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Dewanoumi stable

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Dewanoumi stable is at Ryogoku 2-3-15, Sumida ward, Tokyo. Its head is the 11th Dewanoumi, formerly the wrestler Oginohana, who reached maegashira 2 and is also a director of the Japan Sumo Association. The stable was opened around the end of the Kansei era, about 1800, by the 1st Dewanoumi. According to Japanese Wikipedia, it belongs to the Dewanoumi ichimon, was re-founded in 1862, and its list of yokozuna (the highest rank in sumo) and ozeki includes nine yokozuna and nine ozeki, among them Hitachiyama, the 19th yokozuna. In September 2026 it had two sekitori (wrestlers in juryo or the top division), both in juryo.

Address〒130-0026 東京都墨田区両国2-3-15
Head11th Dewanoumi, former shikona Oginohana (小城乃花); highest rank as an active wrestler: maegashira 2; also a director of the Japan Sumo Association
IchimonDewanoumi ichimon; the stable is its head house, which has 13 stables (per Japanese Wikipedia)
FoundedOpened at the end of the Kansei era (about 1800) by Dewanoumi Kinzo, the 1st Dewanoumi; closed in 1808; re-founded in 1862 by the 3rd Dewanoumi, Katsuragawa Tatsukichi (per Japanese Wikipedia)
Nearest stationJR Sobu Line Ryogoku Station, 7 minutes on foot (per Japanese Wikipedia)
Morning practiceNot open to the general public. Only members of the supporters' association and people introduced by them are accepted, and even then photography with smartphones etc. is prohibited. No days, times, fee or application method are stated. Based on an official notice of June 2023.
Visiting · Practice is not open to the general public; only supporters' association members and people introduced by them are accepted, and photography with smartphones etc. is prohibited. No days, times, fee or application method are stated (official notice, June 2023).

In January and March 1931, wrestlers of the stable filled 20 places on one side of the top-division banzuke, according to the stable's official history.

According to Japanese Wikipedia, from the January 1917 to the May 1921 tournament its wrestlers won ten consecutive top-division championships, a record that still stands.

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