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Irumagawa stable

Irumagawa stable (入間川部屋, Irumagawa-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi ichimon or group of stables. It was set up in January 1993 by former sekiwake Tochitsukasa, who branched off from Kasugano stable. As of January 2017 it had eleven wrestlers.

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Ring name conventions

Many wrestlers at this stable take ring names or shikona that end with the character 司　(read: tsukasa), in deference to their coach and the stable's owner, the former Tochitsukasa.

Owner

  • 1993-present: 16th Irumagawa Tetsuo (iin, former sekiwake Tochitsukasa)

    • Notable active wrestlers

  • Sagatsukasa (best rank maegashira)

    • Coach

  • Wakafuji Nobuhide (shunin, former maegashira Ōtsukasa)

    • Notable former wrestlers

  • Masatsukasa (former maegashira)
  • Ōtsukasa (former maegashira)
  • Yōtsukasa (former maegashira)

    • Hairdresser

  • Tokokuwa (second class tokoyama)

    • Location

    Hachiouji 3-32-12, Saitama City, Saitama

    References

    Irumagawa stable Wikipedia
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