Former
yokozuna Chiyonoyama of
Dewanoumi stable had wanted to succeed to the Dewanoumi name, but the then Dewanoumi stablemaster (former wrestler
Dewanohana) had already decided to pass the name to former
yokozuna Sadanoyama. Accordingly, in January 1967, he set up his own stable, taking with him, amongst others, then
ōzeki Kitanofuji and attaching the new stable to the Takasago group of stables. After Chiyonoyama died in 1977, Kitanofuji, who had already revived
Izutsu stable, became the 11th Kokonoe-
oyakata, merging his stable with Kokonoe's and giving up the Izutzu elder name. He raised
Chiyonofuji, then a
makuuchi wrestler, to the great
yokozuna he became. Later he also saw
Hokutoumi become a
yokozuna.
Takanofuji and
Fujinoshin also reached the top division. In 1992, the year after Chiyonofuji retired from the ring, Kitanofuji handed over the stable to him. Chiyonofuji and Kitanofuji swapped names, Chiyonofuji becoming
Kokonoe-oyakata and gaining control of the stable, whilst Kitanofuji became Jinmaku-
oyakata, attached to
Hakkaku stable, set up by the former Hokutoumi in 1993. In the early 1990s Kokonoe stable was one of the largest in sumo but had only one
sekitori,
Tomoefuji. Kokonoe eventually produced
Chiyotenzan, briefly a
komusubi in 1999, and long serving
ōzeki Chiyotaikai (1999–2009), his most successful wrestler. Following the retirements of Chiyotaikai in January 2010 and
Chiyohakuhō in April 2011, the stable had no
sekitori for a short time, but
Chiyonokuni reached
jūryō in July 2011 and the top division in January 2012.
Chiyotairyū followed afterwards and reached
makuuchi in May 2012. By March 2014, Kokonoe stable was one of the most successful stables in sumo, with three men (Chiyotairyū,
Chiyoōtori and
Chiyomaru) in the top division and two (Chiyonokuni and ) in
jūryō. In January 2016 the stable moved up to six
sekitori with the promotion of
Chiyoshōma, the most of any stable. As of September 2020 it remains at six, now level with
Kise and one behind new leader
Oitekaze. Chiyonofuji died in July 2016. Sanoyama-
oyakata (the former Chiyotaikai) succeeded him as the Kokonoe stablemaster. Various trophies won by Chiyonofuji over the years are also displayed. On 7 February 2023, Kokonoe stable, along with
Ōshima stable and
Futagoyama stable, signed a partnership and cooperation agreement with the
Katsushika Ward of
Tokyo. The agreement was presented as having the objective of cooperating further in a wide range of areas, including tourism, culture, sports, and educational promotion, and work closely to revitalize local communities. In October 2023 it was announced that an underage
makushita division wrestler was found to have been drinking during the autumn
regional tour. The wrestler in question had arrived to the tour venue in
Ōbu,
Aichi on the morning of 15 October and was then transported to a hospital for acute alcohol poisoning. Kokonoe
oyakata and the other wrestlers involved were expelled from the tour and returned to their stable in Tokyo. On 24 October it was announced that Kokonoe had been suspended for an undetermined amount of time, along with the underage wrestler. A second wrestler was suspended the following day. On 26 October
Nikkan Sports, quoting a source, reported that Kononoe berated the wrestler that was caught drinking, both in the hospital and during a Sumo Association inquiry. The source added that Kokonoe had punished the wrestler during sumo workouts and had banned him from going out for one year. A few days before the suspensions were announced, the wrestler was said to have run away from Kokonoe stable to return to his parents and had his
top knot cut off at a barber shop. ==Ring name conventions==