Tagonoura stable (2013)

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Tagonoura stable (田子ノ浦部屋, Tagonoura-beya), formerly Naruto stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki group of stables.

The stable was established on 1 February 1989 by former yokozuna Takanosato Toshihide. The stable's first sekitori was Rikio in 1994. Three more, Wakanosato, Takanowaka and Kisenosato, have reached sekiwake rank. Naruto died suddenly on 7 November 2011. The stable's current master, former maegashira Takanotsuru, changed to the Tagonoura toshiyori in December 2013 and renamed the stable accordingly. Upon changing the stable name, the stable was also moved to the Ryōgoku area from Matsudo, Chiba. It has no connection to the defunct Tagonoura stable established by the late Kushimaumi.

Ring name conventions

Many wrestlers at this stable have taken ring names or shikona that end with the character 里 (read: sato), in deference to their coach and the stable's owner, the deceased former Takanosato. Many wrestlers from this stable also take shikona that begin with the character 碧 (read: aoi), meaning blue.

Owners

• 2011-present: 16th Tagonoura: (shunin, former maegashira Takanotsuru)
• 1989-2011: 13th Naruto: (the 59th yokozuna Takanosato)

Notable active wrestlers

See also: sekitori

• Kisenosato Yutaka (best rank ōzeki)
• Takayasu Akira (best rank komusubi)

Notable former members

• Takanoyama Shuntarō (best rank maegashira)
• Wakanosato Shinobu (best rank sekiwake)

Referees

• Kimura Takao (jūryō gyōji, real name Keiichirō Shigeyama)
• Kimura Takanosuke (makushita gyōji, real name Satoru Ishimaru)

Usher

• Mitsuaki (jūryō yobidashi, real name Mitsuaki Kanai)

Hairdresser

• Tokonaru (2nd class tokoyama)

See also

• Naruto-oyakata
• List of sumo stables
• List of active sumo wrestlers
• List of past sumo wrestlers
• Glossary of sumo terms

External links

• Official site (Japanese)
• Japan Sumo Association profile