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Takashima stable

高島部屋

According to Japanese Wikipedia, Takashima stable closed in June 2011 and no longer exists under this name; its head and staff moved to Kasugayama stable. The last registered wrestler retired on 17 June 2011 and left no registered members; the stable was not merged into another. According to Japanese Wikipedia, its last head was the 13th Takashima, and it belonged to the Tatsunami ichimon. It had closed once before, after the September 1982 tournament, and was revived in May 1993 as a branch of Kumagaya stable. It produced the yokozuna (the highest rank in sumo) Yoshibayama and the ozeki (the second-highest rank) Mitsuneyama and Daiju.

Head13th Takashima (Takashima Daizo), former ring name Koboyama (Koboyama Daizo), highest rank sekiwake (per Japanese Wikipedia)
IchimonTatsunami ichimon (per Japanese Wikipedia)
FoundedThe Takashima name lineage was founded in 1922 by the 8th Takashima (former maegashira Hachikozan Junji); in May 1961 the 10th head Mitsuneyama took the Takashima name and the stable name Takashima; the stable closed after the September 1982 tournament, was revived in May 1993 by the 13th head Koboyama as a branch of Kumagaya stable, and closed in June 2011 (per Japanese Wikipedia)

According to Japanese Wikipedia, yokozuna Yoshibayama later founded Miyagino stable and ozeki Mitsuneyama founded Kumagaya stable.

According to Japanese Wikipedia, the 10th head trained ozeki Daiju Hisateru and sekiwake Koboyama.

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