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Dewanoumi Stable

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Dewanoumi stable

Dewanoumi stable (出羽海部屋, Dewanoumi-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi ichimon or group of stables. It has a long, prestigious history. Its current head coach is former maegashira Oginohana.

As of January 2023 it has 19 wrestlers.

History[]

The stable's rise to prominence was due to the 19th yokozuna Hitachiyama, who transformed it from a minor stable when he joined sumo into a powerful recruiting house when he retired in 1914 and became its head coach. Under his leadership the stable produced three yokozuna, Onishiki, Tochigiyama and Tsunenohana, ozeki Kyushuzan, Tsushimanada, Onosato, and Hitachiiwa, and 20 other top division wrestlers. At its peak the stable contained over 200 wrestlers, and Hitachiyama's refusal to allow any of his disciples to break away and form new stables when they retired ensured its dominance remained after his death in 1922 at the age of 48.

During World War II, the stable was burned down in the air raids. Thus, Dewanoumi rented the unburned Kasugano stable and continued their practice and activities there until the stable was rebuilt.

Tsuneohana was the rijicho, or head of the Japan Sumo Association from 1944 to 1957, and every subsequent head from 1968 to 1998, including ex-Dewanohana Kuniichi and the 50th yokozuna Sadanoyama, was a member of the Dewanoumi ichimon. The 57th yokozuna Mienoumi was the first Dewanoumi stable member to be permitted to branch out and open a new stable, which he did in 1981 with Musashigawa stable. (A previous yokozuna from the stable, Chiyonoyama, had been thrown out of the Dewanoumi ichimon in 1967 after setting up Kokonoe stable). Long time head Sadanoyama stood down in 1996, passing control over to ex-sekiwake Washuyama.

The demotion of Futeno to the makushita division in July 2010 left the stable without any sekitori (wrestlers in the salaried divisions) for the first time since 1898. This continued until Dewahayate was promoted to the juryo division for the November 2014 tournament (in which he managed only five wins and was immediately demoted). In January 2015 the stable saw ex-maegashira Towanoyama announce his retirement, leaving Dewaotori and the 44-year-old Dewanosato, with four tournaments in juryo between them, as the only other wrestlers apart from Dewahayate with any sekitori experience. However shortly afterwards the stable recruited former amateur yokozuna Mitakeumi who quickly made juryo in July 2015 and the top makuuchi division in January 2016. In July 2017 he became the first member of the stable to reach sekiwake rank since 1982, and in July 2018 the first to win a top division championship for the stable since Mienoumi in 1980.

Dewanoumi stable is the oldest existing sumo stable. The room for the sekitori is on the 3rd floor, and the room for the lower ranked rikishi is on the 4th floor. The building is generally large.

Ring Name Conventions[]

Many wrestlers at this stable take ring names or shikona that begin with the characters 出羽 (read: dewa), which are taken from the first two characters of the stable's name.

Owners[]

Coaches[]

  • Nakadachi Yasutoshi (iin, former komusubi Oginishiki)
  • Takasaki Ryusui (iin, former maegashira Kinkaiyama)

Notable Active Wrestlers[]

Notable Former Wrestlers[]

Yokozuna[]

Ozeki[]

Sekiwake[]

Komusubi[]

Maegashira[]

Juryo[]

Lower Divisions[]

Referee[]

Usher[]

Hairdresser[]

Other personnel[]

Notable Former Staff[]

Gallery of Notable Recent Wrestlers[]

Website[]

  • Dewanoumi stable's website [1]
  • Dewanoumi stable's Facebook [2]
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