|
Irumagawa Stable
is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi '' ichimon'' or group of stables. It was set up in January 1993 by former ''sekiwake'' Tochitsukasa, who branched off from Kasugano stable. The first ''sekitori'' produced by the stable was (also known as Shirasaki) in January 1994. As of January 2022 it had eight wrestlers. It has recruited the Ukrainian Sergey Sokolovsky who made his debut in March 2020, making Ukraine the 24th different foreign country or territory to have a wrestler join professional sumo. Ring name conventions Many wrestlers at this stable take ring names or ''shikona'' that end with the character 司 (read: tsukasa), meaning boss, in deference to their coach and the stable's owner, the former Tochitsukasa. Owner *1993-present: 16th Irumagawa Tetsuo ('' iin'', former ''sekiwake'' Tochitsukasa) Coach *Wakafuji Nobuhide ('' iin'', former ''maegashira'' Ōtsukasa) *Ikazuchi Tōru (''toshiyori'', former ''komusubi'' Kakizoe) Notable former wrestlers * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irumagawa Stable 2014 1
The , is a river in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It is long and has a watershed of . The river rises from Mount Ōmochi in Hannō, Saitama and flows to the Arakawa River at Kawagoe, Saitama is a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 353,214 in 162,210 households and a population density of 3200 persons per km². The total area of the city is . The city is known locally as after the old name fo .... References External links Rivers of Saitama Prefecture Rivers of Japan {{Japan-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komusubi
, or , is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers ('' rikishi''), ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous tournaments. This is the only division that is featured on NHK's standard live coverage of sumo tournaments. The lower divisions are shown on their satellite coverage, with only the ''makuuchi'' broadcast having bilingual English commentary. ''Makuuchi'' literally means "inside the curtain", a reference to the early period of professional sumo, when there was a curtained-off area reserved for the top ranked wrestlers, to sit before appearing for their bouts. Wrestlers are considered for promotion or demotion in rank before each grand tournament according to their performance in the one previous. Generally, a greater number of wins than losses ('' kachi-koshi'') results in a promotion, and the reverse ('' make-koshi'') results in demotion. There are stricter crit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Active Sumo Wrestlers
The following is an alphabetical list of all active professional sumo wrestlers in the top ''makuuchi'' division, and all those currently in lower divisions who have a Wikipedia article. Please refer to professional sumo divisions for more information about the separate divisions. List ''Wrestlers can be listed in the order of their rank as of the most current January/Hatsu 2023 banzuke, by clicking the 'Current rank' sorting button.'' ''The East side of the banzuke is regarded as more prestigious than the West side and those ranked on the East will generally have had a slightly better record in the previous tournament than those with the same rank on the West.'' ''Ranks in bold indicate a wrestler is debuting at a career-high rank.'' {, class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:left;clear:left;" , - !style="text-align:center;"width:10%;", Ring name !width="112", Current rank !Debut !Stable !width="112", Birthdate !width="112", Hometown !class="unsortable", Career and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sumo Stables
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''. Occasionally there have been independent stables, but the Japan Sumo Association agreed at a director's meeting in July 2018 that all sumo elders must belong to one of the five ''ichimon''. The founding dates listed below are for the current incarnation of each stable; in most cases this is not the first stable to exist under a given name, however. The number of stables peaked at 54, with the opening of Onoe stable in August 2006. In order to limit the over-proliferation of stables, the Japan Sumo Association introduced new rules the following month that greatly raised the qualifications needed by former wrestlers wishing to branch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saitama (city)
is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance. Being in the Greater Tokyo Area and lying 15 to 30 kilometres north of central Tokyo, many of its residents commute into Tokyo. , the city had an estimated population of 1,324,854, and a population density of 6,093 people per km² (15,781 people per mi²). Its total area is . Etymology The name "Saitama" originally comes from the of what is now the city of Gyōda in the northern part of what is now known as Saitama Prefecture. "Sakitama" has an ancient history and is mentioned in the famous 8th century poetry anthology ''Man'yōshū''. The pronunciation has changed from Sakitama to Saitama over the years. With the merger of Urawa, Ōmiya, and Yono it was decided that a new name, one fitting for this newly created prefectural capital, was needed. The prefectural name was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokoyama
A is a hairdresser employed by the Japan Sumo Association to cut and prepare sumo wrestlers' hair, which is done in the style. The Sumo Association ranks them according to experience and ability and only the most senior are entitled to prepare the more ornate , or ginkgo leaf form of topknot, which -ranked wrestlers wear in their bouts and on other formal occasions. employ similar hairstyling techniques to those found in the construction of , and are expected to be on hand to fix the of sumo wrestlers during bouts. The term can also be used in its original form, which was for specialists who worked in hairstyling in kabuki. Ranks and training There are a total of about 50 employed by the Sumo Association, and as in sumo and most other Japanese disciplines, they are divided into ranks. Just as with , and most any other sumo-related job, each is attached to a sumo stable and has his own . All of the start with the kanji are the logographic Chinese characters t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonokuchi
Professional sumo as administered by the Japan Sumo Association is divided into six ranked divisions. Wrestlers are promoted and demoted within and between these divisions based on the merit of their win–loss records in official tournaments. For more information see ''kachi-koshi'' and ''make-koshi''. Wrestlers are also ranked within each division. The higher a wrestler's rank within a division is, the stronger the general level of opponents he will have to face becomes. According to tradition, each rank is further subdivided into East and West, with East being slightly more prestigious, and ranked slightly higher than its West counterpart. The divisions, ranked in order of hierarchy from highest to lowest, are as follows: ''Makuuchi'' , or , is the top division. It is fixed at 42 wrestlers who are ranked according to their performance in previous tournaments. At the top of the division are the "titleholders", or "champions" called the ''san'yaku'' comprising ''yokozuna'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yōtsukasa Dai
Yōtsukasa Dai (born 23 September 1973, as Daishi Suzuki) is a former sumo wrestler from Matsusaka, Mie, Japan. He made his professional debut in January 1996, and reached the top division in May 1999. His highest rank was ''maegashira'' 11. He retired in November 2005. He became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association and worked as a coach at Irumagawa stable, leaving in 2012. Career He began doing sumo from the fourth grade of elementary school. At Nihon University he was a member of the Nichi-Dai Sumo Club and was in the same year as Kaihō. Because of his amateur achievements he was given special dispensation to begin his professional career at the bottom of the third highest ''makushita'' division. He joined Irumagawa stable, run by another Nihon University graduate, ex-''sekiwake'' Tochitsukasa. He made his debut in January 1996, fighting under his own surname of Suzuki. Upon reaching ''sekitori'' status in May 1998 he switched to the ''shikona'' of Yōtsukasa, the '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagatsukasa Hiroyuki
is a retired Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Mishima, Shizuoka. A former amateur competitor at Toyo University, he made his professional debut in March 2004, reaching the top ''makuuchi'' division for the first time in March 2010. He won a ''makushita'' and a ''jūryō'' division championship. His highest rank was ''maegashira'' 9. He was one of the shortest wrestlers in professional sumo at . Early life and sumo background Isobe began practicing sumo as a fourth grader in Mishima City, his hometown. His father encouraged him to drink milk to try to increase his height. In his sixth year of primary school he won a national boys sumo tournament, earning the title of "young boy yokozuna" for this accomplishment. In junior high school as a representative for Shizuoka prefecture in a national tournament, he won both the team and individual competitions. In his second year of high school in 1998 he took the championship to take the high school ''yokozuna'' title. In his th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masatsukasa Kōshin
Masatsukasa Kōshin (born 7 June 1984 as Masahito Ono) is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was ''maegashira'' 8. He was forced to retire in April 2011 after an investigation by the Japan Sumo Association found him guilty of match-fixing. Career Born in Fukaura, Nishitsugaru (also the home town of Kaiho, Aminishiki and Asofuji), he made his professional debut in January 2003 joining Irumagawa stable. In his first tournament on the ''banzuke'' ranking sheets in March 2003 he took the '' yusho'' or tournament championship with a perfect 7-0 record. Six consecutive ''kachi-koshi'' or winning scores saw him reach the third highest ''makushita'' division in March 2004 and he became a ''sekitori'' on his promotion to the ''jūryō'' division in September 2005. After three poor performances he was demoted back to ''makushita'' in March 2006 but made an immediate return to the second division, and although he was never able to win more than nine b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
