(1935–2013) was a sumo stable of the Nishonoseki group.

It first appeared in the late eighteenth century and was re-established in 1935 by the 32nd Tamanishiki while still active. The former Saganohana produced the stable's greatest wrestler, Taihō, who won a record for the time of 32 or tournament championships between 1961 and 1971. The stable's last head coach, Kongō, took charge in 1976, when he was adopted by the widow of the previous head. He was also on the board of directors of the Japan Sumo Association.

The stable's fortunes declined in later years. It had no wrestlers after the retirement of Daizen in 2003 and at the end had just three active wrestlers, all in or below (and one of whom, Kasachikara, was 41 years old, and the second oldest active wrestler in sumo). The naturalisation of a Chinese born rikishi, Ryūtei, opened up another spot in the stable for a foreigner, and a Mongolian wrestler was recruited in March 2010, Kengo, but he retired in May 2011 having missed several tournaments due to suffering a traumatic brain injury.

In February 2010 general affairs manager Yoshiyuki Inoguchi, a former wrestler for the stable from 1975 to 1993 under the of Nijodake, was found hanged in an apparent suicide.

The stable closed after the January 2013 tournament, due to the ill health of the stablemaster at the time and the lack of a suitable successor to him at the time. All three of its wrestlers retired, with the rest of the personnel (except Fujigane-oyakata) moving to Matsugane stable.

The name of the stable was written in three-storey-high characters down the front of the building. It has since been demolished to make way for apartment blocks. But was later reformed in 2021 after an 8-year dormancy Nishonoseki stable (2021) in a new place and location.

Owners 1976–2013: 10th Nishonoseki ( Kongō Masahiro) 1975–1976: 9th Nishonoseki ( Tokachiiwa Yutaka) 1952–1975: 8th Nishonoseki ( Saganohana Katsumi) 1938–1952: 7th Nishonoseki ( Tamanoumi Umekichi) 1935–1938: 6th Nishonoseki (32nd Tamanishiki San'emon)

Coaches Kitajin ( Kirinji) Minatogawa ( Daitetsu) Fujigane ( Daizen)

Notable members Taihō (48th ) Daikirin () Saganohana () Rikidōzan () Tamanoumi () Kongō () Kamikaze () Hasegawa / Junzo Kamiwaka / Yoshinosato

Referee Shinnosuke Shikimori (Hiromitsu Oshida) - referee

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 Japan Sumo Association profile Japan Sumo Association profile Heya A-Z database