Minezaki stable

Minezaki stable (峰崎部屋, Minezaki-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki ichimon or group of stables. It was founded in December 1988 by Misugiiso, who branched off from the Hanaregoma stable and enrolled his younger brother as a wrestler. As of January 2020 it had 11 wrestlers. It is located in the Nerima ward of Tokyo. After the May 2012 tournament it absorbed Hanakago stable, run by former Sekiwake Daijuyama, who became an assistant coach. The stable has yet to produce a sekitori wrestler on its own, but inherited Arawashi, previously of Hanakago and before that Araiso stable, who first reached jūryō in July 2011. Minezaki stable already had a Mongolian wrestler, Torugawa, but was allowed to take another foreigner because of the merger. Hanakago stable's Ryukiyama from South Korea was allowed to transfer for the same reason.

In March 2018 it emerged that a junior wrestler at the stable had been the victim of physical assault by a more senior wrestler and retired as a result.[1] The incidents were not reported to Minezaki Oyakata at the time and he found out only after the victim's father sent him a letter saying his son was beaten four times at the stable between September 2017 and January 2018.[2] The wrestler who allegedly carried out the assault was given a one tournament suspension by the Japan Sumo Association on March 29 and Minezaki Oyakata was given a 10% salary reduction for two months.[3]

The demotion of Arawashi to makushita in July 2019 and subsequent retirement in January 2020 left the stable with no sekitori. It is reportedly set to close in 2021 when Minezaki Oyakata reaches the mandatory retirement age of 65.[4]

Owner

Notable active wrestlers
  • None

Former wrestlers

Coach

Referees
  • Kimura Ginjirō (makuuchi gyōji, real name Noriyuki Itoi)
  • Kimura Mitsunosuke (jūryō gyōji, real name Makoto Kawahara)
  • Kimura Kazuma (makushita gyoji, real name Kazuma Okada)

Ushers
  • Hiroyuki (jūryō yobidashi, real name Hiroyuki Kon)
  • Masao (jūryō yobidashi, real name Noriyuki Ōtaka)

Hairdresser

Location and Access

Tokyo, Nerima Ward, Tagara 2-20-3
Nearest station: Chikatetsu Akatsuka Station on the Yūrakuchō Line

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See also

References
  1. "峰崎部屋で暴力事件！日馬暴力事件発覚後にも…相撲協会が発表" (in Japanese). Sponichi. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  2. "Sumo association reveals two fresh cases of physical abuse among wrestlers". Japan Times. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  3. "貴乃花親方２階級降格で年寄に　３カ月で月給半額" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  4. "三重）「最終年に稽古場開けず残念」峰崎親方が桑名訪問". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 30 June 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

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