Fujishima stable (藤島部屋, Fujishima-beya),ly known as Musashigawa stable, is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi ichimon or group of stables. It was set up in August 1981 by former yokozuna Mienoumi, who branched off from Dewanoumi stable.^[1] Since its founding Dewanoumi had a long tradition of not permitting its coaches to break away and form new stables, and Mienoumi was the first to amicably depart Dewanoumi stable since Tochigiyama set up Kasugano stable 62 years earlier.^[2] By the early 2000s it had become the strongest stable in sumo, with a yokozuna, three ōzeki and several other top division wrestlers.^[3] Until January 2025, the stable was the last to have lined up seven of its wrestlers (Musashimaru, Musōyama, Miyabiyama, Buyūzan, Dejima, Kakizoe and Wakanoyama) in the makuuchi division during the September 2003 tournament, a feat matched only by Isegahama stable, 22 years later.^[4] Wrestlers from the stable won six consecutive tournaments from March 1999 to January 2000.^[5] In September 2008 Mienoumi also became head of the Sumo Association.^[2]

In September 2010 the former Mienoumi stood down as head coach and passed the stable to former ōzeki Musōyama, who changed its name to Fujishima.^[6] Former yokozuna Musashimaru branched off from the stable in April 2013 after taking on the elder name of his former head coach, creating the next generation Musashigawa stable. It had no sekitori from the demotion of Shōtenrō to the makushita division in March 2016 until the promotion of Bushozan five years later. Bushozan is the second wrestler to reach jūryō since the current head coach took over, following Tsurugidake [ja] in 2010.

As of May 2026, the stable has 13 active wrestlers.^[7]

Ring name conventions

Some wrestlers at this stable take ring names or shikona that include the character 武 (read: bu or mu), meaning war or weapon, which is taken from the first character of the former name of the stable, Musashigawa, and is also the first character in the name of the stable's current owner, Musōyama. Examples include Bushozan, Mugendai and Musashiumi.

Owners

• 2010–present: 18th Fujishima Takehito (riji, ōzeki Musōyama, born 1972)
• 1981–2010: 14th Musashigawa Akihide (the 57th yokozuna Mienoumi, born 1948)

Coaches

• Ōnaruto Takeharu (iin, ōzeki Dejima, born 1974)
• Yamawake Takeyoshi (iin, maegashira Buyūzan, born 1974)
• Matsuchiyama Takashi (iin, maegashira Bushūyama, born 1976)
• Dekiyama Sho (toshiyori, maegashira Shōtenrō, born 1982)

Assistant

• Aranonami [ja] (sewanin, makushita 3, real name Jirō Takahashi, born 1969)

Notable active wrestlers

• Bushōzan (best rank maegashira, born 1995)
• Fujiseiun (best rank maegashira, born 1997)
• Fujiryōga (best rank maegashira, born 2003)
• Fujitensei (formerly Fukuzaki [ja]) (best rank jūryō, born 2007)

Notable former wrestlers

• Musashimaru (the 67th yokozuna, born 1971)
• Dejima (former ōzeki, born 1974)
• Musōyama (former ōzeki, born 1972)
• Miyabiyama (former ōzeki, born 1977)
• Wakanoyama (former komusubi, born 1972)
• Shōtenrō (former maegashira 2, born 1982)

Hairdresser

• Tokotakeshi (first class tokoyama, born 1977)

Location and access

Tokyo, Arakawa Ward, Higashi-Nippori 4-27-1
Short walk from Uguisudani Station on Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line

See also

• List of sumo stables
• List of active sumo wrestlers
• List of past sumo wrestlers
• Glossary of sumo terms

References

External links

• Japan Sumo Association profile (in English)
• Japan Sumo Association profile (in Japanese)
• Article on Musashigawa stable

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