Heya Meetings?

[nagora 88]

Simple enough question: can two wrestlers from the same heya meet on the last day or only in playoffs?

Has there ever been a period with two active Yokozuna from the same heya?

[themistyseas 242]

  On 27/10/2021 at 11:13, nagora said:

Simple enough question: can two wrestlers from the same heya meet on the last day or only in playoffs?

Only in playoffs.

  On 27/10/2021 at 11:13, nagora said:

 Has there ever been a period with two active Yokozuna from the same heya?

Yes - most recently the brothers Takanohana and Wakanohana in the late 90s, and before them, Chiyonofuji and Hokutoumi both hailed from Kokonoe-beya about a decade earlier. There may be other examples I'm sure.

[Yamanashi 3,903]

  On 27/10/2021 at 11:13, nagora said:

Simple enough question: can two wrestlers from the same heya meet on the last day or only in playoffs?

Has there ever been a period with two active Yokozuna from the same heya?

The -nohana brothers for sure, in the 90's (Futagoyama), and Chiyonofuji-Hokotoumi in the 80's (Kokonoe).  I think Takanosato and Wakanohana Kanji just missed being Yokozuna at the same time in the 80's.

 

[Also Onishiki Uichiro, Tsunenohana and Tochigiyama overlapped but not at the same time in the 20's (Dewanoumi)]

Edited October 27, 2021 by Yamanashi
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[nagora 88]

  On 27/10/2021 at 11:29, themistyseas said:

Only in playoffs.

Yes - most recently the brothers Takanohana and Wakanohana in the late 90s, and before them, Chiyonofuji and Hokutoumi both hailed from Kokonoe-beya about a decade earlier. There may be other examples I'm sure.

I had forgotten about Chiyonofuji and Hokutoumi being from the same stable. I enjoyed watching both of them back in the day. Hokutoumi had an excellent fighting spirit as I recall.

[Kamitsuumi 402]

Azumafuji and Maedayama (Takasago) overlapped in 1949.

Edited October 27, 2021 by Kamitsuumi

[Wakamiyama 11]

Futabayama and Haguroyama Tatsunami beya 1944-1945