Kaisho Asaki

Kaisho Asaki - 魁勝 旦祈 (born January 28, 1995) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Nishio, Aichi. He made his debut in March 2013 and currently wrestles for Asakayama stable. He reached the juryo division in September 2019. His highest rank as of 2023 is juryo 2.

## **Early Life**

Asaki Honda was born in Nishio, a city located in Aichi Prefecture. He started practicing judo since his childhood and by his third year at High School, he was ranked second in the 100 kg weight division of the Aichi Prefectural tournament. He never competed in sumo before his debut, but was convinced by his cousin who had a connection with a Miyagino stable junior wrestler. After being introduced to Asakayama oyakata (ex-ozeki Kaio), Honda decided to partake in professional sumo after his high school graduation.

## **Career**

### **Early Career**

Honda wrestled in maezumo with his surname, but switched to the shikona "Kaisho" following his jonokuchi debut. In January, 2014, Kaisho initially wrestled for Tomozuna stable, but when ex-ozeki Kaio branched out to form the new stable, Asakayama stable, Kaisho was one of the few sumo wrestlers to transfer stables. Upon transferring, Kaisho would regularly train at Azumazeki stable and would recieve personal training lessons from the former Takamisakari. Kaisho had a strong start, and breezed through the first two divisions with relative ease. He switched his shikona to "Kaiseio" for the July 2014 tournament. After three straight kachi-koshi, or winning records in sandanme, Kaiseio earned promotion to the makushita division for the May, 2015, tournament.

Kaiseio had a strong showing in his first two showings in makushita. He reached the upper-half of makushita by his third tournament. However for the May 2016 tournament, Kaiseio had a right ankle surgery and had to miss out on every match. This result demoted him back to the sandanme division. Even though he wasn't completely healed, he still participated and finished with a 5-2 in the following tournament. Kaiseio became a makushita mainstay for around three years, with the exception of a couple tournaments in sandanme. In January, 2018, Kaiseio reverted back to his old shikona of Kaisho and immediately won all seven matches in sandanme. He was placed in a playoff against Tochikodai, which he won as well. He spent the following tournaments in upper level makushita, and after a win against juryo-ranked wrestler, Arawashi, Kaisho earned promotion to the juryo division for the September, 2019, tournament.

### **Juryo Career**

Kaisho was the first wrestler from Asakayama stable to earn sekitori-level status. In his juryo debut, Kaisho lost his first three matches. He would bounce back and win 8 out of the 10 following matches. He lost his final three matches to finish with a decent 8-7 record. This promoted him to juryo 11 for the November, 2019, tournament. Kaisho struggled in the tournament and finished with a 5-10 record. This regulated him back to the makushita division, where he would remain for the all of 2020. He returned to juryo in July 2021 and posted a strong 11-4 record. He had to withdraw from Day 12 of the July 2022 tournament after there was a COVID outbreak at Asakayama stable. Kaisho was demoted back down to makushita in March 2023.

## **Personal Life**

* Kaisho enjoys reading as his hobby.
* Kaisho has a judo background and was ranked second in the 100kg division of the Aichi Prefectural Tournament during his third year of high school.

## **Fighting Style**

Kaisho is a yotsu-sumo wrestler, preferring grappling techniques to pushing and thrusting. His most common winning kimarite is a straightforward yori kiri, or force out, and he uses a hidari yotsu grip on the mawashi or belt, with his right hand outside and left hand inside his opponent's arms.

## **Record**

### **Division Results**

* **Total:** 265-249-23/512 (64 basho)
* **Juryo:** 79-98-3/176 (12 basho)
* **Makushita:** 124-122-6/245 (36 basho)
* **Sandanme:** 33-16/49 (7 basho)
* **Jonidan:** 21-7-14/28 (6 basho)
* **Jonokuchi:** 8-6/14 (2 basho)

### **Championships**

* 1 **Sandanme** Championship (January 2018)

## **Shikona History**

* Honda Asaki (2013.03 - 2013.03)
* Kaisho Asaki (2013.05 - 2014.07)
* Kaiseio Asaki (2014.09 - 2017.11)
* Kaisho Asaki (2018.01 - )

## **Gallery**

### **JSA Profile Pictures and Tegata**

Kaisho Asaki - 2023 (Retrieved from the JSA)Kaisho Asaki - 2022 (Retrieved from the JSA)Kaisho Asaki - 2019 (Retrieved from the JSA)Kaisho Asaki - 2019 (Retrieved from the JSA)Kaisho's tegata
### **Career Overview**

Kaisho ensures promotion to Juryo (c. 2019)Kaisho after promotion to Juryo (c. 2019)Kaisho celebrates promotion to Juryo (c. 2019)Kaisho celebrates promotion to Juryo (c. 2019)Kaisho defeats Kizakiumi (c. 2019)Kaisho defeats the future Oho (c. 2020)Kaisho defeats Abi (c. 2021)Kaisho throws and defeats Shimazuumi (c. 2022)Kaisho prepares for his upcoming match (c. 2023)Kaisho battles former Ozeki Asanoyama (c. 2023)
## **Sources**

* Kaisho Asaki Japanese Wikipedia Article
* Kaisho Asaki Rikishi Information