On the 26th, the board of directors of the Japan Sumo Association approved that former sumo wrestler Kakizoe Kaminari will inherit the Irumagawa stable on the 1st of next month and change the name to the Kaminari stable.
The Japan Sumo Association held a board meeting at the Kokugikan in Ryogoku, Tokyo on the 26th.
Among them, on the 1st of next month, it was approved that the name of the room will be changed to Kaminaribeya, inheriting the Irumagawa room to which former Koyui Kakizoe Kaminari master belongs.
Former Sekiwake Tochiji's Irumagawa Master, who will retire from the Japan Sumo Association in April, will be a master with a room.
In addition, former makuuchi master Wakafuji, who was the master of the room, was transferred to the Kise stable.
In addition, the board of directors approved on the 26th that Otowayama Otowayama master of former Makuuchi and Tengaiho will succeed to Sanoyama of Toshiyori Meiseki.