Shikoroyama stable

Stable of sumo wrestlers in Japan

Shikoroyama stable (錣山部屋, Shikoroyama beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, formerly part of the Tokitsukaze ichimon or group of stables. It was established in its current form in February 2004 by former sekiwake Terao Tsunefumi, who branched off from the Izutsu stable. He did not take any established wrestlers with him, recruiting all the wrestlers himself instead. In December 2017 Shikoroyama-oyakata left the Tokitsukaze group along with Tatsutagawa-oyakata (former komusubi Hōmashō) and Minato-oyakata (former maegashira Minatofuji), announcing that he would not join any other ichimon but would support Takanohana in the January 2018 elections to the board of the Japan Sumo Association.^[1] In September 2018 the stable joined the Nishonoseki group. As of January 2023, the stable had 16 wrestlers.

Hamatensei (real name Issei Amakusa), a junior wrestler who competed for the stable from 2011 to 2019, became a civil servant after completing a correspondence course as part of an arrangement between the Japan Sumo Association and NHK Gakuen senior high school.^[2]

Terao died in December 2023. Soon after his death, Tatsutagawa announced his intention to inherit the name Shikoroyama. Tatsutagawa reportedly discussed the changes with Terao's widow and members of the stable.^[3] Later in December, the Sumo Association announced that Tatsutagawa was named acting master in charge of managing and supervising wrestlers,^[4] and in February 2024 it was officially declared that Hōmashō inherited the name Shikoroyama.^[5]

Ring name conventions

Since the establishment of the stable, some wrestlers at this stable have taken ring names or shikona that begin with the characters 寺尾 (read: terao), in deference to their coach and the stable's owner, the former Terao. Examples include Teraoshō, Teraoumi and Teraowaka.

Owner

2024–present: 21st Shikoroyama (iin, former komusubi Hōmashō)
2004–2023: 20th Shikoroyama (former sekiwake Terao)

Notable active wrestlers

Abi (best rank sekiwake)
Oki [ja] (best rank jūryō)

Former wrestlers

Hōmashō (best rank komusubi)
Seirō (best rank maegashira)
Irodori [ja] (best rank jūryō)

Referee

Kimura Shunta (Jonidan gyōji, real name Shunta Utsugi)

Usher

Setsuo (Makushita yobidashi, real name Satoru Kumazaki)

Hairdresser

Tokofumi (3rd class tokoyama)

Location and access

Tokyo, Kōtō Ward, Kiyosumi 3-6-2
3 minute walk from Kiyosumi-shirakawa Station on the Ōedo Line and Hanzōmon Line

References

^ 錣山親方ら３親方、時津風一門を離脱…理事選は無所属で投票 (in Japanese). Hochi. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
^ "Former sumo wrestler coming to grips with job as civil employee". Asahi Shimbun. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
^ "立田川親方、年寄「錣山」に名跡変更し部屋継承へ　九州場所前に「部屋を頼む」と…最後の会話に" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "元小結豊真将の立田川親方が初場所で錣山部屋の師匠代行として管理監督　日本相撲協会発表" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
^ "元関脇寺尾の錣山部屋を元小結豊真将の立田川親方が継承　名跡も錣山に変更" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2024.