Naruto stable (2017)

Naruto stable was established on 1 April 2017 by the Bulgarian-born former ōzeki Kotoōshū Katsunori, who branched out from Sadogatake stable. It is based in Sumida, Tokyo.{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/05/03/sumo/pictures-visit-naruto-beya/|title=In pictures: A visit to Naruto Beya|date=3 May 2019|work=Japan Times|accessdate=7 July 2020}} One of the stable's early recruits was also a Bulgarian – former junior wrestling champion Ventsislav Katsarov (Torakio Daiki) who retired in April 2019 and returned to Bulgaria.{{cite web|url=http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170402/p2g/00m/0sp/008000c|title=Sumo: Former Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu opens new stable|date=2 April 2017|publisher=The Manichi|accessdate=5 April 2017}} The opening ceremony of the stable was attended by one hundred people including Kotoōshū's former stablemate Kotoshōgiku.{{cite web|url=http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170404/p2a/00m/0na/011000c|title=Profile: Former ozeki Kotooshu, first European-born sumo stablemaster in Japan|date=4 April 2017|publisher=The Mainichi|accessdate=5 April 2017}} Kotoōshū commented, "I want to nurture a wrestler who will eclipse me." As of January 2023 it has 17 wrestlers.

Kotoōshū became a naturalized Japanese citizen two months after his retirement in March 2014. His official name is Andō Karoyan. He is the first European-born stablemaster.{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2017/04/01/sumo/ex-ozeki-kotooshu-opens-stable/#.WOUDQGczXoo|title=Ex-ozeki Kotooshu opens own stable|date=1 April 2017|publisher=Japan Times|accessdate=5 April 2017}} He is also only the third foreign-born wrestler to open his own stable after Takamiyama and Musashimaru.Tomozuna Oyakata (the Mongolian born Kyokutenho) is also a stablemaster, but inherited an existing stable rather than building a new one.

According to a report in May 2018, some wrestlers said that they chose Naruto stable because they had the most information when they searched the internet.[https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/column/sumo/news/201805210000414.html ネット情報発信量が多いから「鳴戸部屋」] 日刊スポーツ 2018年5月22日10時0分（日刊スポーツ新聞社、2019年2月18日閲覧） Naruto stable is not related to Tagonoura stable which had the same name until 2013.

Naruto suspended one of his wrestlers (reported to be a 20-year-old sandanme-level wrestler) from the January 2019 tournament after it emerged he had choked a more junior wrestler as a punishment.{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/01/31/sumo/apprentice-wrestler-choked-bullied-kotooshu-run-stable/#.XFOHlBZOmEcT|title=Apprentice wrestler choked, bullied at Kotooshu-run stable|date=31 January 2019|publisher=Japan Times|accessdate=31 January 2019}} This is the first time the Compliance Committee and the Anti-Violence Provisions, which were established in December 2018, were applied. On 19 February 2019 an apology statement was posted on Naruto's official blog and the Twitter page of his stable: "To all of you who always support us. This time, I was very sorry for the trouble that occurred in the stable. We will reflect firmly and take the disposition of the Sumo Association seriously, and will provide guidance and supervision to prevent this from happening in the future."{{Cite web|title=いつも応援して頂いているみなさまへ このたびは部屋で起きた問題について、多大なるご心配をおかけし大変申し訳ございませんでした。 しっかりと反省し、また相撲協会からの処分を真摯に受け止め、今後このようなことを起こさないよう指導、監督していきます。|url=https://twitter.com/NARUTOBEYAteam/status/1097856305769852928|website=@NARUTOBEYAteam|date=2019-02-19|accessdate=2019-02-22|language=ja|last=鳴戸部屋|publisher=}}{{Cite web|title=鳴戸勝紀（元大関琴欧洲）『いつも応援して頂いているみなさまへ』|url=https://ameblo.jp/kotooshu-naruto/entry-12441326744.html|website=鳴戸勝紀（元大関琴欧洲）オフィシャルブログ Powered by Ameba(2019年2月19日)|accessdate=2019-02-22|language=ja|publisher=}}

In 2021 Naruto stable's top wrestler was {{interlanguage link multi|Ōshōryū Kenta|ja|3=欧勝竜健汰|lt=Ōshōryū}}, a graduate of Kinki University who has progressed to near the top of the makushita division after debuting in May 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14216692|title=SUMO/ Foreigners wrestle with having to become Japanese citizens|date=24 February 2021|work=Asahi Shimbun|accessdate=24 February 2021}} However, in September 2021 the stable recruited Nichidai's Mongolian Ōshōma, who debuted the following November as a makushita tsukedashi entrant,{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202109060000710.html|title=日体大出身デルゲルバヤル、しこ名「欧勝馬」に決定　九州場所でデビューへ ("Delgerbayer from Nichidai University to make his debut in Kyushu)|date=7 September 2021|work=Nikkan Sports|language=Japanese|access-date=26 May 2022}} and reached the jūryō division in May 2022, becoming the stable's first sekitori.{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202205250000204.html|title=元琴欧洲の鳴戸親方　部屋創設５年、初の関取誕生　モンゴル出身・欧勝馬が新十両昇進 ("Naruto Oyakata, the former Kotooshu, five years after the establishment of his stable, has produced his first sekitori Oshoma from Mongolia")|date=25 May 2022|work=Nikkan Sports|language=Japanese|access-date=26 May 2022}}

Several wrestlers at this stable have taken ring names or shikona which has the character {{nihongo|欧|ō}}, meaning Europe, as the first character. This is the middle character of the shikona of the stable's founder, former Kotoōshū (琴欧洲).

• 2017–present: 15th Naruto Katsunori (iin, former ōzeki Kotoōshū)

{{See also|sekitori}}

• Ōshōma (best rank maegashira)
• {{interlanguage link multi|Ōshōumi Seiya|ja|3=欧勝海成矢|lt=Ōshōumi}} (best rank jūryō)

• Shikimori Komei (jonokuchi gyōji, real name Komei Hashimoto)

• Kenta (jonokuchi yobidashi, real name Kenta Maeda)

• Tokoō (fifth class tokoyama, real name Baba Shiido)

1 Chome-22-16 Mukōjima, Sumida-ku, Tōkyō-to 130–0003, Japan. It is nearby the Tokyo Skytree.

• List of sumo stables

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataSumoBeya/detail?id=36 Naruto stable at the Japan Sumo Association]
• [https://naruto-beya.com/ Official Site]

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