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Hanakago stable

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Hanakago stable no longer exists under this name: according to Japanese Wikipedia, the third Hanakago stable (1992-2012) was absorbed into Minezaki stable on 24 May 2012, and it is not in the list of 45 current stables as of 16 October 2026. According to Japanese Wikipedia, its last head was the 15th Hanakago, former sekiwake Taijuzan, and it belonged to the Nishinoseki ichimon. Earlier Hanakago stables closed in 1947 and 1985. According to Japanese Wikipedia, the yokozuna Wakanohana Kanji I and Wajima Hiroshi and the ozeki Kaiketsu Masateru belonged to the 1953-1985 stable. The yokozuna is the highest rank in sumo; the ozeki is the second-highest rank.

Head15th Hanakago (Hanakago Tadaaki), former sekiwake Taijuzan; last head of the 1992-2012 stable (per Japanese Wikipedia)
IchimonNishinoseki ichimon (per Japanese Wikipedia)
FoundedFounded in 1929 by the 9th Hanakago, former komusubi Misugiiso, in Ryogoku, branching from Isenoumi stable; closed in November 1947. A second stable was founded in 1952 by the 8th Shibatayama (former maegashira Onoumi) as Shibatayama stable and renamed Hanakago in May 1953; closed in 1985. Refounded in October 1992 by the 15th Hanakago (Taijuzan) in Uenohara, Yamanashi; moved to Sumida ward, Tokyo in December 1996; absorbed into Minezaki stable in 2012 (per Japanese Wikipedia)

According to Japanese Wikipedia, in May 1956 Wakanohana won his first championship in a playoff, the first time the championship flag was carried away from Ryogoku to the Yamanote side.

According to Japanese Wikipedia, from September 1961 to January 1962 the stable had seven active makuuchi wrestlers, known as the Hanakago Nanawaka.

Wrestlers