Izutsu stable
The is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tokitsukaze "ichimon" or group of stables. It was established in 1974 by former "maegashira" Hoshikabuto, who branched off from Izutsu stable. Former "ōzeki" Kirishima became the current head coach in December 1997. It absorbed Tatsutagawa stable in November 2000 upon the retirement of the stablemaster there. It lost four top members in April 2011 (Hakuba, Toyozakura, Jūmonji and Kirinowaka), who were forced to retire after being found guilty of match-fixing. The retirement of Ryūhō in 2012 left it with no "sekitori" until Kiribayama reached the "jūryō" division in 2019. Kiribayama reached the top "makuuchi" division in January 2020, the first for the stable since Hakuba in 2008.