Michinoku stable

The Michinoku stable (陸奥部屋, Michinoku-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tokitsukaze ichimon or group of stables. It was established in 1974 by former maegashira , who branched off from Izutsu stable. Former ōzeki Kirishima became the current head coach in December 1997. It absorbed Tatsutagawa stable in November 2000 upon the retirement of the stablemaster there.^[1] It lost four top members in April 2011 (Hakuba, Toyozakura, Jūmonji and Kirinowaka), who were forced to retire after being found guilty of match-fixing.^[2] The retirement of Ryūhō in 2012 left it with no sekitori until Kiribayama reached the jūryō division in 2019. Kiribayama reached the top makuuchi division in January 2020, the first for the stable since Hakuba in 2008.

After the death of Izutsu Oyakata in September 2019,^[3] all personnel from Izutsu stable moved to Michinoku on 1 October 2019.^[4] This expanded the stable to 15 wrestlers, the most senior of whom was yokozuna Kakuryū, who retired in March 2021. As of January 2021, it had 17 wrestlers.

Ring name conventions[]

In the past wrestlers at this stable took ring names or shikona that began with the character 星 (read: hoshi), meaning star, in deference to two of their former owners, but many now use 霧 (read: kiri), meaning fog or mist, after the current owner Kirishima, such as Kiribayama, Kirinoryu and Kirinofuji.

Owners[]

1997–present: 9th Michinoku Kazuhiro (yakuin taigu iin, former ōzeki Kirishima)
1991-1997: 8th Michinoku Yuji (former maegashira Hoshiiwato)
1974-1991: 7th Michinoku Yoshio (former maegashira )

Notable active wrestlers[]

Kiribayama (best rank maegashira)

Coaches[]

Kakuryū Rikisaburō (iin taigu toshiyori, the 71st yokozuna Kakuryū)
Tatsutayama Hironori (iin, former maegashira Sasshūnada)^[5]
Urakaze Tomimichi (iin, former maegashira Shikishima)^[5]

Assistant[]

(wakaimonogashira, former jūryō, real name Kunio Fukuda)

Notable former members[]

Kakuryū (the 71st yokozuna)
Hoshitango (former jūryō)
Ryūhō (former maegashira)

Usher[]

Shin (jonidan yobidashi, real name Shinnosuke Yamaki)

Hairdresser[]

Tokodai (First class tokoyama)
Tokotsuru (First class tokoyama)

Location and access[]

Tokyo, Sumida Ward, Ryōgoku 1-18-7
1 minute walk from Ryōgoku Station on Sōbu Line

References[]

^ "Michinoku Kabu History". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
^ "Match-fixing wrestlers forced to retire". Times Live. 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
^ "鶴竜ら井筒親方死去で鏡山親方の一時預かりに" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ "鶴竜ら力士３人、床山１人の陸奥部屋への転属を承認". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Sumo Beya Guide - Michinoku Beya". Nihon Sumō Kyōkai. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

External links[]

Official site (in Japanese)
Japan Sumo Association profile

Coordinates: 35°41′45″N 139°47′29″E / 35.6957°N 139.7913°E / 35.6957; 139.7913

[1] "Michinoku Kabu History". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

[2] "Match-fixing wrestlers forced to retire". Times Live. 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

[3] "鶴竜ら井筒親方死去で鏡山親方の一時預かりに" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[4] "鶴竜ら力士３人、床山１人の陸奥部屋への転属を承認". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

[NSK-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Sumo Beya Guide - Michinoku Beya". Nihon Sumō Kyōkai. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

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