Kokonoe stable
History. Former "yokozuna" Chiyonoyama of Dewanoumi stable had wanted to succeed to the Dewanoumi name, but the then Dewanoumi stablemaster (former wrestler Dewanohana) had already decided to pass the name to former "yokozuna" Sadanoyama. Accordingly, in January 1967, he set up his own stable, taking with him, amongst others, then "ōzeki" Kitanofuji and attaching the new stable to the Takasago group of stables. After Chiyonoyama died in 1977, Kitanofuji, who had already revived Izutsu stable, became the 11th Kokonoe-"oyakata", merging his stable with Kokonoe's and giving up the Izutzu elder name. He raised Chiyonofuji, then a "makuuchi  wrestler, to the great yokozuna" he became. Later he also saw Hokutoumi become a "yokozuna". Takanofuji and Fujinoshin also reached the top division. In 1992, the year after Chiyonofuji retired from the ring, Kitanofuji handed over the stable to him. Chiyonofuji and Kitanofuji swapped names, Chiyonofuji becoming Kokonoe-"oyakata" and gaining control of the stable, whilst Kitanofuji became Jinmaku-"oyakata", attached to Hakkaku stable, set up by the former Hokutoumi in 1993. In the early 1990s Kokonoe stable was one of the largest in sumo but had only one "sekitori", Tomoefuji. Kokonoe eventually produced Chiyotenzan, briefly a "komusubi" in 1999, and long  serving "ōzeki" Chiyotaikai (1999–2009), his most successful wrestler. Following the retirements of Chiyotaikai in January 2010 and Chiyohakuhō in April 2011, the stable had no "sekitori" for a short time, but Chiyonokuni reached "jūryō" in July 2011 and the top division in January 2012. Chiyotairyū followed afterwards and reached "makuuchi" in May 2012. By March 2014, Kokonoe stable was one of the most successful stables in sumo, with three men (Chiyotairyū, Chiyoōtori and Chiyomaru) in the top division and two (Chiyonokuni and Chiyono-ō) in "jūryō". In January 2016 the stable moved up to six "sekitori" with the promotion of  Chiyoshōma, the most of any stable. As of September 2020 it remains at six, now level with Kise and one behind new leader Oitekaze. Chiyonofuji died in July 2016. Sanoyama-"oyakata" (the former Chiyotaikai) succeeded him as the Kokonoe stablemaster. In February 2021 the stable moved to new premises in Okudo, Katsushika ward. Ring name conventions. Traditionally many wrestlers at this stable, often on reaching the "sandanme" division, take ring names or "shikona" that begin with the characters 千代 (read: chiyo), meaning "a thousand generations", in deference to the founder, Chiyonoyama and also his later successor Chiyonofuji. As of March 2018 , all wrestlers at the stable, including those in the bottom two divisions, have this prefix. Location and access. Tokyo, Katsushika ward, Okudo