| has gloss | eng: Azumazeki stable (Japanese: 東関部屋, Azumazeki-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Takasago group of stables. It is located at Higashi–Komagata, Sumida, Tokyo. It was founded in April 1986 by the Hawaiian born Takamiyama of the Takasago stable. Azumazeki's first sekitori was Akebono, also from Hawaii, in 1990, who subsequently reached the yokozuna rank. A total of nine foreign born wrestlers have fought for the stable: seven from the US, one from Great Britain and one (still active as of May 2008) from China. As of April 2008 it had 15 sumo wrestlers. |
