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 Hoshikabuto, 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 Mongolian 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. In May 2023 Michinoku's old shikona (ring name) of Kirishima was adopted by Kiribayama following the latter's promotion to ōzeki.[3]

After the death of Izutsu-oyakata in September 2019,[4] all personnel from Izutsu stable moved to Michinoku on 1 October 2019.[5] This expanded the stable to 15 wrestlers, the most senior of whom was yokozuna Kakuryū, who retired in March 2021. As of January 2023, it had 12 wrestlers.

In May 2023, Michinoku stable was at the heart of a scandal linked to a case of violence that was made public. A senior wrestler, Kirinofuji, assaulted another young wrestler, Yasunishi, in January 2023 with a frying pan and whipped him with a jump rope. Michinoku stablemaster (former ōzeki Kirishima) is accused to have covered the violence by directly allowing the aggressor to remain within his stable and allowing him to perform a hair cutting ceremony in April despite the information being relayed to the Compliance Department.[6] However, since the Sumo Association was informed in January and the victim withdrew his complaint, Michinoku is not subject to any disciplinary action.[7]

In December 2023 it was announced that Otowayama (the 71st yokozuna Kakuryū), who had remained with Michinoku stable as a coach after his retirement, would break away to establish Otowayama stable.[8]

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, Kirinoryū 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 Hoshikabuto)

Notable active wrestlers

Coaches

Assistant

Notable former members

Usher

Hairdresser

  • Tokotsuru (Special class tokoyama)
  • Tokodai (First class tokoyama)

Location and access

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

See also

References

  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. ↑ "大関昇進の霧馬山が「霧島」に改名、師匠のしこ名を継ぐ　下の名も改名で「霧島鐵力」". Nikkan Sports. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "大相撲・陸奥部屋で幕下以下力士が暴力行為". Sports Hochi (in Japanese). 10 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "陸奥部屋で暴力行為「協会には言っています。何も隠していません」と親方　加害者は引退". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 9 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "鶴竜親方が年寄「音羽山」襲名　力士２人、床山１人で「音羽山部屋」創設もこの日付で承認される". Nikkan Sports. 27 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  9. 1 2 "Sumo Beya Guide - Michinoku Beya". Nihon Sumō Kyōkai. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

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