Featured Heya - Ajigawa and Araiso

[Rijicho 6]

Ajigawa and Araiso

[Yubiquitoyama 4]

Homepages:

Ajigawa-beya

Ajigawa-club - Various picture galleries

Araiso-beya

[Jejima 1,427]

Great web-sites Yubi - even if you can't read Japanese (like me)

So Araiso-beya only has four rikishi at present, the highest ranked in January 2005 at Makushita 57 (3-4), and the lowest ranked for January 2005 at Jonokuchi 38 (0-1-6).

Since January 2002 (when they start showing the rikishis results), the largest the heya has been was with 5 rishiki, and the highest rank that any has achieved is makushita 41 East - in January 2002.

Doesn't look like they're getting very far....

The highest ranked of the rikishi is Arawashi from.... Mongolia (some things never change (Punk rocker...)

They also have a Yobidashi.

from Ajigawa-beya, the lower ranked rikishi are well....

.....these

homepage2.nifty.com/ajigawa-beya/rikisi.htm :-D

Edited March 4, 2005 by Jejima

[Kaikitsune Makoto 209]

Ajigawa-beya was founded by ex-yokozuna Asahifuji after his intai in 1992. He is also the only oyakata in the heya and still young at 44 years of age.

Other non-rikishi personnel are:

Yobidashi: Akio (Juryo) Asao (Sandanme)

Sewanin: Mutsuhokkai (f. Juryo Mutsuhokkai)

Tokoyama: Tokoami (5)

Quite a lot of rikishi in the heya though despite being so new. Most lower ranked rikishi seem to be standard lower ranked rikishi without any conspicuous future prospective sekitori at this point. The core of Ajigawa-beya builds on Mongolian wonder Ama and brothers Aminishiki and Asofuji.

Four-time yusho winner Asahifuji himself won 5 gino-sho. His two brightest stars are both very technical rikishi too. Aminishiki is known for his technical finesse and Ama's abilities have become clear to all. Asofuji is less technical but still possesses skill.

Ajigawa sekitori-trio is also breaking records as being without a doubt the lightest heya around at sekitori level. Amanishiki has bulked up or become fat during his knee problem era and is currently as career maximum 135kg but Asofuji is 122 and Ama 114kg according to pre-Hatsu weigh-in. Average weight is less than 124kg while their average height is 183cm! (Ama 185, Aminishiki 184, Asofuji 180) so definitely a light-weight heya.

Ama and Asofuji are both at their best condition ever and at their highest rank ever while Aminishiki is struggling with persistent menisci problems. Asofuji is Aminishiki's older brother and spent a majority of his career in makushita before managing to break into juryo. In Hatsu basho he got his first ever kachi koshi (9-6) in juryo (his 3rd basho in juryo altogether) and with banzuke luck stormed into J3w and is in striking distance to makuuchi now.

[Yubiquitoyama 4]

Wasn't (the current) Ajigawa-beya founded in 1979 by Mutsuarashi and taken over by ex-Asahifuji in 1993? :-P

Edited March 6, 2005 by Yubiquitoyama

[Susanoo 389]

Araiso Oyakata (former Komusubi Futagodae) was a very popular rikishi with the good-looking and variety of Kimarite.

I heard from the friend who has turned 50 years-old that Futagodake often tried Ketaguri or Uchi(soto)muso.

He gained the only Kinboshi from Taiho using Kekaeshi.

The time when he opened Araiso-beya independently of Futagoyama-beya was a time of his being 49 years old very late.

Now, he is leaving only four years till retirement age.

I imagine that it will be one of the causes by which Heya does not become large.

Although there was little rikishi number, I looked at the homepage and felt that it was homely warm heya.

Each rikishi's present condition and career are written in detail, and parents' love has appeared in the purport of a letter.

However, on the other hand, many pessimistic subjects peculiar to a small-scale Heya are also seen.

For example, there are the talk from which the Deshi(pupil) who entered a Heya on the occasion of Kyushu basho retired this year, the talk which two brother rikishis who have supported Heya as the backbone retired at once.

Those situations are written in detail by a Okamisan's report, and the comment about which it is anxious till their future is attached.

It is the homepage filled to love and sadness, and is Heya.

My selfish imagination is becoming a little superfluous.

If there is a margin of time, I will want to visit the house of love and sadness, since the lodgings at the time of the Osaka basho are located by car from my house in the place for about 15 minutes.

Although Ajigawa Oyakata(former Yokoduna Asahifuji) is the rikishi promoted to the Yokozuna, it is rare for him to get good evaluation.

I think that his negative Sumo image which existed from the first was amplified by decline of the energy by pancreatitis.

However, he as Oyakata is very positive and he has many promising rikishs ,and the status within a Tatsunami-Ichimon was established.

The homepage of this Heya as well as Araiso beya is detailed, and the surprising thing is released the chat room.

The perfect recipe of the meal of Sumo, such as Chanko, appears on both of the homepages of Heya.

I thought that it was an appropriate warning that the proviso is attached so that these recipes may not be used for business.

The lodgings in Osaka of Ajigawa-beya are the churches of Tenrikyo.

Tenrikyo is slightly closer to Shintoism than the Buddhist temple which many Heyas make lodgings.

However, there are many Japanese who think that the Buddhist temple is more suitable.

That means how we the Japanese are becoming indifferent to religion.

In the type, I also amaze my parents and am disappointing.

It seems that the same thing has also affected Sumo.

Naturally, I will not have the qualification for discussing the right or wrong of that.

I only observe that the Ozumo as an event of Kokka-Shinto(National religion) being concerned with other religion is symbolizing present-day Japan.

I am sorry that the talk wanders.

Finally, I considered the meaning with which these two Heyas were compared by the topic.

However, I thought only of both Oyakatas are from Aomori and having well alike Mongolian rikishi in a Deshi.

I will finish the feature of 2 Heya after all, without the ability doing clearly. :-P

[Frinkanohana 13]

I can't read japanese, I can only read some shikona. But if I'm not mistaken the ranks of Ama and Asofuji on the Ajigawa-beya homepage are not correct. They both are on the west side of the banzuke and not the east side as stated on their website.

[Kasugaran 0]

Love the photos of the Rikishi. Brilliant! Asaka no Ume likes the older women, so watch out ladies! My new favourite heya, I would have to say!

[Kaikitsune Makoto 209]

Wasn't (the current) Ajigawa-beya founded in 1979 by Mutsuarashi and taken over by ex-Asahifuji in 1993? confusion.gif

My source for that comment was Chiyozakura's site at:

http://www.sumoinfo.de/Legenden/Asahifuji/asahifuji.html

There was a comment:

Nach seiner Karrier wurde er Ajigawa Oyakata und gr

[Chiyozakura 148]

Wasn't (the current) Ajigawa-beya founded in 1979 by Mutsuarashi and taken over by ex-Asahifuji in 1993? confusion.gif

My source for that comment was Chiyozakura's site at:

http://www.sumoinfo.de/Legenden/Asahifuji/asahifuji.html

There was a comment:

Nach seiner Karrier wurde er Ajigawa Oyakata und gr

[Jonosuke 28]

A bit of bookkeeping:

Fourth Ajigawa Oyakata (former Yokozuna Asahifuji) has inherited the ninth Isegahama Toshiyori Myoseki in November 2007 and with the succession, Ajigawa Beya ceased to exist while it transformed itself to be Isegahama Beya.

The newly inherited Isegahama oyakata announced all rikishi Makushita and below would no longer have an "Ah" (安) to start their shikona after the 2008 January Basho.

He also indicated that the heya's sekitori, Ama, Aminishiki and Asofuji may also receive a new shikona should they be promoted or on other significant life event,

[Gernobono 467]

A bit of bookkeeping:

Fourth Ajigawa Oyakata (former Yokozuna Asahifuji) has inherited the ninth Isegahama Toshiyori Myoseki in November 2007 and with the succession, Ajigawa Beya ceased to exist while it transformed itself to be Isegahama Beya.

The newly inherited Isegahama oyakata announced all rikishi Makushita and below would no longer have an "Ah" (安) to start their shikona after the 2008 January Basho.

He also indicated that the heya's sekitori, Ama, Aminishiki and Asofuji may also receive a new shikona should they be promoted or on other significant life event,

in fact i really love sumo and like to follow it and also like to read about history......what makes me dizzy is all that kabu-babu-thing, although i also read it on the forum

now for my question to jonosuke:

do you remember all those facts, or would you have to look them up as simply mortals would have to?

Edited October 18, 2008 by Gernobono

[Jonosuke 28]

Araiso Beya was founded by former Komusubi Futagodake after leaving Futagoyama Beya on May 27, 1993.

The previous Araiso Beya became extinct when former Yokozuna Terukuni then Araiso oyakata inherited Isegahama Toshiyori and changed the heya name to Isegahama in 1961. There was no Araiso Beya for over 30 years until Futagodake revived it.

After the 2008 September Basho Futagodake/Araiso oyakata folded his heya and decided to become an oyakata affiliated with Matsugane Beya until his mandatory retirement (on November 15, 2008). The heya's Makushita rank Yobidashi Satoru also accompanied the oyakata to Matsugane Beya.

The heya's Mongolian rikishi Makushita Arawashi has moved to Hanakago Beya.

The remaining two rikishi, Sandanme Kokei and Jonidan Koriki have retired.

Interesting enough, these two heya, Ajigawa Beya and Araiso Beya have one common historical thread now.

The old Araiso Beya was founded by the 38th Yokozuna Terukuni who succeeded Toshiyori Araiso when he retired after the 1953 January Basho.

Prior to his retirement, Terukuni served his shisho, Isegahama oyakata, former Sekiwake Kiyosegawa, well so much so that the oyakata handed over the control of all the heya's rikishi and the heya itself when Terukuni retired. At this time Kiyosegawa's Isegahama Beya became Araiso Beya after Terukuni's Toshiyori name.

Digressing a bit this Isegahama Beya traces its root to Sekiwake Kiyosegawa when he left Kumagatani Beya with his inner recruits to Tateyama Beya when he learned the heya was taken over by former Maegashira Shikishima Inosuke. When Kiyosegawa retired his active career in 1929, he officially launched Isegahama Beya.

In 1961 the Kyokai instituted the mandatory retirement rule and Kiyosegawa/Isegahama oyakata retired. With his retirement Terukuni/Araiso oyakata inherited his shisho's Toshiyori Myoseki and then switched back the heya name to Isegahama Beya.

Terukuni passed away in 1977 and former Kiyokuni and then Tateyama oyakata inherited Isegahama Beya. From the heya, Kurosegawa became komusubi and Wakasegawa reached to Maegashira Lead. However after Juryo Kiyonofuji fell to Makushita in the 1994 January Basho the heya produced no sekitori till its demise.

In November 2006 Kiyokuni/Isegahama oyakata reached his mandatory retirement and former Maegashira Katsuhikari/Wakafuji oyakata succeeded as the 8th Isegahama oyakata. But this was nothing more than formality and in actual sense the heya folded on Februrary 1 2007. All the heya's rikishi moved to Kiriyama Beya while their Juryo ranked gyoji Shikimori Kinnosuke moved to Takashima Beya.

On November 30 2007, former Yokozuna Asahifuji/Ajigawa oyakata took over Isegahama Toshiyori and then changed his heya name to Isegahama Beya from Ajigawa.

In a sense the entangled history of Araiso Beya has come around full circle having Ajigawa oyakata reviving Isegahama Beya now.

Edited October 18, 2008 by Jonosuke

[Jonosuke 28]

do you remember all those facts, or would you have to look them up as simply mortals would have to?

I know more or less the story but not dates or even gyoji, yobidashi, non-sekitori names. Since I embarrass myself enough here already, I will check those to make sure they are correct.

[Doitsuyama 1,194]

in fact i really love sumo and like to follow it and also like to read about history......what makes me dizzy is all that kabu-babu-thing, although i also read it on the forum

now for my question to jonosuke:

do you remember all those facts, or would you have to look them up as simply mortals would have to?

The kabu-babu is important enough to allow mere mortals to be able to look it up in the future. (Neener, neener...)

Edited October 18, 2008 by Doitsuyama