List of sumo beya - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The following is an alphabetical list of heya

Heya

In sumo wrestling, a heya , usually translated into English as stable, is an organization of sumo wrestlers where they train and live. All wrestlers in professional sumo must belong to one. There are currently 49 heya , all but four of which belong to one of five ichimon...

or training stables in professional sumo

Sumo

is a competitive full-contact sport where a wrestler attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally...

. As of January 2011, there are 50 active heya. Each belongs to one of five ichimon or groups. The founding dates listed below are for the current incarnation of each stable; in most cases this is not the first stable to exist under a given name, however.

Active stables

Name	Ichimon	Year opened	Head coach	Notable active wrestlers
Arashio Arashio stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tokitsukaze ichimon or group of stables. It was set up in June 2002 by former komusubi Oyutaka, who branched off from Tokitsukaze stable. As of November 2009 it has eleven wrestlers. In the same month the stable produced its first sekitori, the Chinese...	Tokitsukaze	2002	ex-komusubi Oyutaka
Asahiyama Asahiyama stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tatsunami ichimon or group of stables. It has a long history. As of April 2008 it had 11 sumo wrestlers.-History:...	Tatsunami	1896	ex-ozeki Daiju Daiju Hisateru Daiju Hisateru is a former sumo wrestler from Hokkaidō, Japan. His highest rank was ozeki, but he held the rank for only five tournaments, fewer than any ozeki in the modern era. He won eleven sansho or special prizes during his top division career which lasted from 1970 to 1977...
Azumazeki Azumazeki Stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Takasago group of stables. It is located at Higashi–Komagata, Sumida, Tokyo. It was founded in April 1986 by the Hawaiian born Takamiyama of the Takasago stable. Azumazeki's first sekitori was Akebono, also from Hawaii, in 1990, who subsequently reached the...	Takasago	1986	ex-maegashira Ushiomaru	Takamisakari, Kaonishiki
Chiganoura	Dewanoumi	2004	ex-sekiwake Masudayama	Masunoyama
Dewanoumi Dewanoumi stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers. It has a long, prestigious history. Its current head coach is former sekiwake Washuyama. As of November 2007 it had 21 wrestlers....	Dewanoumi	1862 (c.)	ex-sekiwake Washuyama	Towanoyama
Fujishima	Dewanoumi	1981	ex-ozeki Musoyama	Miyabiyama, Shotenro, Kakizoe, Bushuyama
Hakkaku Hakkaku stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Takasago group of stables.The stable was established on 27 September 1993 by former yokozuna Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi, who took with him four wrestlers from Kokonoe stable. The stable has so far produced nine sekitori, and three makuuchi wrestlers...	Takasago	1993	61st yokozuna Hokutoumi	Okinoumi, Kanbayashi
Hanakago Hanakago stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. In its current form it dates from 1992 when it was revived by Daijuyama of the Futagoyama stable. The previous version of the stable had been wound up in 1985 when former yokozuna Wajima was forced to leave the Japan Sumo...	Nishonoseki	1992	ex-sekiwake Daijuyama	Arawashi
Hanaregoma Hanaregoma stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki ichimon or group of stables. As of September 2010 it had eight active wrestlers.The stable was established in 1981 by former ōzeki Kaiketsu Masateru, as a breakaway from Hanakago stable. Among the wrestlers who went with him was Onokuni, who...	Nishonoseki	1981	ex-ozeki Kaiketsu Kaiketsu Masateru Kaiketsu Masateru is a former sumo wrestler, who reached the second highest rank of ōzeki on two separate occasions. He also won two top division tournament championships...
Irumagawa Irumagawa stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi ichimon or group of stables. It was set up in 1992 by former sekiwake Tochitsukasa, who branched out from Kasugano stable. As of November 2007, the stable had 13 wrestlers...	Dewanoumi	1993	ex-sekiwake Tochitsukasa	Sagatsukasa
Isegahama Isegahama stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Tatsunami ichimon or group of stables. It was re-established by the 63rd Yokozuna Asahifuji Seiya in November 2007, who re-named his Ajigawa stable when he acquired the Isegahama toshiyori name....	Tatsunami	1979	63rd yokozuna Asahifuji	Harumafuji, Aminishiki, Takarafuji
Isenoumi Isenoumi stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers. Part of the Tokitsukaze group of stables, it is one of the oldest active stables in sumo, dating back to the mid-eighteenth century. The legendary Tanikaze, one of the first Yokozuna, and his protégé Raiden, arguably the greatest rikishi ever, were both members of...	Tokitsukaze	1949	ex sekiwake Fujinokawa
Izutsu Izutsu stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tokitsukaze group of stables.The stable was established in the Meiji era by former yokozuna Nishinoumi Kajirō I, the 16th yokozuna, who became the 7th Izutsu-oyakata. He was succeeded by Nishinoumi Kajirō II, the 25th yokozuna...	Tokitsukaze	1972	ex sekiwake Sakahoko	Kakuryu
Kagamiyama	Tokitsukaze	1970	ex sekiwake Tagaryu
Kasugano Kasugano stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi group of stables. As of November 2007 it had 24 wrestlers. It is currently one of the most successful stables, with five sekitori wrestlers, including the Georgian Tochinoshin and the Korean born Tochinowaka, who uses the current head coach's...	Dewanoumi	1925	ex sekiwake Tochinowaka	Tochinonada, Tochinoshin, Tochiozan, Kimurayama, Tochinowaka Tochinowaka Michihiro Tochinowaka Michihiro is a sumo wrestler from Hyogo, Japan. His father is a Zainichi Korean and his mother is a Korean immigrant. He made his professional debut in 2007 and has steadily risen through the ranks and has begun to establish himself as a top division presence...
Kasugayama Kasugayama stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tatsunami ichimon or group of stables. In its modern form it dates from 1954 when it was re-established by former ozeki Nayoroiwa who led it until his death in 1971...	Tatsunami	1997	ex maegashira Kasugafuji
Kataonami Kataonami Stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. It was founded in 1961 by former sekiwake Tamanoumi Daitaro of the Nishonoseki Stable. Former sekiwake Tamanofuji took over the running of the stable upon Tamanoumi's death in 1987. In February 2010 he passed control over to...	Nishonoseki	1961	ex sekiwake Tamakasuga	Tamanoshima, Tamaasuka, Tamawashi
Kitanoumi Kitanoumi stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi ichimon or group of stables. It was set up in 1985 by former yokozuna Kitanoumi, who branched off from Mihogaseki stable. It absorbed Hatachiyama stable in 2006, following the death of its head coach, former ozeki Hokuten'yū...	Dewanoumi	1985	55th yokozuna Kitanoumi	Kitataiki, Gagamaru, Akiseyama, Nionoumi
Kokonoe Kokonoe stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Takasago group of stables. It was formed in 1967 and is located in Ishiwara, Sumida, Tokyo. As of April 2008 it had 16 sumo wrestlers.-History:...	Takasago	1967	58th yokozuna Chiyonofuji	Chiyonokuni, Chiyozakura, Chiyoarashi
Magaki Magaki Stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, formerly one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. Wakanohana Kanji II, the 56th Yokozuna in sumo history, re-established the stable in 1983 and is its current oyakata. Its first wrestler to reach the top division was the Hawaiian born Yamato in 1997...	Nishonoseki	1983	56th yokozuna Wakanohana Wakanohana Kanji II Wakanohana Kanji II is a former sumo wrestler from Ōwani, Aomori, Japan. He was the sport's 56th Yokozuna. He is now the head coach of Magaki stable.-Early career:...
Matsugane Matsugane Stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. It was founded in 1990 by Wakashimazu of the Futagoyama stable. It has produced three top makuuchi division wrestlers in that time; Wakakosho , Wakatsutomu and Harunoyama...	Nishonoseki	1990	ex ozeki Wakashimazu	Matsutani
Michinoku Michinoku stable The 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 ozeki Kirishima became the current head coach in December 1997. It absorbed Tatsutagawa stable in...	Tokitsukaze	1947	ex ozeki Kirishima Kirishima Kazuhiro Kirishima Kazuhiro is a former sumo wrestler from Makizono, Kagoshima, Japan, who held the second highest rank of ōzeki from 1990 to 1992 and won one top division tournament championship...	Ryuho Ryuho Masayoshi Ryūhō Masayoshi is a sumo wrestler from Nakagami, Okinawa, Japan. His highest rank has been maegashira 16.-Career:...
Mihogaseki Mihogaseki stable The is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi ichimon or group of stables. Its current head coach, former ozeki Masuiyama Daishiro II took charge in November 1984. He is the son of the previous head, also an ozeki under the name Masuiyama, making it one of only three current stables...	Dewanoumi	1950	ex ozeki Masuiyama Masuiyama Daishiro II Masuiyama Daishirō is a former sumo wrestler from Hyōgo, Japan. In 1980 he became the oldest man to be promoted to the rank of ozeki in the modern era...	Aran Aran Hakutora Aran Hakutora is a Russian sumo wrestler. He began his professional career in January 2007 and made the top division in a record eleven tournaments. The highest rank he has reached is sekiwake...
Minato Minato stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tokitsukaze ichimon or group of stables. It was founded in 1982 by former komusubi Yutakayama, who branched off from Tokitsukaze stable. Minato Oyakata studied at the Tokyo University of Agriculture, and due to his interest in academia his stable was the...	Tokitsukaze	1982	ex maegashira Minatofuji
Minezaki Minezaki Stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki ichimon or group of stables. It was founded in December 1988 by Misugiiso, who branched off from the Hanaregoma stable and enrolled his younger brother as a wrestler. The stable has yet to produce a sekitori. As of January 2010 it had six...	Nishonoseki	1988	ex maegashira Misugiiso
Miyagino Miyagino stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tatsunami ichimon or group of stables. It was founded by the 43rd Yokozuna Yoshibayama as Yoshibayama dōjō while he was still an active wrestler, before changing to its current name in 1960....	Tatsunami	1958	ex maegashira Chikubayama	Hakuho, Ryuo Ryuo Noboru Ryūō Noboru is a professional sumo wrestler from Ulan-Bator, Mongolia. His highest rank has been maegashira 8.-Career:...
Nakamura Nakamura Stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Takasago group of stables. It was established in its modern incarnation in May 1986 by Fujizakura of the Takasago stable. The stable's first sekitori was Saigo in November 1995. It has yet to produce any makuuchi wrestlers. As of December 2007 had 14 sumo...	Takasago	1986	ex sekiwake Fujizakura	Hishofuji
Naruto Naruto stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki group of stables.The stable was established on 1 February 1989 by former yokozuna Takanosato Toshihide. The stable's first sekitori was Rikio in 1994. Three more, Wakanosato, Takanowaka and Kisenosato, have reached sekiwake rank...	Nishonoseki	1989	59th yokozuna Takanosato	Kisenosato, Wakanosato, Takayasu Takayasu Akira Takayasu Akira is a sumo wrestler of Japanese and Filipino ancestry. He made his professional debut in 2005, and reached the top makuuchi division in 2011, the first wrestler born in the Heisei era to do so... , Takanoyama
Nishikido Nishikido Stable Nishikido stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Takasago group of stables. It was founded in 2002 by Mitoizumi of the Takasago stable. It uses Takasago stable's old facilities, which became available when Takasago merged with Wakamatsu stable...	Takasago	2002	ex sekiwake Mitoizumi
Nishonoseki Nishonoseki Stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Nishonoseki group of stables named after it. It first appeared in the late eighteenth century and was re-established in its current form in 1935 by the 32nd Yokozuna Tamanishiki while still active...	Nishonoseki	1935	ex sekiwake Kongo Kongo Masahiro Kongō Masahiro is a former sumo wrestler from Hokkaidō, Japan. His highest rank was sekiwake. He is now a sumo coach and head of the Nishonoseki stable.-Career:...
Oguruma Oguruma Stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. In its modern form it dates from 1987 when it was founded by Kotokaze, a former Sadogatake stable wrestler. He gives all his new recruits shikona with the suffix "kaze" , taken from his own fighting name. The first wrestler...	Nishonoseki	1987	ex ozeki Kotokaze	Takekaze, Yoshikaze, Kimikaze
Oitekaze Oitekaze stable The is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tatsunami ichimon or group of stables. It was established in its modern incarnation on 1 October 1998 by former maegashira Daishoyama, who is the stable's current head coach...	Tatsunami	1998	ex maegashira Daishoyama	Kokkai Kokkai Futoshi Kokkai Futoshi is a professional sumo wrestler from Georgia. He began his career in May 2001. He is the first Caucasian rikishi to reach sumo's highest division, makuuchi, which he achieved in 2004. His highest rank has been komusubi, which he reached in 2006... , Hamanishiki
Onoe Onoe stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi group of stables. It was established in August 2006 by former komusubi Hamanoshima, who branched off from Mihogaseki stable and took several of its leading wrestlers with him...	Dewanoumi	2006	ex komusubi Hamanoshima	Baruto, Satoyama Satoyama is a Japanese term applied to the border zone or area between mountain foothills and arable flat land. Literally, sato means arable and livable land or home land, and yama means mountain... , Tenkaiho
Onomatsu Onomatsu stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, formerly one of the Nishonoseki ichimon or group of stables. It was founded in its modern form on 1 October 1994 by Masurao Hiroo, who branched off from the now defunct Oshiogawa stable. His first wrestler to reach the top makuuchi division was Katayama in 2005....	Nishonoseki	1994	ex sekiwake Masurao Masurao Hiroo is a Japanese former sumo wrestler, born in Itoda, Fukuoka Prefecture. Making his professional debut in 1979, he reached the top division in 1985. His highest rank was sekiwake and he won five special prizes in his top division career. He was one of the lightest wrestlers in the top division, and...	Wakakoyu, Daido Daidō Kenji Daidō Kenji is a professional sumo wrestler or rikishi. He made his debut in 2005, reaching the top division four years later, debuting in the July, 2011 tournament... , Masuraumi
Oshima Oshima stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tatsunami ichimon or group of stables. It was set up in 1980 by former ozeki Asahikuni, who branched off from Tatsunami stable. The head of Tatsunami stable opposed the setting up of the new stable, and did not speak to Oshima Oyakata until Asahifuji was...	Tatsunami	1980	ex ozeki Asahikuni	Kyokutenho, Kyokushuho
Otake Otake stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers.It was set up in 1971, as Taihō stable, by yokozuna Taihō Kōki on his retirement from wrestling. It passed on to his son-in-law Ōtake on his retirement...	Nishonoseki	1971	ex juryo Dairyu
Sadogatake Sadogatake stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. In its modern form it dates from September 1955, when it was set up by former komusubi Kotonishiki Noboru. Former yokozuna Kotozakura took over the running of the stable in 1974 following Kotonishiki's death. Over the next...	Nishonoseki	1955	ex sekiwake Kotonowaka	Kotooshu, Kotoshogiku, Kotoyuki
Sakaigawa Sakaigawa stable Sakaigawa stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi group of stables. It was established in its modern form on 25 May 1998 by former komusubi Ryogoku, who branched off from Dewanoumi stable...	Dewanoumi	1998	ex komusubi Ryogoku Ryogoku Kajinosuke Ryōgoku Kajinosuke is a former sumo wrestler from Nagasaki, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. He is now a sumo coach.-Career:...	Goeido, Toyohibiki, Hochiyama, Sadanofuji, Sadanoumi,Myogiryu
Shibatayama Shibatayama Stable Shibatayama Stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. It was founded in 1999 by former yokozuna Onokuni. It is a small stable, with six wrestlers as of February 2008...	Nishonoseki	1999	62nd yokozuna Onokuni
Shikihide	Tokitsukaze	1992	ex komusubi Oshio Oshio Kenji Ōshio Kenji is a former sumo wrestler from Kitakyushu, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. His career lasted twenty six years, from 1962 until 1988, and he holds the record for the most bouts contested in professional sumo.-Career:He was born in Yahata Higashi ward...
Shikoroyama Shikoroyama stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tokitsukaze ichimon or group of stables. It was established in its current form in February 2004 by former sekiwake Terao, who branched off from Izutsu stable. He did not take any established rikishi with him, recruiting all his rikishi himself instead. As...	Tokitsukaze	2004	ex sekiwake Terao Terao Tsunefumi Terao Tsunefumi is a former sumo wrestler. He was born in Tokyo, but brought up in Kajiki, Aira District, Kagoshima, Japan. He fought out of Izutsu stable...	Homasho
Tagonoura Tagonoura stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi ichimon or group of stables. It was established in February 2000 by former maegashira Kushimaumi, who branched off from Dewanoumi stable. It is located in the Koto ward of Tokyo...	Dewanoumi	2000	ex maegashira Kushimaumi	Aoiyama
Takadagawa Takadagawa Stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki ichimon or group of stables. It was formed in 1974 by former ozeki Maenoyama, and was originally in the Takasago group of stables, but was excommunicated from that group in 1998 due to disagreement over group nominations to the Japan Sumo...	Nishonoseki	1974	ex sekiwake Akinoshima
Takanohana Takanohana stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, formerly one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. It was known as Futagoyama stable until 2004.-History:Futagoyama stable was established in 1962 by former Yokozuna Wakanohana Kanji I, who branched off from Hanakago stable and converted his home near the Minami...	Nishonoseki	1962	65th yokozuna Takanohana
Takasago Takasago stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Takasago group of stables.It is correctly written in Japanese as "髙砂部屋", but the first of these kanji is rare, and is more commonly written as "高砂部屋"....	Takasago	1878	ex ozeki Asashio Asashio Taro IV Asashio Tarō IV is a former sumo wrestler from Muroto, Kochi, Japan. His highest rank was ozeki...	Asasekiryu
Tamanoi Tamanoi stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi ichimon or group of stables. It was set up in 1990 by former sekiwake Tochiazuma Tomoyori, who branched off from Kasugano stable. He coached his son, who also wrestled under the name Tochiazuma, to ozeki rank. He reached retirement age in...	Dewanoumi	1990	ex ozeki Tochiazuma Tochiazuma Daisuke Tochiazuma Daisuke is a retired sumo wrestler. He began his professional career in 1994, reaching the top division just two years later after winning a tournament championship in each of the lower divisions...	Fujiazuma, Yoshiazuma
Tatsunami Tatsunami stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, and the head stable of the Tatsunami ichimon or group.-History:The stable is one of the most prestigious in sumo. It was originally founded in 1876 by Onigazaki, but the current incarnation dates from 1915...	Tatsunami	1916	ex komusubi Asahiyutaka	Hitenryu
Tokitsukaze Tokitsukaze stable The is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Tokitsukaze group of stables. It was originally founded in 1769 and was dominant during the Taishō period. In its modern form it dates from 1941 when it was established by Futabayama, who was still an active wrestler at the time. Initially known as...	Tatsunami	1941	ex maegashira Tokitsuumi	Toyonoshima, Tokitenku, Sotairyu, Tosayutaka
Tomozuna Tomozuna stable The is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tatsunami ichimon or group of stables. It has a long and prestigious history. Its current head coach is former sekiwake Kaiki, who is also a director of the Japan Sumo Association...	Tatsunami	1922	ex sekiwake Kaiki	Kaisei Kaisei Ichirō Kaisei Ichirō is a professional sumo wrestler from São Paulo, Brazil. Making his debut in September 2006, he reached the top makuuchi division in May 2011. His highest rank has been maegashira 5.-Career:Born Ricardo Sugano in São Paulo, he did judo while growing up...

Recent mergers and closures

Onaruto stable closes December 1994, wrestlers move to Kiriyama stable
Kiriyama stable
was a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tatsunami ichimon of group of stables. It was set up in January 1995 by the former komusubi Kurosegawa, who branched out from the now defunct Isegahama stable and took with him the remaining members of the Onaruto stable which closed at the end of 1994....
Kumagatani stable closes April 1996, wrestlers move to Tatsunami stable
Tatsunami stable
is a stable of sumo wrestlers, and the head stable of the Tatsunami ichimon or group.-History:The stable is one of the most prestigious in sumo. It was originally founded in 1876 by Onigazaki, but the current incarnation dates from 1915...
Kise stable
Kise stable
Kise stable was a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi ichimon or group of stables. It established in December 2003 by former maegashira Higonoumi, who branched off from Mihogaseki stable. The stable's first top division wrestler was Ichihara , a former amateur champion, in January 2008...

closes February 2000, wrestlers move to Kiriyama stable
Tatsutagawa stable closes November 2000, wrestlers move to Michinoku stable
Michinoku stable
The 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 ozeki Kirishima became the current head coach in December 1997. It absorbed Tatsutagawa stable in...
Wakamatsu stable merges with Takasago stable
Takasago stable
is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Takasago group of stables.It is correctly written in Japanese as "髙砂部屋", but the first of these kanji is rare, and is more commonly written as "高砂部屋"....

in February 2002
Kabutoyama stable closes December 2002, no wrestlers are left but head coach moves to Minato stable
Minato stable
is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tokitsukaze ichimon or group of stables. It was founded in 1982 by former komusubi Yutakayama, who branched off from Tokitsukaze stable. Minato Oyakata studied at the Tokyo University of Agriculture, and due to his interest in academia his stable was the...
Takekuma stable closes March 2004, no wrestlers are left but head coach moves to Tomozuna stable
Tomozuna stable
The is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tatsunami ichimon or group of stables. It has a long and prestigious history. Its current head coach is former sekiwake Kaiki, who is also a director of the Japan Sumo Association...
Oshiogawa stable closes March 2005, wrestlers move to Oguruma stable
Oguruma Stable
is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. In its modern form it dates from 1987 when it was founded by Kotokaze, a former Sadogatake stable wrestler. He gives all his new recruits shikona with the suffix "kaze" , taken from his own fighting name. The first wrestler...
Hatachiyama stable closes June 2006, wrestlers move to Kitanoumi stable
Kitanoumi stable
is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi ichimon or group of stables. It was set up in 1985 by former yokozuna Kitanoumi, who branched off from Mihogaseki stable. It absorbed Hatachiyama stable in 2006, following the death of its head coach, former ozeki Hokuten'yū...
Isegahama stable
Isegahama stable
is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Tatsunami ichimon or group of stables. It was re-established by the 63rd Yokozuna Asahifuji Seiya in November 2007, who re-named his Ajigawa stable when he acquired the Isegahama toshiyori name....

closes February 2007, wrestlers move to Kiriyama stable
Araiso stable
Araiso stable
Araiso stable was a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. It was founded in 1993 by former komusubi Futagodake of the Futagoyama stable. It was the smallest of all the sumo stables, with just three sumo wrestlers...

closes September 2008, one remaining wrestler moves to Hanakago stable
Hanakago stable
is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. In its current form it dates from 1992 when it was revived by Daijuyama of the Futagoyama stable. The previous version of the stable had been wound up in 1985 when former yokozuna Wajima was forced to leave the Japan Sumo...
Kise stable closes May 2010, wrestlers move to Kitanoumi stable
Kiriyama stable closes January 2011, wrestlers move to Asahiyama stable
Asahiyama stable
is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tatsunami ichimon or group of stables. It has a long history. As of April 2008 it had 11 sumo wrestlers.-History:...
Takashima stable closes June 2011, head coach moves to Kasugayama stable
Kasugayama stable
is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tatsunami ichimon or group of stables. In its modern form it dates from 1954 when it was re-established by former ozeki Nayoroiwa who led it until his death in 1971...

Recent name changes

Nakadachi stable is renamed Sakaigawa stable
Sakaigawa stable
Sakaigawa stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi group of stables. It was established in its modern form on 25 May 1998 by former komusubi Ryogoku, who branched off from Dewanoumi stable...

in January 2003.
Taiho stable is renamed Otake stable
Otake stable
is a stable of sumo wrestlers.It was set up in 1971, as Taihō stable, by yokozuna Taihō Kōki on his retirement from wrestling. It passed on to his son-in-law Ōtake on his retirement...

in February 2003.
Futagoyama stable is renamed Takanohana stable
Takanohana stable
is a stable of sumo wrestlers, formerly one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. It was known as Futagoyama stable until 2004.-History:Futagoyama stable was established in 1962 by former Yokozuna Wakanohana Kanji I, who branched off from Hanakago stable and converted his home near the Minami...

in February 2004.
Ajigawa stable is renamed Isegahama stable
Isegahama stable
is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Tatsunami ichimon or group of stables. It was re-established by the 63rd Yokozuna Asahifuji Seiya in November 2007, who re-named his Ajigawa stable when he acquired the Isegahama toshiyori name....

in November 2007.
Musashigawa stable
Musashigawa stable
Fujishima stable is a heya or stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Dewanoumi group of stables. It was set up on 29 August 1981 by Musashigawa Oyakata, the former yokozuna Mienoumi, who branched off from Dewanoumi stable...

is renamed Fujishima stable in September 2010.

External links

Japan Sumo Association list of beya

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Active stables

Recent mergers and closures

Recent name changes

See also

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