故郷のヒーローからラブコール…金沢学院大相撲部の大森康弘選手が追手風部屋へ 元遠藤の北陣親方らが指導 (2026年3月18日)

Yasuhiro Omori, a member of the Kanazawa Gakuin University sumo club who achieved numerous excellent results in collegiate sumo and had announced his intention to enter the professional sumo world after graduation, held a press conference on the 18th to announce the sumo stable he will be joining. The deciding factor in his choice of stable was a message from a senior from his hometown. Omori: "Excuse me." Omori, who had just graduated from Kanazawa Gakuin University the day before, held the press conference on the 18th. The reason was… Omori: "I have decided to join the Oitekaze stable." The stable he chose is the prestigious Oitekaze stable, which has four sekitori (high-ranking sumo wrestlers). Two years ago, as a third-year university student, Omori achieved two victories at the National Sports Festival. Last November, he was the runner-up in the All Japan Sumo Championship, the largest amateur sumo tournament, earning him the right to start in the lowest rank of the Makushita division. Omori received offers from seven sumo stables when he entered the sumo world, but the deciding factor in choosing the Oitekaze stable was a senior from his hometown. Omori: "After much deliberation, the stablemaster told me that it was his mission to teach me sumo, and I instinctively decided to join here." The stablemaster Omori is referring to is Kitajin, the former Komusubi Endo, who hails from Anamizu Town. A heartfelt invitation from his hometown hero moved Omori's heart. Omori: "(During the Noto Peninsula earthquake) I also lived in an evacuation center for a while, and I saw the townspeople watching sumo on TV and cheering for Endo-zeki, and they were so happy when he won, so I thought that someday I wanted to be on this side (of sumo) too." What about his sumo name...? Omori: "I think I'll end up with the same result as (Kitajin Oyakata), but I want to do my best using my real name, Omori." Omori is expected to make his sumo debut as early as the summer tournament two months from now. His goal is to reach the top of the sumo world. Omori: "My goal is to compete against a Yokozuna."