Dewanoumi stable
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, Ōnishiki, Tochigiyama and Tsunenohana, "ozeki" Kyushuzan, Tsushimanada, Ōnosato, 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. 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" Washūyama. The demotion of Futenō 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 was promoted to the "jūryō" 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 and the 44-year-old , with four tournaments in "jūryō" 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 "jūryō" 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. And in January 2022 won the Basho and reached Ozeki People. 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. Location and Access. Tokyo, Sumida Ward, Ryōgoku 2-3-15 7 minute walk from Ryōgoku Station on Sōbu Line