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[Dairenzu]

On 22/09/2025 at 02:07, Akinomaki said:

Jinmaku (Fujinoshin) turns 65 before Kyushu and for his last basho before retirement was guest today on NHK. In the end asked about plans from now on, extension and remaining as sanyo was not among them - he'll visit the grave of the shisho (Kitanofuji) and thanks the sumo world he leaves.

Always fun and difficult to try and guess how the inheritances will play out, assuming Fujinoshin follows through here. Jinmaku has been in Takasago ichimon for a long time and it is such a small ichimon with a while before another connected title comes through. I wonder if one of the Kokonoe guys would be in line, perhaps Chiyomaru who is still competitive at the top of Makushita but doesn't look to be very threatening at getting back to Juryo. I have Chiyomaru below my kabu cutoff but perhaps the timing could work out for him here (or for Chiyonoo, although his resume is not even close at the current logjam standard). Maybe more likely is for it to get lent to the holder of Endo or Shimanoumi's title and then passed out later to Chiyoshoma or even Asanoyama?

[Kintamayama]

Takarafuji assumes the Kiriyama name. I hope I got that right..

[Akinomaki]

On the 29th, Otake and Kumagatani switched names and the new Otake (Tamaasuka) took over as shisho in Otake-beya. https://www.sumo.or.jp/IrohaKyokaiInformation/detail?id=718

The new Kumagatani (Dairyu) turned 65 on the 30th and became sanyo, now on the bottom of the oyakata list.

Today old and new Otake visited the grave of Taiho to report the change

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The DB still hasn't recorded the transfer of Kumagatani to Otake-beya

On 16/09/2025 at 17:22, Yubinhaad said:

I haven't seen an official announcement but Kumagatani has now transferred to Otake-beya ahead of his takeover following the Aki basho. According to this  Nikkan article, in which he runs the rule over the rikishi of the heya, the transfer happened on September 1st. 

[Akinomaki]

Kitajin (Tenkaiho) has retired from the NSK as of the 26th https://www.jiji.com/sp/article?k=2025102700593&g=spo#:~:text=相撲

- the Endo of career for the makushita dropped owner is near 

Edited October 27 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

As of Nov. 1st, Endo has retired and become Kitajin. The rijikai acknowledged it today.

https://sumo.or.jp/IrohaKyokaiInformation/detail?id=723

Edited November 1 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

I keep mixing up Kitajin with Jinmaku, who leaves the NSK on the 6th

[Asashosakari]

The duties list has been updated with the Kitajin swap.

The former one, ex-Tenkaiho, was a member of the sumo school department, so that opened up a spot that needed filling somewhat urgently since the school oyakata are also tasked with assisting with mono-ii and kimarite decisions from the video room. So, say hello to your new sumo school teacher and kimarite official: Iwatomo, the former Aoiyama. Don't know about anyone else, but I was a bit surprised to find out. (Might he be the first naturalized oyakata to work this role?) For anyone wondering, I'll include that the other sumo school department members are the former Oikari, Ishiura and Kotoyuki. Other than ex-Oikari that's a very young group right now; everybody else is still at the lowest rung of the oyakata hierarchy, toshiyori.

The new Kitajin, the freshly retired Endo, has unsurprisingly joined the oyakata list in a kabu owner position (so above the four oyakata who are acknowledged borrowers*). He has been placed in what's the default job setting for rookie oyakata nowadays, guidance department plus membership in the social contributions group.

* Incidentally, for the DB I'll note that ex-Tokushoryu's shift from borrower to owner has yet to be implemented there (see comments here).

Edited November 5 by Asashosakari

[Tamanaogijima]

8 hours ago, Asashosakari said:

* Incidentally, for the DB I'll note that ex-Tokushoryu's shift from borrower to owner has yet to be implemented there (see comments here).

Am not able to react at the moment, so "thanks!" via this comment. Is updated now.

[Asashosakari]

3 hours ago, Tamanaogijima said:

Am not able to react at the moment, so "thanks!" via this comment. Is updated now.

I'm majorly nitpicking, but can the change be dated to no later than May 15 as the "started as owner" date? We don't have the exact date, but we do know it was acknowledged by that date (even if just implicitly; as per the linked comments it appeared alongside Hokutofuji's addition).

Edited November 6 by Asashosakari

[Tamanaogijima]

19 hours ago, Asashosakari said:

I'm majorly nitpicking, but can the change be dated to no later than May 15 as the "started as owner" date? We don't have the exact date, but we do know it was acknowledged by that date (even if just implicitly; as per the linked comments it appeared alongside Hokutofuji's addition).

Makes absolute sense, changed now. (A quick glance at the date of Yubinhaad's report made it as quickly the final "as of" in my head.)

[Yubinhaad]

On 22/09/2025 at 10:07, Akinomaki said:

Jinmaku (Fujinoshin) turns 65 before Kyushu and for his last basho before retirement was guest today on NHK. In the end asked about plans from now on, extension and remaining as sanyo was not among them - he'll visit the grave of the shisho (Kitanofuji) and thanks the sumo world he leaves.

 

Jinmaku kept his cards close to his chest - he is now listed among the sanyo.

I did see a lot of people saying how much they enjoyed that not-so-final appearance on NHK, they should have him back.

Edited November 7 by Yubinhaad

[Yubinhaad]

The Kyokai announced today that Minatogawa-oyakata (former Ozeki Takakeisho) will take over as shisho of Tokiwayama-beya after the 2026 Hatsu basho, changing the name of the heya. Current shisho Tokiwayama-oyakata (former Komusubi Takamisugi) reaches retirement age on March 1st.

 

A few of the heya personnel will move to other heya, effective January 26th:

Juryo gyoji Kimura Hideaki and Sandanme yobidashi Hiroshi move to Tamanoi-beya.

Santo tokoyama Tokosen moves to Kise-beya.

Sewanin Tochinoyama moves to Yamahibiki-beya.

 

https://www.sumo.or.jp/IrohaKyokaiInformation/detail?id=726

[rhyen]

I wonder why the urakata are leaving?

[Asashosakari]

1 hour ago, Yubinhaad said:

A few of the heya personnel will move to other heya, effective January 26th:

Juryo gyoji Kimura Hideaki and Sandanme yobidashi Hiroshi move to Tamanoi-beya.

Santo tokoyama Tokosen moves to Kise-beya.

Sewanin Tochinoyama moves to Yamahibiki-beya.

Notably, all these moving urakata were in the heya from the Chiganoura (or even pre-branchout, Kasugano) days, and they're all moving across ichimon lines back to stables in the Dewanoumi group which Chiganoura-beya (as founded by ex-Masudayama) was originally part of before the succession by ex-Takamisugi took it to Nishonoseki. Conversely, the two urakata who are staying, first-class tokoyama Tokokatsu and sewanin Ranbo, were formerly part of Futagoyama/Takanohana-beya, just like ex-Takakeisho himself. So while this is ostensibly a simple continuation of an existing heya under a new name, it sure looks like it's more of an asset split in which Minatogawa-beya is being created as a spiritual successor to Takanohana-beya. Will all the rikishi actually be following Takakeisho after Hatsu basho, or are we going to see a retirement or two among the lower-rankers who don't have a Takanohana-beya background?

(Long-term, all this is making me wonder if we'll be seeing an oyakatafied Takanosho moving back to Dewanoumi-ichimon as well...he was also already recruited by Masudayama, not Takamisugi. The Tokiwayama kabu being tethered to the Nishonoseki group might be an issue, assuming that's the one he is eventually in line to receive, but as we're seeing with the personnel moves here, Dewanoumi-ichimon has ways to get back what they consider theirs. That was also already true for the Chiganoura kabu which Takamisugi was allowed to use as the replacement shisho for a few years, but only until Masudayama left the Kyokai entirely.)

[Yubinhaad]

I'd still like to know what the plan was - or rather why it didn't work out - years ago when Inagawa (ex-Futeno) moved to Chiganoura, which looked like a clear-cut case of new shisho getting plenty of time to bed in before assuming leadership.

 

 

2 hours ago, Yubinhaad said:

Current shisho Tokiwayama-oyakata (former Komusubi Takamisugi) reaches retirement age on March 1st.

But anyway, one other note: Hochi says Tokiwayama will stay on as sanyo after retirement age.

[Asashosakari]

2 hours ago, Yubinhaad said:

I'd still like to know what the plan was - or rather why it didn't work out - years ago when Inagawa (ex-Futeno) moved to Chiganoura, which looked like a clear-cut case of new shisho getting plenty of time to bed in before assuming leadership.

Right, I had almost entirely forgotten about that episode already. Lots of things around the heya would have worked out differently if that plan had been followed through...no messy Dewanoumi > Takanohana > Nishonoseki ichimon transfers, and perhaps most importantly the Takanohana-beya guys including Takakeisho would have landed somewhere else entirely when Taka was pushed out the door.

[Gurowake]

On 27/11/2025 at 10:32, Yubinhaad said:

But anyway, one other note: Hochi says Tokiwayama will stay on as sanyo after retirement age.

Strange that they're not switching kabu then to keep the name of the heya the same.  I guess it's strange either way, but I thought it was pretty much always the case when someone took over from a shisho becoming a sanyo that they switched kabu to maintain the name of the heya.  I suppose it might be related to the rest of the strangeness of the urakata moving due to the past ichimon lines being crossed, and so they want to emphasize that this isn't exactly the same heya as it was.

[Akinomaki]

3 hours ago, Gurowake said:

Strange that they're not switching kabu then to keep the name of the heya the same.  I guess it's strange either way, but I thought it was pretty much always the case when someone took over from a shisho becoming a sanyo that they switched kabu to maintain the name of the heya.  I suppose it might be related to the rest of the strangeness of the urakata moving due to the past ichimon lines being crossed, and so they want to emphasize that this isn't exactly the same heya as it was.

Tokiwayama is not a name with any tradition, just an intermediate name for the heya, Isegahama (not Tatsunami) e.g. is also the name of the ichimon, that name had to be preserved.