The is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tokitsukaze ichimon or group of stables. It was established in its modern incarnation on 1 October 1998 by former maegashira Daishōyama, who is the stable's current head coach. He had married the daughter of the previous Oitekaze-oyakata and branched off from Tomozuna stable, taking some wrestlers with him including future sekitori Hayateumi and . As of January 2023, it had 18 wrestlers, of which seven were sekitori. Eight wrestlers in the stable's history have reached the top makuuchi division as of 2019.

In December 2016 the stable moved from the Isegahama ichimon to the Tokitsukaze ichimon.

Oitekaze stable

Ring name conventions

Many wrestlers at this stable take ring names or shikona that begin with the characters 大翔 (read: daishō) or simply 大 (read: dai), in deference to their coach and the stable's owner, the former Daishōyama.

Oitekaze stable

Owner

1998-present: 11th Oitekaze (iin, former maegashira Daishōyama)

Oitekaze stable

Notable active wrestlers

Daieishō (best rank sekiwake) Endō (best rank komusubi) Tobizaru (best rank komusubi) Daiamami (best rank maegashira) Daishōhō (best rank maegashira) Daishōmaru (best rank maegashira) Tsurugishō (best rank maegashira) (best rank jūryō)

Coach

None

Notable former members

Hayateumi (former sekiwake) Kokkai (former komusubi) Hamanishiki (former maegashira)

Referee

Shikimori Kiichirō (Makuuchi gyōji, real name Osamu Wachi)

Hairdressers

Tokosaku (2nd class tokoyama) Tokokaze (4th class tokoyama)

Location and access

Saitama prefecture, Sōka City, Sezaki 5-32-22

15 minute walk from Yatsuka Station on Tōbu Isesaki Line

See also

List of sumo stables

List of active sumo wrestlers

List of past sumo wrestlers

Glossary of sumo terms

References

External links

Official site

Oitekaze stable at the Japan Sumo Association

Active sumo stables