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Oitekaze Stable (1938)
The is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tokitsukaze '' ichimon'' or group of stables. It was established in its modern incarnation on 1 October 1998 by former '' maegashira'' Daishōyama, who is the stable's current head coach. He had married the daughter of the previous Oitekaze-''oyakata'' and branched off from Tomozuna stable, taking some wrestlers with him including future '' sekitori'' Hayateumi and . As of January 2023, it had 18 wrestlers, of which seven were ''sekitori''. Eight wrestlers in the stable's history have reached the top '' makuuchi'' division as of 2019. In December 2016, the stable moved from the Isegahama ''ichimon'' to the Tokitsukaze ''ichimon''. In April 2024, coach Tatsutayama transferred from the former Michinoku stable, following the latter's closure after the retirement of former Kirishima. Ring name conventions Many wrestlers at this stable take ring names or '' shikona'' that begin with the characters 大翔 (read: daishō) or simply ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daieishō Hayato
is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He began his professional career in 2012 at the age of eighteen and reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in September 2015. His highest rank to date has been ''sekiwake''. He has four gold stars for defeating ''yokozuna'', five special prizes for Outstanding Performance and one special prize for Technique. He wrestles for the Oitekaze stable. In January 2021 he became the first wrestler from Saitama Prefecture to win the top-division championship. He was a runner-up in the May 2022 tournament. Early life and education Hayato Takanishi was born on 10 November 1993 in Asaka, a city in Saitama Prefecture. He started sumo after winning a local tournament during his first year in elementary school. At junior high he was a member of a sumo club in Iruma, where he first developed his thrusting attack. He attended , a school famous for its sumo club, and earned a place in the club's first team near the end of his second year. In his final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamanishiki Tatsurō
Hamanishiki Tatsurō (born November 23, 1976 as Tatsurō Takahama) is a former sumo wrestler from Kumamoto, Japan. A former amateur champion, he made his professional debut in 1999. His highest rank was ''maegashira'' 11, which he reached in 2002. He was mostly ranked in the ''makushita'' and ''sandanme'' divisions from 2005 until his retirement in 2012. He became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association upon his retirement and was the head coach of Kasugayama stable from 2012 until 2016. Career Takahama practised amateur sumo at Nihon University and joined the professional sport in March 1999. He made his debut alongside Kotomitsuki and Takamisakari. He began wrestling under his own name but upon promotion to the second highest ''jūryō'' division in July 2000 he adopted the ''shikona'' or fighting name of Hamanishiki. After five tournaments in ''jūryō'' he made his debut in the top ''makuuchi'' division in May 2001. However he was unable to progress higher than the lower ''mae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokkai Futoshi
Kokkai Futoshi (born March 10, 1981 as Levan Tsaguria, ka, ლევან ცაგურია) is a former professional sumo wrestler from Georgia (country), Georgia. He began his career in May 2001. He is the first Caucasus, Caucasian ''rikishi'' to reach sumo's highest division, ''makuuchi,'' which he achieved in 2004. His highest rank was ''komusubi,'' which he reached in 2006. He earned two sansho (sumo), special prizes for Fighting Spirit and two kinboshi, gold stars for defeating ''yokozuna (sumo), yokozuna''. He wrestled for Oitekaze stable. Early life and sumo background Kokkai was born as Levan Tsaguria in Sukhumi, Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Abkhaz Autonomous Republic in then-Georgian SSR, Soviet Georgia. The War in Abkhazia (1992–93), secessionist war in Abkhazia forced his family to move to Tbilisi, capital of Georgia, in 1992. He started amateur wrestling from the age of six, being taught by his father who represented the Soviet Union in the sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayateumi Hidehito
Hayateumi Hidehito (born July 5, 1975 as Naohito Saitō) is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan. His highest rank was ''sekiwake.'' He is now a Liberal Democratic Party politician. Career Born in Itayanagi, Kitatsugaru District, Hayateumi was an amateur sumo champion at Nihon University where he held the "College ''Yokozuna''" title. Given ''makushita tsukedashi'', or promising amateur status, he made his professional debut in the third ''makushita'' division in March 1998. He joined Tomozuna stable, but soon after followed Oitekaze Oyakata (the former Daishōyama) to the newly established Oitekaze stable. He reached the second ''jūryō'' division in January 1999 and made his debut in the top ''makuuchi'' division in March 2000. In September 2000 he scored nine wins, winning the '' Gino-sho'' award and promotion to ''sekiwake''. He had to pull out of the November 2000 tournament with an injury and never made the ''sanyaku'' ranks again. He is one of the few wrestl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōbōyama Daizō
Kōbōyama Daizō (born 15 August 1957 as Kōkichi Yomogida) is a former sumo wrestler from Tsukidate, Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1973 and reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in 1981. His highest rank was ''sekiwake''. He earned two special prizes for Technique and was a runner-up in one tournament. He retired in 1990. He is now a sumo coach and ran the Takashima stable from 1993 until 2011. He was elected to the Japan Sumo Association's board of directors in 2018. Career He came from a family of beef cattle farmers. He was a Prefectural Junior School Sumo Champion. He joined Takashima stable at the age of 15 in March 1973, recruited by former '' ōzeki'' Mitsuneyama. There were a large number of new recruits in that tournament because of a rule change. Also among them was the future top division wrestler Chikubayama. He made the ''juryo'' division in May 1981 at the age of 23. He reached the top ''makuuchi'' division for the first t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jūryō
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] |
Tsurugishō Momotarō
is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Katsushika, Tokyo. He is a graduate of Nihon University. His highest rank has been '' maegashira'' 7. He won a Fighting Spirit Prize in his debut tournament in the top '' makuuchi'' division in September 2019. He is a member of the Oitekaze stable. Career He was an amateur wrestler at Nihon University, and although he did not win an individual title he was on the winning team in the Student Yokozuna 2012 championships. He entered professional sumo in January 2014. He rose up the ranks quickly, winning championships in the '' jonokuchi,'' '' jonidan'' and '' makushita'' divisions before slowing down a little and spending eight tournaments in ''makushita''. He won promotion to the ''jūryō'' division after the November 2015 tournament, and adopted a new '' shikona,'' having previously fought under his family name of Abiko. He wanted a two-kanji name to make it easy to remember, and suggested "Ken" from his own first name, combined w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daishōmaru Shōgo
is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Hirano-ku, Osaka. He made his debut in March 2014 at an elevated rank known as ''makushita tsukedashi'' and wrestles for Oitekaze stable. Early life and sumo experience Shōgo Kawabata began participating in amateur sumo from his fourth grade in primary school as part of his city's sumo league. In that same year, he came in third in a city-wide tournament. In his sixth year of primary school his performance earned him the title of children's sumo yokozuna. From middle school he moved away from his parents to be a boarding student at Meitoku Gijuku, a school known for its strong sports program, so he could further his sumo training. In his third year there, at a national tournament, he took the championship in the individual category. As the coach who had scouted him for his junior high school retired that year, he decided not to continue on to Meitoku High School and instead opted to enter Kanazawa Gakuin High School. As a regu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daishōhō Kiyohiro
), lead=yes is a Mongolian professional sumo wrestler from Ulaanbaatar. He began his professional sumo career in 2013 at the age of eighteen. His highest rank to date has been ''maegashira'' 9. He wrestles for the Oitekaze stable. Early life and education Shijirbayar spent his childhood in Ulaanbaatar and was a good student, but was sent to Japan to study after his fourth grade year, with his mother wishing for him to get a better education. While at this new school he discovered sumo and started wrestling. After showing an aptitude for sumo, by junior high school he was asked by fellow Mongolian ''rikishi'' Sensho to join Shikihide stable but chose to stay in school. In high school he was introduced to Oitekaze Oyakata who then took him into Oitekaze stable. His ''shikona'' of Daishōhō was derived from his stablemaster, with the ''hō'' kanji coming from ''yokozuna'' Taihō and Hakuhō. Career Shijirbayar entered sumo in the January 2013 tournament. He started strong wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daiamami Genki
is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tatsugō, Kagoshima. After a successful amateur career, he turned professional in January 2016, making the top ''makuuchi'' division in November of the following year. His highest rank has been ''maegashira 11.'' He wrestles for Oitekaze stable. Early life and sumo background He started sumo in his second year of elementary school, eventually in high school he would go on to win Kanazawa high school sumo tournament helping him to join the prestigious Nihon University sumo program which he would later be Captain. He injured his Medial meniscus in his third year having to undergo corrective surgery to fix. After graduating he became a business association player after finding employment at Nihon University as a staff member. After winning the 2015 Japan Corporate Sumo Tournament one of the four tournaments that grants tsukedashi, he decided to join Oitekaze stable under fellow Nihon University graduate Daishōyama. Career He made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobizaru Masaya
Tobizaru Masaya (翔猿 正也, born April 24, 1992, as ) is a professional sumo wrestler from Japan and wrestles for Oitekaze stable. He made his top division debut in September 2020 and his ''san'yaku'' debut in November 2022. He is the brother of active wrestler Hidenoumi of the Kise stable; they became the 18th pair of ''sekitori'' brothers in sumo history. Despite the fact that they are in different stables, Tobizaru will not face him in competition as Japan Sumo Association rules prevent close relatives from being matched against each other outside of playoff bouts. Career Masaya Iwasaki followed his elder brother Takuya into sumo, joining the same sumo club in his first year of elementary school. He was also interested in baseball, and had thoughts of becoming a professional baseball player, but gave up the game for sumo when he started junior high school. The future Hokutofuji was a contemporary of his at high school. He studied economics at Nihon University and was a me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
