Takasago stable
After high school he followed his friend Asashōryū to Wakamatsu stable (now Takasago stable) and fought his first professional sumo bout in January 2000. In later years Asasekiryū would often serve as a "tachimochi" or sword bearer during Asashōryū's "yokozuna" "dohyō-iri" or ring entering ceremony. His "shikona" or fighting name literally means "morning red dragon", very similar to Asashoryu's "morning blue dragon" (in both cases, the "Asa" character is taken from his stablemaster's fighting name of Asashio, who was a classmate at Kinki University of Asashōryū and Asasekiryū's high school sumo coach).