Dewanoumi Stable

Dewanoumi stable (出羽海部屋, Dewanoumi-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi ichimon or group of stables. It has a long, prestigious history. Its current head coach is former maegashira Oginohana.

As of January 2023 it has 19 wrestlers.

## **History**

The stable's rise to prominence was due to the 19th yokozuna Hitachiyama, who transformed it from a minor stable when he joined sumo into a powerful recruiting house when he retired in 1914 and became its head coach. Under his leadership the stable produced three yokozuna, Onishiki, Tochigiyama and Tsunenohana, ozeki Kyushuzan, Tsushimanada, Onosato, and Hitachiiwa, and 20 other top division wrestlers. At its peak the stable contained over 200 wrestlers, and Hitachiyama's refusal to allow any of his disciples to break away and form new stables when they retired ensured its dominance remained after his death in 1922 at the age of 48.

During World War II, the stable was burned down in the air raids. Thus, Dewanoumi rented the unburned Kasugano stable and continued their practice and activities there until the stable was rebuilt.

Tsuneohana was the rijicho, or head of the Japan Sumo Association from 1944 to 1957, and every subsequent head from 1968 to 1998, including ex-Dewanohana Kuniichi and the 50th yokozuna Sadanoyama, was a member of the Dewanoumi ichimon. The 57th yokozuna Mienoumi was the first Dewanoumi stable member to be permitted to branch out and open a new stable, which he did in 1981 with Musashigawa stable. (A previous yokozuna from the stable, Chiyonoyama, had been thrown out of the Dewanoumi ichimon in 1967 after setting up Kokonoe stable). Long time head Sadanoyama stood down in 1996, passing control over to ex-sekiwake Washuyama.

The demotion of Futeno to the makushita division in July 2010 left the stable without any sekitori (wrestlers in the salaried divisions) for the first time since 1898. This continued until Dewahayate was promoted to the juryo division for the November 2014 tournament (in which he managed only five wins and was immediately demoted). In January 2015 the stable saw ex-maegashira Towanoyama announce his retirement, leaving Dewaotori and the 44-year-old Dewanosato, with four tournaments in juryo between them, as the only other wrestlers apart from Dewahayate with any sekitori experience. However shortly afterwards the stable recruited former amateur yokozuna Mitakeumi who quickly made juryo in July 2015 and the top makuuchi division in January 2016. In July 2017 he became the first member of the stable to reach sekiwake rank since 1982, and in July 2018 the first to win a top division championship for the stable since Mienoumi in 1980.

Dewanoumi stable is the oldest existing sumo stable. The room for the sekitori is on the 3rd floor, and the room for the lower ranked rikishi is on the 4th floor. The building is generally large.

## **Ring Name Conventions**

Many wrestlers at this stable take ring names or shikona that begin with the characters 出羽 (read: dewa), which are taken from the first two characters of the stable's name.

## **Owners**

* 2014-present: 11th Dewanoumi Akikazu (riji, former maegashira Oginohana)
* 1996-2014: 10th Dewanoumi Yoshikazu (former sekiwake Washuyama)
* 1968-1996: 9th Dewanoumi Tomotaka (the 50th yokozuna Sadanoyama)
* 1960-1968: 8th Dewanoumi Yoshihide (former maegashira Dewanohana)
* 1949-1960: 7th Dewanoumi Hidemitsu (the 31st yokozuna Tsunenohana)
* 1923-1949: 6th Dewanoumi Kajinosuke (former komusubi Ryogoku)
* 1914-1923: 5th Dewanoumi Taniemon (the 19th yokozuna Hitachiyama)
* 1890-1914: 4th Dewanoumi Unemon (former maegashira Hitachiyama)
* c. 1862-1890: 3rd Dewanoumi (former makushita Katsuragawa)

## **Coaches**

* Nakadachi Yasutoshi (iin, former komusubi Oginishiki)
* Takasaki Ryusui (iin, former maegashira Kinkaiyama)

## **Notable Active Wrestlers**

* Mitakeumi (best rank ozeki)
* Kairyu (best rank makushita)
* Dewanoryu (best rank makushita)
* Dewanojo (best rank makushita)

## **Notable Former Wrestlers**

### **Yokozuna**

* Tsunenohana (the 31st yokozuna)
* Kitanofuji (the 52nd yokozuna) - *transferred to Kokonoe stable*
* Tochigiyama (the 27th yokozuna)
* Hitachiyama (the 19th yokozuna)
* Sadanoyama (the 50th yokozuna)
* Chiyonoyama (the 41st yokozuna)
* Onishiki (the 26th yokozuna)
* Mienoumi (the 57th yokozuna)
* Musashiyama (the 33rd yokozuna)
* Akinoumi (the 37th yokozuna)

### **Ozeki**

* Masuiyama (former ozeki)
* Hitachiiwa (former ozeki)
* Onosato (former ozeki)
* Shionoumi (former ozeki)
* Itsutsushima (former ozeki)
* Tsushimanada (former ozeki)

### **Sekiwake**

* Yamanishiki (former sekiwake)
* Dewaminato (former sekiwake)
* Dewanishiki (former sekiwake)
* Dewanohana (former sekiwake)
* Fukunohana (former sekiwake)
* Kainoyama (former sekiwake) - *transferred from Onogawa stable*
* Washuyama (former sekiwake)
* Hajimayama (former sekiwake)
* Oginohana (former sekiwake)
* Kitaseumi (former sekiwake) - *transferred to Kokonoe stable before sekitori status*
* Ayanobori (former sekiwake)
* Sagamigawa (former sekiwake)
* Toyoshima (former sekiwake)
* Kasagiyama (former sekiwake)
* Dewagatake (former sekiwake)

### **Komusubi**

* Onishiki (former komusubi)
* Oginishiki (former komusubi)
* Ohikari (former komusubi)
* Ryogoku (former komusubi)
* Mainoumi (former komusubi)
* Sadanoumi (former komusubi)
* Sakuranishiki (former komusubi)
* Futeno (former komusubi)
* Otachi (former komusubi)
* Itsutsuumi (former komusubi)
* Kyushuzan (former komusubi)
* Kanenohana (former komusubi)

### **Maegashira**

* Kushimaumi (former maegashira)
* Yoshinohana (former maegashira)
* Yakatayama (former maegashira)
* Tsunenishiki (former maegashira)
* Dewaminato (former maegashira)
* Tsunenoyama (former maegashira)
* Misogidori (former maegashira) - *transferred to Kokonoe stable*
* Ryuozan (former maegashira)
* Oginohana (former maegashira)
* Matsunosato (former maegashira)
* Fukudayama (former maegashira)
* Yoshinotani (former maegashira)
* Ayawaka (former maegashira)
* Chiyozakura (former maegashira) - *transferred to Kokonoe stable before sekitori status*
* Yoshinoiwa (former maegashira)
* Ryukozan (former maegashira)
* Kinkaiyama (former maegashira)
* Mutsunosato (former maegashira)
* Kitanohana (former maegashira)
* Tominishiki (former maegashira)
* Itsutsunada (former maegashira)
* Matsumaeyama (former maegashira) - *transferred to Kokonoe stable*
* Shikainami (former maegashira)
* Yoshiiyama (former maegashira)
* Bochozan (former maegashira)
* Tsunenoyama (former maegashira)
* Dewanohana (former maegashira)
* Yamatoiwa (former maegashira)
* Towanoyama (former maegashira)
* Surugaumi (former maegashira)
* Takenosato (former maegashira)
* Dewaarashi (former maegashira)
* Miyagiumi (former maegashira)
* Datenohana (former maegashira)
* Hiranoto (former maegashira)
* Hideminato (former maegashira)
* Toyonishiki (former maegashira)
* Ichiwatari (former maegashira)
* Nachinoyama (former maegashira)

### **Juryo**

* Ryumon (former juryo)
* Akihikari (former juryo)
* Dewanokuni (former juryo)
* Dewataira (former juryo)
* Ryushoyama (former juryo) - *transferred from Onogawa stable*
* Dewanoshima (former juryo)
* Chiyonoumi (former juryo) - *transferred to Kokonoe stable before sekitori status*
* Dewanofuji (former juryo)
* Dewahayate (former juryo)
* Dewaotori (former juryo)
* Akashiumi (former juryo)
* Daikanyama (former juryo)
* Tsunenoyama (former juryo)
* Fukuryudake (former juryo)
* Tsunenomatsu (former juryo)
* Dewanosato (former juryo)
* Datenishiki (former juryo)
* Banryunada (former juryo)

### **Lower Divisions**

* Kihonoumi (former makushita)
* Fukunohana (former makushita)
* Ozakiumi (former makushita)
* Fujinoumi (former makushita)
* Dewahikari (former sandanme)
* Fujinohana (former sandanme)
* Kojika (former sandanme)
* Shu (former jonidan)
* Iinoumi (former jonokuchi)

## **Other personnel**

* Fukuryudake Shigeo (sewanin, former juryo)

## **Website**

* Dewanoumi stable's website [1]
* Dewanoumi stable's Facebook [2]