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Sadogatake stable

Sadogatake stable (佐渡ヶ嶽部屋, Sadogatake-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. In its modern form it dates from September 1955, when it was set up by former komusubi Kotonishiki Noboru. Former yokozuna Kotozakura took over the running of the stable in 1974 following Kotonishiki's death. Over the next thirty years the stable produced a string of top division wrestlers. Kotozakura stood down in November 2005, handing the stable over to his son-in-law, former sekiwake Kotonowaka. As of November 2013, it had 36 sumo wrestlers. In August 2007 it became the first stable since Musashigawa stable in 2001 to have two wrestlers ranked at ōzeki simultaneously. The stable is located in Matsudo, Chiba prefecture.

Contents

Ring name conventions

Virtually all wrestlers at this stable take ring names or shikona that begin with the character 琴 (read: koto), in deference to the founder, Kotonishiki, and the owners who followed him.

Owners

  • 2005-present: 13th Sadogatake (iin, former sekiwake Kotonowaka)
  • 1974-2005: 12th Sadogatake (the 53rd yokozuna, Kotozakura)
  • 1955-1974: 11th Sadogatake (former komusubi Kotonishiki)

    • Notable active wrestlers

  • Kotoshōgiku (best rank ōzeki)
  • Kotoyūki (best rank sekiwake)
  • Kotoeko (best rank jūryō)

    • Coaches

  • Kumegawa Yoshikiro (iin, former komusubi Kotoinazuma)
  • Shiratama Katsuyuki (iin, former maegashira Kototsubaki)
  • Hamakaze Hideaki (iin, former maegashira Gojōrō)
  • Naruto Katsunori (iin taigu toshiyori, former ōzeki Kotoōshū)

    • Assistant

  • Kotochitose (wakaimonogashira, former maegashira, real name Minoru Yamamoto )

    • Notable former members

  • Kotogahama (former ōzeki)
  • Kotokaze (former ōzeki)
  • Kotomitsuki (former ōzeki)
  • Kotoōshū (former ōzeki)
  • Kotogaume (former sekiwake)
  • Hasegawa (former sekiwake)
  • Kotonishiki (former sekiwake)
  • Kotonowaka (former sekiwake)

    • Referees

  • Shikimori Kinosuke (sandanme gyōji, real name Kazuki Ikegami)
  • Shikimori Shihō (sandanme gyōji, real name Hitoshi Fukuda)

    • Ushers

  • Kotozō (makuuchi yobidashi, real name Tsuyoshi Tsuma)
  • Kotoyoshi (makuuchi yobidashi, real name Masaki Takahashi)

    • Hairdresser

  • Tokosado (special class tokoyama)
  • Tokoazuma (5th class tokoyama)

    • Location and access

    Chiba prefecture, Matsudo City, Kushizaki Minamicho 39
    7 minute walk from Matsuhidai Station on the Hokusō Line

    References

    Sadogatake stable Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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