Tomozuna stable
Born in Itayanagi, Kitatsugaru District, Hayateumi was an amateur sumo champion at Nihon University where he held the "College "Yokozuna"" title. Given "makushita tsukedashi", or promising amateur status, he made his professional debut in the third "makushita" division in March 1998. He joined Tomozuna stable, but soon after followed Oitekaze Oyakata (the former Daishōyama) to the newly established Oitekaze stable. He reached the second "jūryō" division in January 1999 and made his debut in the top "makuuchi" division in March 2000. In September 2000 he scored nine wins, winning the "Gino-sho" award and promotion to "sekiwake". He had to pull out of the November 2000 tournament with an injury and never made the "sanyaku" ranks again. He is one of the few wrestlers whose only tournament in "sanyaku" was at "sekiwake" rather than "komusubi" (along with Kotetsuyama and Hokutoriki). Persistent injuries meant Hayateumi never realised his true potential, forcing him back down to the lower divisions. He announced his retirement in January 2006 at the rank of" makushita" 49. In all he had missed all or part of 12 of his 48 career tournaments through injury.