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List of sumo stables

The following is an alphabetical list of heya or training stables in professional sumo. All belong to one of five groups, called ichimon. Every ichimon is led by the stable for which it is named. They are, by number of stables they contain: Nishonoseki ichimon (17), Dewanoumi ichimon (14), Tokitsukaze ichimon and Isegahama ichimon (5), and Takasago ichimon (4). Occasionally there have been independent stables, but the Japan Sumo Association agreed at a director's meeting in July 2018 that all sumo elders must belong to one of the five ichimon. The founding dates listed below are for the current incarnation of each stable; in most cases this is not the first stable to exist under a given name, however.

Pronunciation note
Due to a Japanese speech phenomenon known as , when the word for stable, , comes second in a compound word, the "h" in changes to "b" to become . A sumo stable is pronounced in Japanese as "sumo-" and Arashio stable, as an example, is pronounced "Arashio-". ==Active stables==
Active stables
There are 45 stables as of March 2026. : == Mergers and closures (1994 to present) ==
Mergers and closures (1994 to present)
Miyagino stable closes April 2024, wrestlers and coaches move to Isegahama stableMichinoku stable closes April 2024, wrestlers and coaches move to the Otawayama, Oitekaze, Isenoumi and Arashio stables • Oguruma stable closes February 2022, personnel split between Oshiogawa stable and Nishonoseki stableKagamiyama stable closes July 2021, all wrestlers and personnel move to Isenoumi stableAzumazeki stable closes April 2021, wrestlers move to Hakkaku stableMinezaki stable closes April 2021, wrestlers move to Shibatayama stable, some other personnel to Takadagawa stable and Nishiiwa stableNakagawa stable closes July 2020, wrestlers and/or personnel move to Arashio, Asahiyama, Isenoumi, Kataonami, Miyagino, Oitekaze, Tokitsukaze, and Tomozuna stables • Izutsu stable closes September 2019, wrestlers and personnel move to Michinoku stableTakanohana stable closes October 2018, wrestlers and personnel move to Chiganoura stableKasugayama stable closes October 2016, some wrestlers retire, other wrestlers and personnel move to Oitekaze stableAsahiyama stable closes January 2015, all wrestlers and some personnel move to Isegahama, some other personnel move to Asakayama. • Mihogaseki stable closes October 2013, wrestlers move to KasuganoMagaki stable closes March 2013, wrestlers move to IsegahamaHanaregoma stable closes February 2013, wrestlers move to ShibatayamaNishonoseki stable closes January 2013, remaining wrestlers retire, other personnel move to MatsuganeNakamura stable closes December 2012, wrestlers move to AzumazekiHanakago stable closes May 2012, wrestlers move to MinezakiŌshima stable closes April 2012, wrestlers move to TomozunaTagonoura stable closes February 2012, wrestlers move to Dewanoumi and KasuganoTakashima stable closes June 2011, head coach moves to KasugayamaKiriyama stable closes January 2011, wrestlers move to AsahiyamaAraiso stable closes September 2008, one remaining wrestler moves to HanakagoIsegahama stable closes February 2007, wrestlers move to KiriyamaHatachiyama stable closes June 2006, wrestlers move to KitanoumiOshiogawa stable closes March 2005, wrestlers move to OgurumaTakekuma Stable closes March 2004, no wrestlers are left but head coach moves to TomozunaKabutoyama stable closes December 2002, no wrestlers are left but head coach moves to Minato • Wakamatsu stable merges with Takasago in February 2002 • Tatsutagawa stable closes November 2000, wrestlers move to MichinokuKise stable closes February 2000, wrestlers move to Kiriyama • Kumagatani stable closes April 1996, wrestlers move to TatsunamiŌnaruto stable closes December 1994, wrestlers move to Kiriyama ==Name changes (2003 to present) ==
Name changes (2003 to present)
• Irumagawa stable is renamed Ikazuchi stable in January 2023. • Tomozuna stable is renamed Ōshima stable in February 2022. • Nishonoseki stable is renamed Hanaregoma stable in December 2021. • Araiso stable is renamed Nishonoseki stable in December 2021. • Chiganoura stable is renamed Tokiwayama stable in November 2020. • Kitanoumi stable is renamed Yamahibiki stable in November 2015. • Matsugane stable is renamed Nishonoseki stable in December 2014. • Naruto stable is renamed Tagonoura stable in December 2013. • Musashigawa stable is renamed Fujishima stable in September 2010. • Ajigawa stable is renamed Isegahama stable in November 2007. • Futagoyama stable is renamed Takanohana stable in February 2004. • Taihō stable is renamed Ōtake stable in February 2003. • Nakadachi stable is renamed Sakaigawa stable in January 2003. ==See also==
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