Kataonami stable



Kataonami stable (片男波部屋) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Nishonoseki ichimon or group of stables. It was founded in 1961 by former sekiwake Tamanoumi Daitarō, who branched off from Nishonoseki stable. Former sekiwake Tamanofuji took over the running of the stable upon Tamanoumi's death in 1987. In February 2010 he passed control over to another former sekiwake, Tamakasuga, remaining in the stable under the elder name Tateyama. it had four active wrestlers. The March 2023 tournament saw the first promotion to the jūryō division for the stable since the former Tamakasuga took over as head coach, with Tamashōhō becoming its first new sekitori since Tamawashi in January 2008.

History
Kataonami stable is known for its ingenious training methods to make up for the lack of wrestlers, such as one man taking on two opponents at the same time. In 2023, the stable obtained the promotion of its second sekitori in the person of Tamashohō, a Mongolian-born wrestler, who stood out in particular during the makushita tournament of November 2022 by winning the tournament with a perfect score and inflicting a defeat to Asanoyama, a former ōzeki.

Ring name conventions
Almost all wrestlers at this stable for the last forty years take the ring names or shikona that begin with the character 玉 (read: tama), meaning ball or sphere, in deference to the line of owners who have used this character in their own shikona.

Owners

 * 2010–present: 14th Kataonami Ryōji (iin, former sekiwake Tamakasuga)
 * 1987-2010: 13th Kataonami Daizō (former sekiwake Tamanofuji)
 * 1961-1987: 12th Kataonami Taketarō (former sekiwake Tamanoumi)

Notable active wrestlers

 * Tamawashi (best rank sekiwake)
 * Tamashōhō (best rank jūryō)

Coaches

 * Kumagatani Daisuke (former maegashira Tamaasuka)

Notable former members

 * Tamanoumi (the 51st yokozuna)
 * Tamakasuga (former sekiwake)
 * Tamanofuji (former sekiwake)
 * Tamanoshima (former sekiwake)
 * Tamakiyama (former komusubi)
 * Tamaryū (former komusubi)
 * Tamaarashi (former maegashira)
 * Tamakairiki (former maegashira)
 * Tamarikidō (former maegashira)
 * Tamaasuka (former maegashira)

Usher

 * Kōhei (makushita yobidashi, real name Oyama Kōhei)

Hairdresser

 * Tokoshin (third class tokoyama)

Location and access
Tokyo, Sumida Ward, Ishihara 1-33-9 15 minute walk from Ryōgoku Station on Sōbu Line