Kagamiyama stable (鏡山部屋, Kagamiyama-beya) was a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tokitsukaze ichimon or group of stables. It was set up in November 1970 by former yokozuna Kashiwado, who branched off from the Isenoumi stable. Upon his death in December 1996 the stable passed to his protégé, former sekiwake Tagaryū. For many years it had just two wrestlers, one of them Tagaryū's son Ryūsei, making it the smallest active stable. It was decided at a Japan Sumo Association board meeting on July 21, 2021 that it would close immediately with all its personnel transferring to Isenoumi stable.[1]
Ring name conventions
editMany wrestlers at this stable have taken ring names or shikona that include the character 竜 (read: ryū), meaning dragon, in deference to their coach and the stable's owner, the former Tagaryū.
Owners
edit- 1996–2021: 8th Kagamiyama Shōji (riji, former sekiwake Tagaryū)
- 1970-1996: 7th Kagamiyama Tsuyoshi (Kashiwado, the 47th yokozuna)
Coach
edit- Katsunoura Toshirō (iin, former maegashira Kirinishiki)
Notable former members
edit- Kirinishiki (former maegashira)
- Konuma (former maegashira)
- Zaōnishiki (former maegashira)
Location and access
editTokyo, Katsushika Ward, Shin-Koiwa 3-28-21
15 minute walk from Shin-Koiwa Station on Sōbu Line
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "鏡山部屋を閉鎖、全員が伊勢ノ海部屋へ転属 安全管理委員会の設置も決定 (Kagamiyama stable closed, all members transferred to Isenoumi stable)". Nikkan Sports. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
External links
edit- Japan Sumo Association profile
- Twitter Page (in Japanese)