Tatsunami stable

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{{nihongo|'''Tatsunami stable'''|立浪部屋|Tatsunami-beya}} is a stable of sumo wrestlers, formerly the head of the Tatsunami ''ichimon'' or group of stables. As of January 2026 it had 15 wrestlers. Previously situated in sumo's heartland of Ryōgoku nearby the Kokugikan stadium, it briefly moved in 2020 to Ibaraki Prefecture and alongside Shikihide stable was one of the furthest from Ryōgoku.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/01/16/sumo/sumo-101-stable-locations-layout/|title=Sumo 101: Stable locations and layout|last=Gunning|first=John|date=16 January 2019|publisher=Japan Times|accessdate=18 January 2019}}</ref> In April 2021 the stable announced it was moving to Taitō, to occupy the premises previously used by Tokiwayama stable. It now resides in this large building with the practice dohyo on the ground floor.

==History== The stable is one of the most prestigious in sumo. It was founded in 1876 by Onigazaki,<ref name="Sharnoff">{{Cite book |author=Sharnoff, Lora |title=Grand Sumo|publisher=Weatherhill |year=1993 |isbn=0-8348-0283-X}}</ref> but the current incarnation dates from 1915. In the 1930s, led by former ''komusubi'' Midorishima (1878-1952), the stable produced the 35th ''yokozuna'' Futabayama, the 36th ''yokozuna'' Haguroyama and ''ōzeki'' Nayoroiwa,<ref name="Sharnoff"/> and ended the Dewanoumi stable's long period of dominance in sumo. Futabayama left to found his own stable in 1941. After Haguroyama married the previous stablemaster's daughter, he became the new head in December 1952 while still an active ''yokozuna''. Haguroyama produced several strong wrestlers, including ''ōzeki'' Wakahaguro and ''sekiwake'' Annenyama.<ref name="Sharnoff"/> Annenyama in turn married Haguroyama's daughter and succeeded to the leadership of the stable upon his father-in-law's death in 1969.<ref name="Sharnoff"/>

Annenyama produced Asahikuni, an ''ōzeki'' in the 1970s, and ''sekiwake'' Kurohimeyama. Asahikuni retired in 1979 and left to found Ōshima stable in 1980, despite his stablemaster's opposition to the move.<ref name="Sharnoff"/> By the early 1980s the strength of the stable had declined and it was without any ''sekitori'' until Kitao was promoted to ''jūryō'' in 1984.<ref name="Sharnoff"/> Kitao became the 60th ''yokozuna'' Futahaguro in 1986, the first grand champion the Tatsunami ''ichimon'' had produced in decades, but at the end of 1987 Anneneyama and Futahaguro had a row which ended with the ''yokozuna'' kicking the elderly chairman of the stable's supporter group and pushing his stablemaster's wife as he stormed out.<ref name="Sharnoff"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/02/world/tokyo-journal-wrestler-fails-to-keep-hold-on-an-honorable-past.html|title=Tokyo Journal:Wrestler Fails to Keep Hold on an Honorable Past|last=Haberman|first=Hlyde|date=2 Jan 1988|work=The New York Times|accessdate=6 November 2019}}</ref> Futahaguro was forced to leave the Sumo Association as a result.<ref name="Sharnoff"/>

In the early 1990s the stable produced top division wrestlers such as ''komusubi'' Daishōhō and ''maegashira'' Daishōyama, both amateur champions from Nihon University. Asahiyutaka of Ōshima stable married Annenyama's daughter in 1995 and became the new head of Tatsunami when Annenyama reached the mandatory retirement age of 65 in 1999. However the two had a falling out and after Asahiyutaka was divorced, Annenyama sued him for 175 million yen as Asahiyutaka had obtained the Tatsunami elder name for free instead of having to pay the market value,<ref>{{cite web|author=|title=Sumo head stung for elder rights|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?nn20030225a2.htm|publisher=Japan Times|date=2003-02-25|accessdate=2008-05-12}}</ref> although the award was reversed. Annenyama also attempted to evict Asahiyutaka from the stable premises.

In April 2011, the stable's last ''sekitori'' at that point, the Mongolian wrestler Mōkonami, was forced to retire after being found guilty of match-fixing. Tatsunami stayed five and a half years without any wrestlers in the top two professional divisions, before Meisei was finally promoted to ''jūryō'' after the September 2016 tournament. Meisei made the top division in July 2018. Another notable member is Hanakaze, who holds the distinction of having the longest career in the centuries long history of sumo, a career that began in 1986, one year before his current stablemaster.

The stable's success was reflected in its postwar status as the leading stable in its ''ichimon'' or group of stables, which was called Tatsunami-Isegahama ''ichimon'' until 2006, when it became simply Tatsunami ''ichimon'' (reflecting the decline of the old Isegahama stable under former ''ōzeki'' Kiyokuni's leadership). However, in 2012, due to the head coach voting against the ''ichimon'''s will in the Sumo Association's board elections, Tatsunami stable moved to the Takanohana ''ichimon.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/topic/29533-tatsunami-ichimon-no-more/#comment-219737|title=Tatsunami Ichimon-no more|date=10 April 2012|publisher=Sumo Forum|accessdate=28 September 2016}}</ref> Tatsunami ''Ichimon'' then renamed itself Isegahama ''Ichimon'' in January 2013. Tatsunami stable went independent in 2018, but after the Sumo Association indicated that stables must belong to an ''ichimon'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180925/p2a/00m/0sp/015000c|title=Stablemaster Takanohana tenders resignation to Japan Sumo Association|date=25 September 2018|publisher=The Mainichi|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925134449/https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180925/p2a/00m/0sp/015000c|archivedate=25 September 2018}}</ref> it aligned itself with the Dewanoumi group.

The stable's foreign recruit is Hōshōryū, the Mongolian nephew of former ''yokozuna'' Asashōryū, who joined the stable in November 2017 and made his first tournament appearance in January 2018. He became a ''sekitori'' in November 2019 and reached the top division in September 2020. He was promoted to ''komusubi'' in March 2022, elevated to ''sekiwake'' in September 2022, and was promoted to ''ōzeki'' after winning his first top-division championship in July 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202307230001151.html|title=「大関豊昇龍」誕生へ、初Ｖ受け臨時理事会招集を了承過去に昇進見送られた例はなし|date=23 July 2023|publisher=Nikkan Sports|access-date=23 July 2023|language=ja}}</ref> Hōshōryū was promoted to ''yokozuna'' in January 2025. In November 2020, Akua became the fifth member of Tatsunami stable to reach the top division under the present stablemaster,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoTopics/banzuke_topics/|title=2020 November Grand Sumo Tournament Banzuke Topics|work=Japan Sumo Association|accessdate=2 November 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102190908/http://sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoTopics/banzuke_topics/|archivedate=2 November 2020}}</ref> following Ōhinode, Mōkonami, Meisei and Hōshōryū.

In July 2021 Meisei became the first Tatsunami stable wrestler to reach the ''komusubi'' rank since Tomonohana in 1994<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoTopics/banzuke_topics/|title=2021 July Grand Sumo Tournament Banzuke Topics|work=Japan Sumo Association|access-date=25 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625140100/https://sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoTopics/banzuke_topics/|archive-date=25 June 2021}}</ref> and for the September 2021 tournament he became its first ''sekiwake'' since Kitao in 1985.

In February 2024, two of the stable's wrestlers received a letter of commendation from the Tokyo Fire Department for providing first aid to an 87-year-old man drowning after a cardiac arrest in the public baths.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://hochi.news/articles/20240216-OHT1T51183.html?page=1|title=銭湯で人命救助の幕下・木竜皇らに東京消防庁から感謝状「なかなかいただけるものではない」|date=16 February 2024|newspaper=Sports Hochi|access-date=16 February 2024|language=ja}}</ref>

==People== ===Ring name conventions=== Many wrestlers at this stable have taken ring names or ''shikona'' that end with the character 浪 (read: nami), which is the last character of the elder name associated with ownership of the stable. Examples include Kokuryūnami and Taranami.

===Owners=== *1999–present: 7th Tatsunami (''iin'', former ''komusubi'' Asahiyutaka) *1969–1999: 6th Tatsunami (former ''sekiwake'' Annenyama) *1952–1969: 5th Tatsunami (the 36th ''yokozuna'' Haguroyama) *1915–1952: 4th Tatsunami (former ''komusubi'' Midorishima)

===Notable active wrestlers=== {{See also|sekitori}} *Hōshōryū (the 74th ''yokozuna'') *Meisei (best rank ''sekiwake'') *Akua (best rank ''maegashira'') *{{interlanguage link|Kiryūkō Hirokazu|ja|3=木竜皇博一|lt=Kiryūkō}} (best rank {{Transliteration|ja|jūryō}}) *Okaryu (best rank ''juryo'')

===Notable former members=== *Futabayama (the 35th ''yokozuna'') *Haguroyama (the 36th ''yokozuna'') *Futahaguro (the 60th ''yokozuna'') *Nayoroiwa (former ''ōzeki'') *Wakahaguro (former ''ōzeki'') *Asahikuni (former ''ōzeki'') *Annenyama (former ''sekiwake'') *Kitanonada (former ''sekiwake'') *Tokitsuyama (former ''sekiwake'') *Kurohimeyama (former ''sekiwake'') *Mōkonami (former ''maegashira'') *Midorimine (former ''makushita'') *Hanakaze (former ''sandanme'') * 35th Kimura Shōnosuke (given name Jun'ichi Uchida - former chief referee)

===Referees=== *Kimura Senshin (''jonokuchi'' ''gyōji'', real name Seia Koga)

===Ushers=== *Yūto (''makushita'' ''yobidashi'', real name Yūto Kawashima)

===Hairdresser=== *Tokokei (5th class ''tokoyama'')

==Location and access== 1 Chome-16-5 Hashiba, Taito City, Tokyo 111-0023, Japan

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.tatsunami.jp/ Official site] {{in lang|ja}} *[http://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataSumoBeya/detail?id=1 Japan Sumo Association profile] *[https://www.youtube.com/@tatsunami-beya Sumo-meshi], the stable's official YouTube channel

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