List of sumo stables

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

• Kasugayama stable closes October 2016, some wrestlers retire, other wrestlers and personnel move to Oitekaze stable
• Asahiyama stable closes January 2015, all wrestlers and some personnel move to Isegahama, some other personnel move to Asakayama.
• Mihogaseki stable closes October 2013, wrestlers move to Kasugano
• Magaki stable closes March 2013, wrestlers move to Isegahama
• Hanaregoma stable closes February 2013, wrestlers move to Shibatayama
• Nishonoseki stable closes January 2013, remaining wrestlers retire, other personnel move to Matsugane
• Nakamura stable closes December 2012, wrestlers move to Azumazeki
• Hanakago stable closes May 2012, wrestlers move to Minezaki
• Ōshima stable closes April 2012, wrestlers move to Tomozuna
• Tagonoura stable closes February 2012, wrestlers move to Dewanoumi and Kasugano
• Takashima stable closes June 2011, head coach moves to Kasugayama
• Kiriyama stable closes January 2011, wrestlers move to Asahiyama
• Araiso stable closes September 2008, one remaining wrestler moves to Hanakago
• Isegahama stable closes February 2007, wrestlers move to Kiriyama
• Hatachiyama stable closes June 2006, wrestlers move to Kitanoumi
• Oshiogawa stable closes March 2005, wrestlers move to Oguruma
• Takekuma stable closes March 2004, no wrestlers are left but head coach moves to Tomozuna
• Kabutoyama stable closes December 2002, no wrestlers are left but head coach moves to Minato
• Wakamatsu stable merges with Takasago in February 2002
• Tatsutagawa stable closes November 2000, wrestlers move to Michinoku
• Kise stable closes February 2000, wrestlers move to Kiriyama
• Kumagatani stable closes April 1996, wrestlers move to Tatsunami
• Ōnaruto stable closes December 1994, wrestlers move to Kiriyama

Recent name changes

• Kitanoumi stable is renamed Yamahibiki stable in November 2015
• Matsugane stable is renamed Nishonoseki stable in December 2014.
• Naruto stable is renamed Tagonoura stable in December 2013.
• Musashigawa stable is renamed Fujishima stable in September 2010.
• Ajigawa stable is renamed Isegahama stable in November 2007.
• Futagoyama stable is renamed Takanohana stable in February 2004.
• Taihō stable is renamed Ōtake stable in February 2003.
• Nakadachi stable is renamed Sakaigawa stable in January 2003.

See also

• Heya (sumo)
• Glossary of sumo terms
• List of active sumo wrestlers
• List of past sumo wrestlers
• List of yokozuna

References

External links

• Japan Sumo Association list of beya