In October 2006 he won the open division of the World Amateur Sumo Championships held in Saitama, Japan, defeating Ichihara.
This earned him immediate promotion to the top makuuchi division for the September 2011, only the third time since the six tournaments a year system was established in 1958 that a jūryō debutant has achieved this (the other two were Daikiko and Ichihara).
Takayuki Yamada | Takayuki Tatsumi | Takayuki Iizuka | Kiyoseumi Takayuki |