is a heya of sumo wrestlers, part of the Nishonoseki or group of stables. It was established in February 2018 by the former Wakanosato, who branched off from Tagonoura stable, taking two wrestlers from the division with him (Wakasatake and Wakanoguchi).[1] The stable is situated in Asakusa, Tokyo. As of January 2023, it had nine wrestlers.
In 2024, the stable filed a lawsuit against the family of two of its wrestlers, responsible for messages on social networks posted since May 2024 blaming the stable's for moral harassment. Although a first lawsuit was initially withdrawn in August after apologies from family members, and wrestlers' testifiying that there were no problems in the stable, the situation also led to the premature retirement of one of the wrestlers and the distancing of the second from his family. In October, new comments implicating the master and in the wrestler's choice to distance himself from his family erupted again, with the stable again filing a lawsuit and deleting its X account (formerly Twitter) after a wave of online harassment.[2]
Wrestlers at this stable have taken ring names or that begin with the character 若 (read:Waka), meaning young, followed by their surname; and later upon promotion to they will receive a ring name with the suffix 里 (read:Sato), meaning village, in deference to their coach and the stable's owner Wakanosato.
See also: sekitori.
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