13 wrestlers.
Sakaigawa stable (境川部屋, Sakaigawa-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi group of stables. It was established in its modern form on 25 May 1998 by former komusubi Ryōgoku Kajinosuke IV , who branched off from Dewanoumi stable.