was a stable of sumo

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s, one of the Nishonoseki ''

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'' or group of stables. It was founded in December 1988 by Misugiiso, who branched off from the

Hanaregoma stable was a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki '' ichimon'' or group of stables. As of September 2010 it had eight active wrestlers. The stable was established in 1981 by former '' ōzeki'' Kaiketsu Masateru, as a breakaway from Hanakag ...

and enrolled his younger brother as a wrestler. As of January 2021 it had seven wrestlers. It was located in the Nerima ward of

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. After the May 2012 tournament it absorbed

Hanakago stable , formerly known as Shibatayama stable from September 1952 to May 1953, was a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki '' ichimon'' or group of stables. Founded by former ''maegashira'' Ōnoumi Hisamitsu. It closed in 1985 with all wrestl ...

, run by former ''

sekiwake , 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 o ...

Daijuyama Daijuyama Tadaaki (太寿山忠明, born 8 April 1959 as ) is a former sumo wrestler from Niitsu, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1975, reaching the top makuuchi division in 1980. He was ranked in makuuchi for 64 to ...

, who became an assistant coach. The stable never produced a ''

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'' wrestler on its own, but inherited

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, previously of Hanakago and before that

Araiso stable was a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. It was founded in 1993 by former ''komusubi'' Futagodake of the Futagoyama stable. It was one of the smallest of all the sumo stables, with just three sumo wrestlers. The ...

, who first reached ''

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'' in July 2011. Minezaki stable already had a Mongolian wrestler, Torugawa, but was allowed to take another foreigner because of the merger. Hanakago stable's Ryūkiyama from

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was allowed to transfer for the same reason. In March 2018 it emerged that a junior wrestler at the stable had been the victim of physical assault by a more senior wrestler and retired as a result. The incidents were not reported to Minezaki-''oyakata'' at the time and he found out only after the victim's father sent him a letter saying his son was beaten four times at the stable between September 2017 and January 2018. The wrestler who allegedly carried out the assault was given a one tournament suspension by the

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on March 29 and Minezaki-''oyakata'' was given a 10% salary reduction for two months. The demotion of Arawashi to ''

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'' in July 2019 and subsequent retirement in January 2020 left the stable with no ''sekitori''. It closed after the March 2021 tournament, ahead of Minezaki-''oyakata'' reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65 in May, with its wrestlers, head coach and ''makuuchi'' referee transferring to

Shibatayama stable Shibatayama Stable (Japanese: 芝田山部屋, ''Shibatayama-beya'') is a Heya (sumo), stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki Stable, Nishonoseki Glossary of sumo terms#ichimon, group of stables. It was founded in 1999 by former ''yokozun ...

. Other personnel were split between the Takadagawa and

Nishiiwa stable is a heya of sumo wrestlers, part of the Nishonoseki ''ichimon'' or group of stables. It was established in February 2018 by the former ''sekiwake'' Wakanosato, who branched off from Tagonoura stable, taking two wrestlers from the ''jonidan' ...

Owner

*1988-present: 7th Minezaki ('' iin'', former ''

maegashira , 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 o ...

'' Misugiiso)

Notable active wrestlers

*None

Former wrestlers

(best rank ''maegashira'' 2)

Coach

*Hanakago Tadaaki ('' iin'', former ''sekiwake''

)

Referees

*Kimura Ginjirō (''makuuchi'' ''

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'', real name Noriyuki Itoi) *Kimura Mitsunosuke (''jūryō'' ''gyōji'', real name Makoto Kawahara) *Kimura Kazuma (''makushita'' ''gyoji'', real name Kazuma Okada)

Ushers

*Hiroyuki (''jūryō''

yobidashi A is an announcer who calls a professional sumo wrestler, or ''rikishi'', to the ''dohyō'' (wrestling ring) immediately prior to his bout. He does this by calling the name of each wrestler fighting in turn while holding a traditional folding fa ...

, real name Hiroyuki Kon) *Masao (''jūryō'' ''yobidashi'', real name Noriyuki Ōtaka)

Hairdresser

*Tokoaki (Fourth class ''

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'')

Location and Access

Tokyo, Nerima Ward, Tagara 2-20-3
Nearest station:

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on the Yūrakuchō Line

References

External links

Japan Sumo Association profileArticle on Minezaki-beyaHomepage
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