ChiyoFedor

True true. I guess my fear is that a heya with near toture type hazing has upper ranking Rikishi whom are likely involved. So if I find that I really like some upper ranking Rikishi and then I learn he is a member of said torturous heya, chances are I'm rooting for a Rikishi doing unethical hazing of younger, vulnerable sumotori.

Isegahama so far has been the one that stood out for me. Kotetsuyama, whom had the brass balls to out Sumo match fixing, was from Asasiyama which was just recently dissolved, but was part of the Isegahama ichimon.Anyway, is there anything I should know about Chiyotairyu (My favorite Rikishi so far) or the Kokone stable? (I have my fingers crossed that they are basically just the Camelot of Sumo).

Hi Forum. I'm a new fan. I'm certain nearly everything I post over the next year will be considerably stupid, annoying, or old news, but please bare with me. As I just started following sumo I'm looking for Rikishi to be interested in and root for. That is not too difficult. What is a little more difficult is to be excited regarding certain stables. After much research I've learned there have been match fixings, violent hazings, deaths, possible murders, yakuza connections, etc. I don't want to root for those Rikishi or those stables. Are there any stables that are highly regarded as particularly ethical and upstanding?