Nakamura stable (中村部屋, Nakamura-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. It broke off from Nishonoseki stable by its founder, former sekiwake Yoshikaze, and opened in June 2024.[1][2]
History
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The stable is owned by the former Yoshikaze, who competed in professional sumo as a member of Oguruma stable for over 15 years from 2004 until 2019. Upon his retirement, he took the elder name Nakamura and coached at Oguruma until 2022. When Oguruma closed due to its stablemaster reaching mandatory retirement age, Nakamura and some of the wrestlers and staff transferred to Nishonoseki stable.[3]
Following the May 2024 grand sumo tournament, the Japan Sumo Association approved the request of Nakamura to split from Nishonoseki to create his own stable. The new Nakamura stable opened the following month with 8 wrestlers on the former site of Michinoku stable, which had closed earlier in the year.[4] It marked the stable's revival after the previous Nakamura stable, led by the former Fujizakura, closed in 2013.[1] Some of the wrestlers transferring to Nakamura upon its opening included Tomokaze, who had followed the former Yoshikaze from Oguruma stable to Nishonoseki, and recent jūryō promotion Kayō.[4] At the July 2024 tournament, Tomokaze won his Day 3 jūryō contest to mark the stable's first victory for a salaried wrestler.[5]
In the first month since its opening, Sports Hochi reported that Nakamura stable decided to break tradition with typical sumo training schedules and methods. While most sumo stables start the day with training and then serve lunch and dinner, wrestlers at Nakamura stable start the day with breakfast and typically eat three meals a day, while training days are split into two sessions. Furthermore, a typical week at the stable sees a maximum of three days of sumo training and two days of strength training, the latter of which is conducted in a training room with equipment built on the upper floor of the stable. The stablemaster also installed an oxygen capsule said to help with fatigue, considered rare for a sumo stable.[6] The stable's accommodations and training practices were featured on the official English-language YouTube channel of the Japan Sumo Association, SUMO Prime Time, in August 2024.[7]
A formal ceremony to mark the opening of the stable was held on 1 September 2024.[8]
Owners
editNotable active wrestlers
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Usher
edit- Rokurō (jūryō yobidashi, real name Kenzō Araki)
Hairdressers
edit- Tokokasumi (tokoyama)
Location and access
edit1-18-7 Ryōgoku, Sumida, Tokyo (formerly used by Michinoku stable)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Kamimura, Kuniyuki (26 June 2024). "The Sumo Scene / Revival of Nakamura Stable Stirs Up Memories of Notable Predecessor". Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "元関脇 嘉風の中村親方 二所ノ関部屋から独立し中村部屋新設へ". NHK (in Japanese). 30 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "尾車部屋力士の転属先決まる 尾車親方、十両矢後ら新設の押尾川部屋へ転属". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 27 January 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d "元嘉風の中村親方、二所ノ関部屋から独立し新部屋創設 友風や嘉陽らが転籍 大の里は転籍せず". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 30 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "「確信のはたき込み」で初白星の友風、改名の真相を明かす" (in Japanese). Sports Hochi. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "元嘉風・中村部屋の"脱・伝統稽古" １日３食、ぶつかり稽古なし、酸素カプセル 友風「理にかなっている」". Sports Hochi (in Japanese). 19 June 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "【Game-Changer】 Feisty Master's Sumo Training Transformation" (video). youtube.com. Japan Sumo Association. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "中村親方が部屋開きで決意新た「結果で報われる人生となるよう導く」力士ファーストの部屋目指す" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
External links
edit- Official site (in Japanese)
- Japan Sumo Association profile