Isenoumi stable (伊勢ノ海部屋, Isenoumi-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tokitsukaze ichimon or group of stables. Its current head coach is former maegashira Kitakachidoki. As of January 2023 it had 12 wrestlers.
History
editThe name of Isenoumi stable relates to one of the oldest elder names in sumo, dating back to the mid-eighteenth century.[1] The legendary Tanikaze, one of the first yokozuna, and his protégé Raiden, arguably the greatest rikishi ever, were both members of the first stable to be named Isenoumi. Its current incarnation, however, dates from 1949. In the 1960s the stable produced yokozuna Kashiwado, who upon his retirement left to found Kagamiyama stable in 1970.[1] In December 1982 former sekiwake Fujinokawa took charge of the stable.[1]
The retirement of Tosanoumi in December 2010 briefly left Isenoumi stable without any sekitori for the first time since 1983, until Ikioi was promoted to the jūryō division a year later. The former Fujinokawa reached the mandatory retirement age of 65 in September 2011 and passed the stable to former maegashira Kitakachidoki. The stable was for a long time situated in Tokyo's Edogawa ward, and to help tackle the high crime rate in that area, the former Isenoumi-oyakata instructed his wrestlers to go on night patrols, the first stable to do so.[2] In April 2012 the stable moved to new facilities in Bunkyo ward.
The stable had a policy of not accepting foreign-born wrestlers or ex-university competitors,[3] but the Mongolian Arauma joined in 2020.
In July 2021 it absorbed the small Kagamiyama stable, now down to just two wrestlers, which had originally branched off from it in 1970.[4] In April 2024, the stable also absorbed one wrestler from the former Michinoku stable.[5]
Owners
edit- 2011–present: 12th Isenoumi Hayato (riji, former maegashira Kitakachidoki)
- 1982-2011: 11th Isenoumi Yukishige (former sekiwake Fujinokawa)
- 1949-1982: 10th Isenoumi Hirotake (former maegashira Kashiwado)
Notable active wrestlers
editCoaches
editNotable former members
edit- Kashiwado, (the 47th yokozuna)
- Hattori (former maegashira)
- Kagamiō (best rank maegashira)
Referee
editUsher
editHairdresser
edit- Tokomasa (second class tokoyama)
- Tokoharu (third class tokoyama)
Location and access
editTokyo, Bunkyō ward, Sengoku 1-22-2
5 minute walk from Sengoku Station on the Toei Mita Line
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Sharnoff, Lora (1993). Grand Sumo. Weatherhill. ISBN 0-8348-0283-X.
- ^ "Sumo patrols put fear of god into Tokyo criminals". Daily Telegraph. 17 May 2003. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ Gunning, John (8 August 2018). "Entering sumo world not something to be taken lightly". Japan Times. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "鏡山部屋を閉鎖、全員が伊勢ノ海部屋へ転属 安全管理委員会の設置も決定 (Kagamiyama stable closed, all members transferred to Isenoumi stable)". Nikkan Sports. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "大相撲 親方定年で陸奥部屋閉鎖 大関 霧島が音羽山部屋に移籍". NHK. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
External links
edit- Official site (in Japanese)
- Japan Sumo Association profile