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Ajigawa stable

安治川部屋

Ajigawa stable is in Ishijima, Koto-ku, Tokyo. Its head is Ajigawa Ryuji, the former sekiwake Aminishiki. According to Japanese Wikipedia, the stable belongs to the Isegahama ichimon and was re-established on 1 December 2022. On the September 2026 banzuke it has one sekitori, a wrestler in juryo or the top division: Aonishiki Arata, who is East Ozeki. Ozeki is the second-highest rank. The Japan Sumo Association lists the stable's other wrestlers in makushita and below.

Address〒135-0014 東京都江東区石島4-1
HeadAjigawa Ryuji (8th Ajigawa), former shikona Aminishiki Ryuji; highest rank as an active wrestler: sekiwake (East Sekiwake)
IchimonIsegahama (per Japanese Wikipedia)
FoundedRe-established as a newly established stable on 1 December 2022 by the 8th Ajigawa, former sekiwake Aminishiki, who branched off from Isegahama stable with one apprentice, his nephew (per Japanese Wikipedia). The new building at Ishijima, Koto-ku opened on 16 June 2023 (per Japanese Wikipedia)
Nearest stationKikugawa station (Toei Shinjuku Line), 12 minutes on foot; Kiyosumi-shirakawa station (Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line, exit B2), 12 minutes on foot (per Japanese Wikipedia)
Morning practiceThe stable's site has no public statement that visitors may watch morning practice at the Tokyo stable. Its supporters' association lists viewing the stable's practice among its activities.
Visiting · The stable's site gives no days, times, fee for outsiders or visitor rules for watching morning practice at the Tokyo stable. The supporters' association (annual fee 20,000 yen for an individual general member, 50,000 yen for an individual VIP member; joining is open at any time) lists viewing the stable's practice among its activities.

Aonishiki Arata, born in Ukraine, was the stable's first sekitori, new in juryo for the November 2024 tournament.

He won the stable's first top-division championship at the November 2025 Kyushu tournament.

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