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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Ties to yakuza for Osaka sumo tournaments..[ 1500 ]

Stablemaster rents building with ties to yakuza for Osaka sumo tournaments

The building in Osaka that was used by the Matsugane stable, pictured on July 21. (Mainichi)
The building in Osaka that was used by the Matsugane stable, pictured on July 21. (Mainichi)
 
(Mainichi Japan) July 21, 2010
Sumo stablemaster Matsugane has been renting a building connected to a front company for an organized crime group for spring tournaments in Osaka, it was learned on July 21.

Matsugane, 53, rented the building, located within the city of Osaka, from the company president, 61, and has used it for lodging and training purposes.
Registration records show that the building belonged to the company until 2002, and it is now owned by a partner company. Police say the company managed by the president is a front for the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate. 

The company president was arrested in March of 2008 for engaging in negotiations over an eviction from the building despite not having a license to practice law. In January of last year, he was given a two-year prison sentence, suspended for four years, by the Tokyo District Court.

Matsugane, formerly Ozeki Wakashimazu, was born in Tanegashima, Kagoshima Prefecture. He is married to former singer Mizue Takada. Matsugane won two championships during his active sumo days, and was known as the "nankai no kurohyo" (black leopard of the southern seas). He retired from active wrestling in 1987, and after the January sumo tournament in 1990, he left the Futagoyama stable and created his own successful stable. 

He has raised several wrestlers to high "sekitori" ranks. Currently, his wrestler Matsutani is performing well at the "juryo" rank. Matsugane is a referee for the Japan Sumo Association (JSA), and he is judging at the Nagoya tournament.
In 2009, high-ranking members of the Kodokai, a sub-group of the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate, were seen sitting at the Nagoya tournament in front-row seats reserved for big money donors. In response to the scandal, in May of this year, the JSA added an item to its fundamental rules forbidding "deals or providing of benefits with anti-social forces," referring to crime syndicates and those affiliated with them.

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