Tatsunami stable

Tatsunami stable (立浪部屋, Tatsunami-beya^?) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, is a member of the Takanohana ichimon or group.

The stable is one of the most prestigious in sumo. It was originally founded in 1876 by Onigazaki, but the current incarnation dates from 1915. In the 1930s, led by former komusubi Midorishima (1878-1952), the stable produced the 35th Yokozuna Futabayama, the 36th Yokozuna Haguroyama and ozeki Nayoroiwa, and ended the Dewanoumi stable's long period of dominance in sumo. Futabayama left to found his own stable in 1941. After Haguroyama married the previous coach's daughter, he became the new head in December 1952 while still an active yokozuna. Haguroyama produced several strong wrestlers, including ozeki Wakahaguro and sekiwake Annenyama. Annenyama in turn married Haguroyama's daughter and succeeded to the leadership of the stable upon his father-in-law's death in 1969.

Annenyama produced Asahikuni, an ozeki in the 1970s, and sekiwake Kurohimeyama. Asahikuni retired in 1979 and left to found Oshima stable in 1980, despite his stablemaster's opposition to the move. By the early 1980s the strength of the stable had declined and it was without any sekitori until Koji Kitao was promoted to juryo in 1984. Kitao became the 60th Yokozuna Futahaguro in 1986, the first grand champion the Tatsunami ichimon had produced in decades, but at the end of 1987 Anneneyama and Futahaguro had a row which ended with the yokozuna storming out and slapping his stablemaster's wife as he left. Futahaguro was expelled from the Sumo Association as a result.

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