Kise stable (2003)

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{{Nihongo|Kise stable|木瀬部屋|Kise-beya}} is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi ichimon or group of stables. It was established in its current form in December 2003 by former maegashira and Nihon University amateur champion Higonoumi, who branched off from Mihogaseki stable. The stable's first top division wrestler was Kiyoseumi in January 2008. Its foreign recruit, Georgian Gagamaru, in May 2010 earned promotion to the top division. It is a popular destination for wrestlers with collegiate sumo experience like its stablemaster.{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/11/18/sumo/kotoshogiku-gagamaru-retire/|title=Popular rikishi Kotoshogiku and Gagamaru retire from sumo|last=Gunning|first=John|work=Japan Times|accessdate=19 November 2020}}

Following the demotion of Kise-oyakata (or stablemaster) in May 2010 after a scandal involving the selling of tournament tickets to members of the yakuza, Kise stable was dissolved with all 27 of its wrestlers moving to the affiliated Kitanoumi stable.{{cite web|title=Kise wrestlers to join Kitanoumi stable|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ss20100530a1.html|publisher=Japan Times|accessdate=30 May 2010}} Kise was allowed to reestablish the stable in April 2012. All former members, as well as newcomers Jōkōryu and Sasanoyama (now {{interlanguage link multi|Daiseiryū Yoshitomo|ja|3=大成龍喜悌|lt=Daiseiryū}}), joined the reconstituted stable. Jōkōryu reached the rank of komusubi in 2014, but has since fallen greatly down the ranks due to injury, and Daiseidō in September 2017 became the eleventh wrestler from Kise to reach jūryō since its founding in 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoTopics/banzuke_topics/|title=2017 September Grand Sumo Tournament Banzuke Topics|publisher=Japan Sumo Association|accessdate=22 September 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922141059/http://www.sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoTopics/banzuke_topics/|archivedate=22 September 2017}} As of November 2023 Kise stable has 21 wrestlers, six of whom are sekitori.

Kise stable's first makuuchi championship was delivered by Tokushōryū in the January 2020 tournament. The 33-year-old won from the bottom-most makuuchi rank of maegashira 17, after spending all but one of the previous 12 tournaments in the jūryō division.{{cite web |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/01/193ba5ad3a3c-sumo-new-champ-tokushoryu-reeling-in-wake-of-big-win-sudden-stardom.html|title=Sumo: New champ Tokushoryu 'walking on clouds' after big win|date=27 January 2020|publisher=Kyodo News|access-date=27 January 2020}} Tokushōryū retired in 2023 and remained with Kise stable as a coach until April 2025, when he moved to Nishikido stable.{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202504020001068.html|title=千田川親方が錦戸部屋移籍　鏡山親方は追手風部屋に|language=ja|date=2 April 2025|publisher=Nikkan Sports|access-date=2 April 2025}}

In May 2022 the stable recruited the first ever student of the University of Tokyo, an elite academic institution, to join professional sumo.{{cite web|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/04/1391d90ada3a-sumo-24-yr-old-set-to-become-1st-wrestler-from-elite-univ-of-tokyo.html|title=Sumo: 24-yr-old set to become 1st wrestler from elite Univ. of Tokyo|date=15 April 2022|work=Kyodo News|access-date=5 May 2022}}