Hanaregoma stable (2021)


Hanaregoma stable, formerly known as Matsugane stable and Nishonoseki stable, is a stable of sumo wrestlers. It was founded in 1990 as Matsugane stable by Wakashimazu who branched out from the Futagoyama stable. It has produced five top makuuchi division wrestlers; , Wakatsutomu, Harunoyama, Shōhōzan and Ichiyamamoto. After the retirement of Harunoyama in November 2006 the stable had no sekitori until Shōhōzan reached the jūryō division in March 2010. As of January 2023 it had 8 wrestlers.
In late 2014, the general consensus among those with connections to the Nishonoseki ichimon was that an ichimon so named without a Nishonoseki stable as its head was a misnomer. In accordance with this general opinion, the oyakata of Matsugane stable, which had absorbed support personnel from the defunct Nishonoseki when it closed, decided to revive the name. He switched his Matsugane elder name with the former Tamarikidō's Nishonoseki elder name, thus allowing him to rename the stable. The former Tamarikidō, now known as Matsugane-oyakata, also joined the newly renamed stable.
In December 2021 the Japan Sumo Association approved the transfer of the stable to Hanaregoma ; the stable changed its name to Hanaregoma stable accordingly. Nishonoseki oyakata swapped elder names with former yokozuna Kisenosato, and became Araiso-oyakata.

Ring name conventions

Some wrestlers at this stable take ring names or shikona that begin with the character 若, meaning young, in deference to their former coach and the stable's founder, the former Wakashimazu.

Owner

  • 2021–present: Hanaregoma Arata
  • 1990–2021:, known as Matsugane from 1990 to 2014 and Nishonoseki from 2014 to 2021

    Notable active wrestlers

  • Ichiyamamoto
  • Shimazuumi

    Coaches

  • Araiso Mutsuo
  • Minatogawa Tadamitsu
  • Matsugane Hideki

    Notable former members

  • Shōhōzan
  • Harunoyama
  • Wakatsutomu

    Referees

  • Shikimori Kindayū
  • Shikimori Shinnosuke

    Ushers

  • Matsuo
  • Satoru

    Hairdressers

  • Tokohira
  • Tokoshima

    Location and access

Chiba prefecture, Funabashi City, Kosaku 4-13-1
10 minute walk from Funabashihōten Station on Musashino Line