(1981–2013) was a sumo stable of the Nishonoseki group.
was a stable of sumo wrestlers founded in 1981 and closed in 2013. It was one of the Nishonoseki or group of stables. In September 2010 it had eight active wrestlers.
The stable was established in 1981 by former Kaiketsu Masateru, as a breakaway from Hanakago stable. Among the wrestlers who went with him was Ōnokuni, who reached the top division in 1983. In 1985 its parent stable folded and it took in the remaining Hanakago wrestlers, including future Hananoumi and Hananokuni. Ōnokuni became the 62nd in 1987. The stable had less success in later years, and did not have a ranked wrestler after the retirement of Shunketsu in 2008.
In August 2010, Hanaregoma became the head of the Japan Sumo Association, a position he held until 2012.
On 7 February 2013, due to Hanaregoma's imminent mandatory retirement, the stable was absorbed into Ōnokuni's Shibatayama stable, which had branched off from its parent in 1999.
Owner 1981–2013: 19th Hanaregoma ( Kaiketsu Masateru)
Notable wrestlers Ōnokuni (62nd ) Hananoumi () Hananokuni ( 1) Misugiiso ( 2) Shunketsu ( 12) Komafudō ( 13) Hidenohana ( 5) Maeta ( 3)
Referees Tamamitsu Kimura (real name Nobuhide Ueda) - referee Kichijiro Kimura (Masahiro Nishino) - referee
Usher Katsuyuki (Katsuyuki Koyama) - san'yaku usher
See also List of sumo stables List of sumo elders List of active sumo wrestlers List of past sumo wrestlers List of years in sumo Glossary of sumo terms
References
External links Heya A-Z database