Banzuke

heya

A stable: the house where wrestlers train, and where the juniors live.

A heya is a stable, where wrestlers train under a stablemaster and the lower-division wrestlers live. Every professional wrestler belongs to one, and in principle he can't change. The JSA's stable guide listed 45 stables in October 2026. Stablemates never meet each other in regular tournament bouts.

oyakata
A stablemaster or coach, almost always an elder of the association.
ichimon
One of five groups of related stables.
okamisan
The stablemaster's wife, who runs much of stable life.
keiko
Training. In a stable it starts early, around 6am.

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