Oguruma Stable

Oguruma stable (尾車部屋, Oguruma-beya?) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Nishonoseki group of stables. In its modern form it dates from 1987 when it was founded by Kotokaze, a former Sadogatake stable wrestler. He gives all his new recruits shikona with the suffix "kaze" (wind), taken from his own fighting name. The first wrestler from the stable to achieve sekitori status was Tomikaze in July 2000. The stable absorbed Oshiogawa stable in 2005 ahead of the retirement of Oshiogawa Oyakata, with Wakakirin and Wakatoba among the wrestlers transferring over. As of July 2007 it had 18 sumo wrestlers.