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 four top makuuchi division wrestlers in that time; Wakakosho (2000), Wakatsutomu (2001), Harunoyama (2004), and Shōhōzan (2011). After the retirement of Harunoyama in November 2006 the stable had no sekitori until Shōhōzan (then known as Matsutani) reached the jūryō division in March 2010. As of January 2021 it had 11 wrestlers.

For the stable founded in 1935, see Nishonoseki stable.

In late 2014, the general consensus among those with connections to the Nishonoseki ichimon was that an ichimon so named without a Nishonoseki 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), meaning young, in deference to their coach and the stable's owner, the former Wakashimazu.

Owner

Notable active wrestlers
See also: sekitori

Coaches

Notable former members

Referees
  • Shikimori Kindayū(makuuchi gyōji, real name Hiromitsu Oshida, nephew of Kirinji Kazuharu)
  • 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 (1st class tokoyama)

Location and access

Chiba prefecture, Funabashi City , Kosaku 4-13-1
10 minute walk from Funabashihōten Station on Musashino Line

See also

References
  1. An item for Sadanoumi from Kumamon -　Nikkan Sports 2014/11/23
  2. "Oyakata (Coaches)". Nihon Sumo Kyokai. Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
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