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Kumagatani stable

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According to Japanese Wikipedia, Kumagatani stable was dissolved after the May 1996 tournament, and its two remaining wrestlers moved to Tatsunami stable. It closed when its head, the 12th Kumagatani, reached mandatory retirement age. According to Japanese Wikipedia, he had split off from Tomozuna stable in May 1978 and founded the stable again; an earlier Kumagatani stable had closed in January 1957. No yokozuna (the highest rank in sumo) or ozeki (the second-highest rank) is listed for the stable in Japanese Wikipedia.

HeadLast head: 12th Kumagatani Yasusuke, former ring name Yoshinomine Motoshi, born in Aomori; highest rank East maegashira 8 (September 1958). Earlier head from 1960: 10th Kumagatani Yoshiyuki, former ozeki Mitsuneyama Takashi (per Japanese Wikipedia)
IchimonIsegahama ichimon, for the stable up to its closure in 1957; no page opened states the ichimon of the 1978-1996 stable (per Japanese Wikipedia)
FoundedFirst founded in the Meiji era (year not stated) by Aratama Tatsunosuke, who took the 8th Kumagatani name; the 9th head, Shikishima Inosuke, held it until his death in January 1957, when it closed. Former ozeki Mitsuneyama took the 10th Kumagatani name after retiring in January 1960; in May 1961 he took the Takashima name and the stable became the new Takashima stable. In May 1978 the 12th head, Yoshinomine, split off from Tomozuna stable and founded Kumagatani stable again; it closed after the May 1996 tournament (per Japanese Wikipedia)

According to Japanese Wikipedia, in May 1978 the 12th Kumagatani split off from Tomozuna stable and founded Kumagatani stable, which drew attention as a very small stable of one master and one disciple.

According to Japanese Wikipedia, former ozeki Mitsuneyama took the 10th Kumagatani name after retiring in January 1960, and the stable became the new Takashima stable in May 1961.

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