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Asakayama stable

浅香山部屋

Asakayama stable is in Midori, Sumida Ward, Tokyo. Its head is Asakayama Hiroyuki, the former ozeki Kaio; ozeki is the second-highest rank. According to Japanese Wikipedia, the stable belongs to the Isegahama ichimon and was founded on 1 February 2014 by Kaio, who branched off from Tomozuna stable. No yokozuna or ozeki is listed for the stable on the Japan Sumo Association stable page or in Japanese Wikipedia. The stable has no sekitori in the Reiwa 8 September tournament rankings (a sekitori is a wrestler in juryo or the top division). Its highest-ranked wrestler there is Kaiseijo, at West Makushita 23.

Address〒130-0021 東京都墨田区緑4-21-1
HeadAsakayama Hiroyuki (former ozeki Kaio)
IchimonIsegahama ichimon (per Japanese Wikipedia)
Founded1 February 2014, by the 15th Asakayama (Kaio), who branched off from Tomozuna stable (per Japanese Wikipedia). An earlier Asakayama stable closed in May 1927, was re-founded in May 1929 and closed again in July 1933 (per Japanese Wikipedia).
Nearest stationKinshicho Station, Sobu Main Line, 12 minutes on foot (per Japanese Wikipedia)

Kaio, who won five championships and 1,047 career wins, founded the stable by branching off from Tomozuna stable; the name Asakayama was revived after 81 years (per Japanese Wikipedia).

Former sekiwake Kaisei, born in Brazil, is an elder of the stable under the name Tomozuna Ichiro.

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