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The following is an alphabetical list of heya or training stables in professional sumo. Each belongs to one of six groups. These groups, led by the stable by which each group is named, are in order of size: Dewanoumi ichimon, Nishinoseki ichimon, Tokitsukaze ichimon, Takasago ichimon, Isegahama ichimon, and the splinter group led by Takanohana stable that broke off in February 2010 but was subsequently given ichimon status in 2014;[1] see here. 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.

The number of stables peaked at 54 with the opening of Onoe stable in August 2006, following which the Japan Sumo Association introduced new rules that September greatly raising the qualifications needed by ex–wrestlers wishing to branch out (namely, those ranked below yokozuna or ōzeki must have spent at least 60 tournaments in the top makuuchi division or 25 in the titled san'yaku ranks). Discounting the special circumstances of the temporary closure of Kise stable from 2010 until 2012, there were no new stables established for more than six years, while eleven folded, bringing the number of active heya down to 43. This sequence was ended by the opening of former yokozuna Musashimaru's Musashigawa stable in April 2013.

Pronunciation note

Due to a Japanese speech phenomenon known as rendaku, when the word for stable, heya, comes second in a compound word, the "h" in heya changes to "b" to become "beya". A sumo stable is pronounced in Japanese as "sumo-beya" and Arashio stable, as an example, is pronounced "Arashio-beya".

Active stables

There are currently 43 stables. Wrestlers listed in bold are still active.

Name Ichimon Year opened Notable wrestlers
past and present 		Other notable information
Arashio Tokitsukaze 2002 Sōkokurai head is former Ōyutaka, made headlines when it welcomed back exonerated Sōkokurai in 2013
Asahiyama Nishonoseki 2016 none as yet head is former Kotonishiki, branched off from Oguruma stable
Asakayama Isegahama 2014 none as yet head is former Kaiō, all of its four wrestlers had winning records in stable's inaugural tournament, branched off from Tomozuna stable
Azumazeki Takasago 1986 Akebono, Takamisakari head is former Ushiomaru, first stable founded by foreign born wrestler (former Takamiyama)
Chiganoura Takanohana 2004 Masunoyama head is former Takamisugi, branched off from Kasugano stable
Dewanoumi Dewanoumi 1862 (c.) Chiyonoyama, Dewahayate, Mainoumi, Mienoumi, Mitakeumi, Tochigiyama head is former Oginohana, demotion of its last sekitori left the stable without any sekitori for the first time since 1898
Fujishima Dewanoumi 1981 Dejima, Miyabiyama, Musashimaru, Shōtenrō, Wakanoyama head is former Musōyama, was the strongest stable in early 2000s, name was changed from its previous incarnation as Musashigawa
Hakkaku Takasago 1993 Kaihō, Okinoumi, Hokutōfuji head is former Hokutoumi, branched off from Kokonoe stable
Irumagawa Dewanoumi 1993 Masatsukasa, Sagatsukasa, Yōtsukasa head is former Tochitsukasa, branched off from Kasugano stable
Isegahama Isegahama 1979 Aminishiki,Harumafuji, Homarefuji, Takarafuji, Terunofuji head is former Asahifuji, currently one of the most well represented stables in the upper divisions, renamed from its original incarnation as Ajigawa stable
Isenoumi Tokitsukaze 1949 Hattori, Ikioi, Kashiwado, Nishikigi head is former Kitakachidoki, the Isenoumi name has one of the longest traditions in sumo
Izutsu Tokitsukaze 1972 Kakuryū, Kirishima, Nishinoumi, Terao, Toyokuni head is former Sakahoko (former Terao's brother), stable has been in the same family on and off since the Meiji era.
Kagamiyama Tokitsukaze 1970 Kagamiō head is former Tagaryū, currently smallest stable with two wrestlers, branched off from Isenoumi stable
Kasugano Dewanoumi 1925 Aoiyama, Tochiōzan, Tochinoshin, Tochinowaka head is former Tochinowaka, active since the Meiji era, currently one of the most successful stables
Kataonami Nishonoseki 1961 Tamaasuka, Tamakiyama, Tamaryū, Tamawashi head is former Tamakasuga, branched off from Nishinoseki stable
Kise Dewanoumi 2003 Akiseyama, Gagamaru, Hidenoumi, Jōkōryū, Tokushōryū, Ura head is former Higonoumi, was dissolved over a ticket selling scandal, then allowed to reform 2 years later, well represented in two top divisions
Kokonoe Takasago 1967 Chiyomaru, Chiyoō, Chiyoōtori, Chiyonokuni, Chiyoshōma, Chiyotairyū head is former Chiyotaikai, currently one of the most successful stables with 6 out of 13 wrestlers being sekitori
Michinoku Tokitsukaze 1974 Hoshitango, Jūmonji, Ryūhō, Toyozakura head is former Kirishima, lost the largest number of wrestlers to the 2013 match fixing scandal
Minato Tokitsukaze 1982 Ichinojō head is former Minatofuji, who is the only top division wrestler the stable had ever produced until Ichinojō in 2014.
Minezaki Nishonoseki 1988 Arawashi head is former Misugiiso, had never had a sekitori wrestler until absorbing Hanakago stable and inheriting Arawashi
Miyagino Isegahama 1958 Hakuhō, Ishiura, Yamaguchi head is former Chikubayama, but in recent years has had a convoluted series of successions
Musashigawa Dewanoumi 2013 none as yet head is former Musashimaru, who is only the second foreign born wrestler to open his own stable
Nishikido Takasago 2002 none as yet head is former Mitoizumi, was home to the only Kazakh wrestler
Nishonoseki Nishonoseki 1990 Shōhōzan head is former Wakashimazu, branched off from Futagoyama stable
Oguruma Nishonoseki 1987 Amakaze, Takekaze, Wakakirin, Wakatoba, Yoshikaze head is former Kotokaze, branched off from Sadogatake stable, absorbed Oshiogawa stable in 2005
Oitekaze Isegahama 1998 Daieishō, Daishōmaru, Endō, Hayateumi, Kokkai,Tsurugishō head is former Daishōyama who branched off from Tomozuna stable
Onoe Dewanoumi 2006 Baruto, Satoyama, Tenkaihō, Yamamotoyama head is former Hamanoshima, branched off from Mihogaseki stable, lost three sekitori wrestlers due to match fixing scandal in 2011
oŌnomatsu Takanohana 1994 Amuuru, Daidō, Katayama, Ōnoshō, Wakakōyū head is former Masurao, forced out of Nishonoseki ichimon and joined Takanohana ichimon in 2010
oŌtake Takanohana 1971 Ōsunaarashi, Ōzutsu, Rohō head is former Dairyū, the previous head (former Takatōriki) was forced out in a gambling scandal
Sadogatake Nishonoseki 1955 Hasegawa, Kotomitsuki, Kotoōshū, Kotonishiki, Kotoshōgiku, Kotoyūki head is former Kotonowaka, one of the most successful stables in recent years, with several wrestlers in makuuchi and san'yaku
Sakaigawa Dewanoumi 1998 Gōeidō, Myōgiryū, Sadanofuji, Sadanoumi, Toyohibiki head is former Ryōgoku, one of the most successful current stables
Shibatayama Nishonoseki 1999 Wakanoshima head is former Ōnokuni, in 2013 absorbed its parent stable (Hanaregoma), its only short-lived sekitori quit under acrimonious circumstances
Shikihide Dewanoumi 1992 Senshō head is former Kitazakura, took almost 20 years to produce a sekitori in 2012
Shikoroyama Tokitsukaze 2004 Seirō, Homasho head is former Terao, when he branched off from Izutsu stable, he unusually chose to start from scratch and take no wrestlers with him
Tagonoura Nishonoseki 1989 Kisenosato, Rikiō, Takanoyama, Takayasu, Wakanosato head is former Takanotsuru, founded by yokozuna Takanosato but renamed from Naruto and moved to Ryōgoku following his death
Takadagawa Nishonoseki 1974 Kagayaki, Kenkō, Maenoshin head is former Akinoshima, stable was ousted from Takasago ichimon in 1998, finally accepted into Nishonoseki ichimon in 2013
Takanohana Takanohana 1962 Satō, Takanoiwa, Takanonami, Takanosato, Wakanohana II in 1990s it was a merger of two strong stables and was criticized for being too big and too strong, current incarnation is under Takanohana whose maverick style got his stable and others kicked out of their respective ichimon before they were allowed to form their own
Takasago Takasago 1878 Asabenkei, Asasekiryū, Asashōryū, Azumafuji, Konishiki, Maedayama, Takamiyama head is former Asashio, the second oldest and arguably one of the most successful stables throughout its history
Tamanoi Dewanoumi 1990 Azumaryū, Fujiazuma, Yoshiazuma head is former Tochiazuma Daisuke, passed onto him by his father, the stable's founder Tochiazuma Tomoyori
Tatsunami Takanohana 1916 Annenyama, Futabayama, Futahaguro, Haguroyama, Mōkonami head is former Asahiyutaka, one of the most prestigious stables in sumo but has had little success in recent years
Tokitsukaze Tokitsukaze 1941 Kitabayama, Shōdai, Tokitenkū, Tosayutaka, Toyonoshima head is former Tokitsuumi who took over when previous head (former Futatsuryū) went to prison for the death of a new recruit, currently one of the most successful stables
Tomozuna Isegahama 1941 Asahishō, Kaisei, Kyokushūhō, Kyokutaisei, Kyokutenhō, Sentoryū, Tachiyama head is former Kaiki, incarnations have a long and prestigious history, absorbed a number of strong wrestlers from defunct Ōshima stable
Yamahibiki Dewanoumi 1985 Hakurozan, Kitaharima, Kitataiki head is former Ganyū who inherited it on the death of founder Kitanoumi, who branched off from Mihogaseki

Recent mergers and closures

Recent name changes

See also

References

  1. ^ "Takanohana group certified as ichimon". Nikkan Sports. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
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