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Isegahama stable (2007)

{{Short description|Stable of sumo wrestlers}}

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{{Nihongo|Isegahama stable|伊勢ヶ濱部屋|Isegahama-beya}}, formerly known as Ajigawa stable from 1979 to 2007, is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Isegahama ichimon or group of stables. Its current head coach is former yokozuna Terunofuji.

Following the transfer of Miyagino stable's wrestlers and staff in March 2024, the stable's numbers climbed to become the most populous stable in the sport.{{cite web |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/03/d826209db284-sumo-wrestlers-from-scandal-hit-miyagino-stable-to-join-isegahama.html|title=Sumo: Wrestlers from scandal-hit Miyagino stable to join Isegahama|date=28 March 2024|publisher=Kyodo News |access-date=28 March 2024}} As of May 2025, the stable had 37 wrestlers.{{cite web |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202504270002006.html|title=【夏場所新番付】合計612人　伊勢ケ浜部屋は最多37人、師匠は定年前最後の本場所／力士数編|date=28 April 2025|publisher=Nikkan Sports|access-date=28 April 2025|language=ja}}

History

The original Ajigawa stable was established in April 1979 by former sekiwake Mutsuarashi. He had originally hoped to become head of Miyagino stable and had married the daughter of the incumbent stablemaster there, but the marriage ended in divorce. He moved to Tomozuna stable upon his retirement in 1977 before opening up his new stable two years later. Ajigawa stable absorbed Kasugayama stable in 1990 on the retirement of its head coach. In April 1993 Asahifuji acceded to the Ajigawa name and took over the stable, due to the poor health of the incumbent. In late 2007 Asahifuji switched to the prestigious Isegahama elder name which had become available upon the retirement of its previous holder, former maegashira Katsuhikari, thereby also changing the name of his stable. Asahifuji's decision to switch to the Isegahama name can be seen as an attempt to restore his ichimon{{'s}} reputation (the ichimon was known as Tatsunami-Isegahama for many years before becoming solely Tatsunami; as a result of the success of the renamed stable the ichimon has been solely known as Isegahama since January 2013). He also moved the stable to new premises.{{cite web|url=http://sumofanmag.com/content/Issue_25/Heya_Peek2.pdf|title=Heya Peek - Isegahama-Beya|last=Gould|first=Chris|date=June 2009|publisher=Sumo Fan Magazine|access-date=17 February 2017}}

In September 2012, ōzeki Harumafuji won his second consecutive tournament and was promoted yokozuna for the next tournament. In March 2013, the stable absorbed the coach and wrestlers (Terunofuji, Wakaaoba and Shunba) of the Magaki stable. Magaki was shut down due to the poor health of Magaki-oyakata.{{cite news|script-title=ja:間垣部屋　春場所後に閉鎖...伊勢ケ浜部屋に移籍へ|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2013/01/27/kiji/K20130127005067570.html|access-date=25 November 2013|newspaper=Sports Nippon|date=27 January 2013|language=ja}} Isegahama stable had four of its wrestlers ranked in the makuuchi and jūryō divisions in 2017, although Harumafuji retired in November 2017 and ōzeki Terunofuji fell to the lower divisions through injury in 2018 before staging a successful comeback, eventually reaching the rank of yokozuna in July 2021.

In March 2022, the stable managed to have six active sekitori wrestlers at the same time, with the promotion of, then 19 year-old, Atamifuji to the jūryō division for the March tournament, after a winning record at the top of the makushita division.{{Cite web |last=Andy |first= |date=31 January 2022 |title=News Round-up 1/30/2022 |url=https://tachiai.org/2022/01/31/news-round-up-1-30-2022/ |access-date=16 June 2022 |website=Tachiai (立合い) |language=en-US}}

In November 2022, the stable managed, in another rare occurrence, to have all six sekitori of the stable ranked at the elite first division makuuchi, with the promotion of then 20 year-old Atamifuji to the rank of maegashira 15.{{cite news|script-title=ja:２０歳の大器・熱海富士　８位タイのスピード昇進　大相撲九州場所|url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20221031-WTLI7YCDGNK7JND35BPO2EU6N4/|access-date=31 October 2022|newspaper=The Sankei News|date=31 October 2022|language=ja}} The last time a stable had six sekitori in the makuuchi division was Musashigawa stable in March 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoTopics/banzuke_topics/|title=2022 November Grand Sumo Tournament Banzuke Topics|work=Japan Sumo Association|access-date=22 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122160755/https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoTopics/banzuke_topics/|archive-date=22 November 2022}}

In December 2022, two junior wrestlers in the stable were found to have acted violently against younger wrestlers, with the victims beaten with wooden beams and burned with chankonabe hot water poured on their backs. One of the wrestlers held responsible submitted his retirement papers, while another was handed a two-tournament suspension. Following the investigation, stablemaster Isegahama (Asahifuji) resigned his seat on the Sumo Association's board of directors.{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/8aa6b62961d20985c08fd48920d055b2a980b4d7|title=伊勢ケ浜部屋の幕下以下力士が弟弟子に暴力で引退　伊勢ケ浜親方は理事辞任のみで処分なし|date=26 December 2022|website=news.yahoo.co.jp|publisher=Sports Nippon|access-date=26 December 2022|language=ja|archive-date=26 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226094206/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/8aa6b62961d20985c08fd48920d055b2a980b4d7|url-status=dead}}

In March 2024, the Sumo Association announced the temporary closure of Miyagino stable—also part of the Isegahama ichimon—and the transfer of its personnel to Isegahama stable for an indefinite period of time. This occurred in the aftermath of physical abuse at Miyagino stable from the former Hokuseihō and the subsequent punishment and demotion of its stablemaster, the 69th yokozuna Hakuhō. Commenting on the transfer, the top-ranked wrestlers in the stable, Terunofuji and Atamifuji, made positive comments, highlighting in particular the training opportunities to help the wrestlers progress.{{cite web |url=https://hochi.news/articles/20240331-OHT1T51144.html?page=1|title=横綱・照ノ富士　宮城野勢の伊勢ケ浜部屋転籍について初言及「プラスになることもある。切磋琢磨」と力士指導にも意欲|date=31 March 2024|publisher=Sports Hochi|access-date=1 April 2024|lang=ja}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2024/04/01/kiji/20240401s00005000413000c.html|title=熱海富士、宮城野部屋勢の転籍歓迎「稽古相手ができて楽しそう」　角界有数の稽古時間も延長を予想|date=1 April 2024|publisher=Sports Nippon|access-date=1 April 2024|lang=ja}} Following the resignation and final retirement of former stablemaster and coach Miyagino (the 69th {{Transliteration|ja|yokozuna}} Hakuhō) in June 2025, all members of the former Miyagino stable were instructed to remain under the tutelage of Isegahama stable.{{cite web|url=https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/1076169|title=元横綱白鵬・宮城野親方が日本相撲協会退職、9日に記者会見を予定【大相撲】|language=ja|date=2 June 2025|publisher=Chunichi Shimbun|access-date=2 June 2025}}

With the publication of the banzuke for the January 2025 tournament, Isegahama stable became the first stable in 22 years to include seven of its wrestlers in the makuuchi division, a first since Musashigawa stable ranked seven of its own at the September 2003 tournament.{{cite web|title=【初場所新番付】伊勢ケ浜部屋の関取７人はすべて幕内力士／部屋別・出身地別データ|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202412220001708.html|publisher=Nikkan Sports|date=23 December 2024|access-date=26 December 2024|language=ja}}

The Sumo Association announced in June 2025 that Terunofuji would take over the Isegahama elder stock and stable, due to the former Asahifuji reaching sumo's mandatory retirement age of 65 the following month.{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202506020000541.html|title=照ノ富士親方が伊勢ケ浜部屋を継承　伊勢ケ浜親方は７月定年|language=ja|date=2 June 2025|publisher=Nikkan Sports|access-date=2 June 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://hochi.news/articles/20250602-OHT1T51139.html?page=1|title=照ノ富士親方、６月９日付けで伊勢ケ浜部屋を継承　現伊勢ケ浜親方の元旭富士が「宮城野名跡」を継承襲名…理事会で可決|language=ja|date=2 June 2025|publisher=Sports Hochi|access-date=2 June 2025}}

Ring name conventions

During its time as Ajigawa stable, most of the wrestlers' ring names started with the kanji 安 (pronounced a or an, meaning peaceful). Since the name change to Isegahama, a new pattern has taken hold, with many wrestlers having ring names ending with the characters 富士 (read: fuji), in deference to their coach and the stable's owner, the former Asahifuji, although other stables use this suffix too. The 照 ("teru") prefix is also common; examples are Terunofuji, Terutsuyoshi, Terumichi and Teruju.

Owners

Notable active wrestlers

{{See also|sekitori}}

Coaches

Notable former members

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Assistants

  • {{interlanguage link|Mutsuhokkai Katsuaki|ja|3=陸奥北海勝昭|lt=Mutsuhokkai}} (sewanin, former jūryō, real name Katsuaki Honma)
  • Saisu (sewanin, former maegashira, real name Minoru Saisu, retired August 2021)

Referee

  • Shikimori Seiichirō (Sandanme gyōji, real name Rikuto Fukuda)
  • Shikimori Seisuke (Sandanme gyōji, real name Koshi Saikawa)

Ushers

  • Teruki (makuuchi yobidashi, real name Takahisa Kudō)
  • Fujio (juryo yobidashi, real name Shinsuke Onodera)
  • Teruya (makushita yobidashi, real name Daisuke Kondō)
  • Ryūji (makuuchi yobidashi, real name Ryūji Takahashi)

Hairdresser

  • Tokoyodo (special class tokoyama)
  • Tokoami (third class tokoyama)
  • Tokoshun (5th class tokoyama)

Location and access

Mōri 1-7-4, Kōtō-ku, Tokyo 135-0001

Near Sumiyoshi station on the Toei Shinjuku Line and the Hanzōmon Line

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://isegahama.net Official site] {{in lang|ja}}
  • [http://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataSumoBeya/detail?id=3 Japan Sumo Association profile]
  • [https://www.youtube.com/@isegahamabeya Isegahama stable SUMO], the stable's official YouTube channel

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