Ōnomatsu stable

Ōnomatsu stable (阿武松部屋, Ōnomatsu-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki ichimon or group of stables. It was founded in its modern form on 1 October 1994 by Masurao Hiroo, who branched off from the now defunct Oshiogawa stable. As of January 2023, the stable had 13 wrestlers.

The stable first wrestler to reach the top makuuchi division was Katayama in 2005. The now retired Wakakōyū reached komusubi in 2012, as did Ōnoshō in 2017. The stable's most successful foreign recruit has been the Russian former maegashira Amūru, who retired in 2018.
In January 2010 the stable, along with the Takanohana, Ōtake and Magaki stable, was forced to leave the Nishonoseki ichimon after former yokozuna Takanohana declared his intention to run as an unofficial candidate in the elections to the Sumo Association's board of directors. The ejected stables formed their own group, which gained ichimon status of its own in 2014.^[1]^[2] This was dissolved in 2018, with the Ōnomatsu, Ōtake and Chiganoura stables briefly forming Ōnomatsu ichimon before aligning themselves once again with the Nishonoseki group. Masurao resigned from the Japan Sumo Association for health reasons on 26 September 2019 and was replaced by the former maegashira Daidō.

On 26 December, the Japan Sumo Association announced the stable recruited Batjargal Choijirsuren, a Mongolian-born Student Yokozuna, and allowed him to use the makushita tsukedashi system and enter his first official tournament at the rank of makushita 15.^[3] Now wrestling under the shikona of Ōnokatsu, he made his competitive debut at the November 2023 tournament.^[4]

Owner

2019–present 13th Ōnomatsu, (shunin, former maegashira Daidō)
1994-2019: 12th Ōnomatsu, former sekiwake Masurao)

Notable active wrestlers

Ōnokatsu (best rank maegashira)
Yūma [ja] (best rank jūryō)

Coach

Shiranui Masaya (iin, former komusubi Wakakōyū)

Notable former members

Wakakōyū (best rank komusubi)
Ōnoshō (best rank komusubi)
Amūru (best rank maegashira)
Daidō (best rank maegashira)
Katayama (best rank maegashira)
Keitenkai [ja] (best rank jūryō)

Usher

Jin (jonokuchi yobidashi, real name Jin Sekimoto)

Hairdresser

Tokotaka (1st class tokoyama)
Tokoyū (4th class tokoyama)

Location and access

Chiba prefecture, Narashino city, Saginuma 5-5-14
10 minutes from Makuharihongō Station on Sōbu Main Line and Keisei Chiba Line

References

^ "Takanohana speaks out after six supporters kicked out of sumo faction". Mainichi Daily News. 20 January 2010. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ "Takanohana group certified as ichimon". Nikkan Sports. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
^ "学生横綱・チョイジルスレンが阿武松部屋入り　臨時理事会で幕下15枚目格付け出し資格承認". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). 26 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
^ "昨年の学生横綱チョイジルスレンのしこ名は「阿武剋」　幕下１５枚目格付け出しで今場所が初土俵…師匠「将来を背負えるように」". Sports Hochi (in Japanese). 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

External links

Official site (in Japanese)
Japan Sumo Association profile

35°40′14″N 140°02′05″E / 35.6705°N 140.0348°E / 35.6705; 140.0348

[1] "Takanohana speaks out after six supporters kicked out of sumo faction". Mainichi Daily News. 20 January 2010. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[2] "Takanohana group certified as ichimon". Nikkan Sports. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2015.

[3] "学生横綱・チョイジルスレンが阿武松部屋入り　臨時理事会で幕下15枚目格付け出し資格承認". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). 26 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.

[4] "昨年の学生横綱チョイジルスレンのしこ名は「阿武剋」　幕下１５枚目格付け出しで今場所が初土俵…師匠「将来を背負えるように」". Sports Hochi (in Japanese). 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]