{{Short description|Organization of sumo wrestlers}} thumb|right|280px The {{nihongo|'''Oitekaze stable'''|追手風部屋|Oitekaze-beya}} is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tokitsukaze ''ichimon'' or group of stables. It was established in its modern incarnation on 1 October 1998 by former ''maegashira'' Daishōyama, who is the stable's current head coach. He had married the daughter of the previous Oitekaze-''oyakata'' and branched off from Tomozuna stable, taking some wrestlers with him including future ''sekitori'' Hayateumi and {{interlanguage link multi|Daishōyama Tsuyoshi|ja|3=大翔大豪志|lt=Daishōdai}}.<ref>{{cite web|author=Harumi Hotta|title=Interview of Tomozuna oyakata|publisher=Le Monde du Sumo|url=http://www.lemondedusumo.com/english/MDS15_interview_tomozuna.php?mag=mds&num=15|date=April 2006|accessdate=2008-05-25}}</ref> As of January 2023, it had 18 wrestlers, of which seven were ''sekitori''. As of 2019, eight wrestlers in the stable's history have reached the top ''makuuchi'' division.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoTopics/banzuke_topics/|title=2017 November Grand Sumo Tournament Banzuke Topics|date=October 2017|publisher=Japan Sumo Association|accessdate=30 October 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030162158/http://www.sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoTopics/banzuke_topics/|archivedate=30 October 2017}}</ref>
In December 2016, the stable moved from the Isegahama ''ichimon'' to the Tokitsukaze ''ichimon''.
In April 2024, coach Tatsutayama transferred from the former Michinoku stable, following the latter's closure after the retirement of former Kirishima.<ref name=nhkclosure>{{cite web |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240328/k10014405431000.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328093741/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240328/k10014405431000.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 28, 2024|title=大相撲 親方定年で陸奥部屋閉鎖 大関 霧島が音羽山部屋に移籍|date=28 March 2024|publisher=NHK|access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref>
==Ring name conventions== Many wrestlers at this stable take ring names or ''shikona'' that begin with the characters 大翔 (read: daishō) or simply 大 (read: dai), in deference to their coach and the stable's owner, the former Daishōyama.
==Owner== *1998–present: 11th Oitekaze (''iin'', former ''maegashira'' Daishōyama)
==Notable active wrestlers== {{See also|sekitori}} *Daieishō (best rank {{translit|ja|sekiwake}}) *Tobizaru (best rank {{translit|ja|komusubi}}) *Daishōmaru (best rank {{translit|ja|maegashira}}) *Hitoshi (best rank {{translit|ja|maegashira}})
==Coaches== *Takashima Daizō (''san'yo'', former {{translit|ja|sekiwake}} Kōbōyama) *Tatsutayama Hironori (''iin'', former {{translit|ja|maegashira}} Sasshūnada) *Kitajin Shōta (''toshiyori'', former {{translit|ja|komusubi}} Endō)
==Notable former members== *Hayateumi (former {{translit|ja|sekiwake}}) *Kokkai (former {{translit|ja|komusubi}}) *Endō (former {{translit|ja|komusubi}}) *Daiamami (former {{translit|ja|maegashira}}) *Hamanishiki (former {{translit|ja|maegashira}}) *Daishōhō (former {{translit|ja|maegashira}}) *Tsurugishō (former {{translit|ja|maegashira}})
==Referee== *Shikimori Kiichirō (''Makuuchi'' ''gyōji'', real name Osamu Wachi)
==Hairdressers== *Tokosaku (2nd class ''tokoyama'') *Tokokaze (4th class ''tokoyama'')
==Location and access== Saitama prefecture, Sōka City, Sezaki 5-32-22<br> 15 minute walk from Yatsuka Station on Tōbu Isesaki Line
==See also== *List of sumo stables *List of active sumo wrestlers *List of past sumo wrestlers *Glossary of sumo terms
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.oitekaze.com/ Official site] {{in lang|ja}} *[http://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataSumoBeya/detail?id=52 Oitekaze stable at the Japan Sumo Association]
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