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Kagamiyama stable

Kagamiyama stable (鏡山部屋, Kagamiyama-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tokitsukaze ichimon or group of stables. It was set up in November 1970 by former yokozuna Kashiwado, who branched off from the Isenoumi stable. Upon his death in December 1996 the stable passed to his protegé, former sekiwake Tagaryū. As of January 2017 it had two wrestlers, one of them Tagaryū's son, making it the smallest active stable.

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Ring name conventions

Many wrestlers at this stable take ring names or shikona that include the character 竜 (read: ryū), in deference to their coach and the stable's owner, the former Tagaryū.

Owners

  • 1996-present: 8th Kagamiyama Shōji (riji, former sekiwake Tagaryū)
  • 1970-1996: 7th Kagamiyama Tsuyoshi (Kashiwado, the 47th yokozuna)

    • Notable active wrestlers

  • Kagamiō (best rank maegashira)

    • Coach

  • Katsunoura Toshirō (shunin, former maegashira Kirinishiki)

    • Notable former members

  • Konuma (former maegashira)
  • Zaōnishiki (former maegashira)

    • Assistant

  • Hakuryū (wakaimonogashira, former jūryō, real name Hiroshi Ōnuma)

    • Location and access

    Tokyo, Katsushika Ward, Shin-Koiwa 3-28-21
    15 minute walk from Shin-Koiwa Station on Sōbu Line

    References

    Kagamiyama stable Wikipedia
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