Michinoku 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. After the death of Izutsu Oyakata in September 2019, all personnel from Izutsu stable moved to Michinoku on 1 October 2019. This expanded the stable to 15 wrestlers, the most senior of whom was "yokozuna" Kakuryū, who retired in March 2021. As of January 2022, it had 15 wrestlers. Ring name conventions. In the past wrestlers at this stable took ring names or "shikona" that began with the character 星 (read: hoshi), meaning star, in deference to two of their  former owners, but many now use 霧 (read: kiri), meaning fog or mist, after the current owner Kirishima, such as Kiribayama, Kirinoryu and Kirinofuji. Location and access. Tokyo, Sumida Ward, Ryōgoku 1-18-7 1 minute walk from Ryōgoku Station on Sōbu Line