Izutsu stable is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tokitsukaze group of stables. The stable was established in the Meiji era by former yokozuna Nishinoumi Kajirō I, the 16th yokozuna, who became the 7th Izutsu-oyakata. He was succeeded by Nishinoumi Kajirō II, the 25th yokozuna. The current incarnation of Izutsu stable is back in the hands of the same family, having been founded as Kimigahama stable by his grandson-in-law Tsurugamine Akio in 1972 and subsequently renamed Izutsu stable five years later, after Tsurugamine obtained the stock from former yokozuna Kitanofuji . All three of Tsurugamine's sons were members of the stable, with two of them, Terao and Sakahoko, emulating their father by reaching the sekiwake rank. Sakahoko took over the stable from his father in 1994. The stable's sole sekitori as of 2017 is Kakuryū, who reached the yokozuna rank in March 2014. The stable is small, having declined from around 20 wrestlers when Sakahoko inherited it to just four as of 2018. Sakahoko commented in 2008 that it was difficult to attract new recruits as there are many heyas nowadays but that as he is the only coach in the stable, a relatively small number means he can give each wrestler close attention.
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