Asagyokusei Taiko

Asagyokusei Taiko - 朝玉勢 大幸 (born May 29, 1993) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ise, Mie. He made his debut in January 2016 and currently wrestles for Takasago stable. He reached the juryo division in September 2019. His highest rank as of 2023 is juryo 12.

## **Early Life**

Tamaki began sumo wrestling in his first year, while attending Ise City Hamago Elementary School. He also wrestled at a local sumo dojo (Shimokan Sumo Dojo). He later attended Shima City Isobe Junior High School and won the national prefectural junior high school sumo championship in his third year. Tamaki attended Kinki University High School/Junior High School which was directly related with the Kinki University sumo club director. Tamaki participated in the national tournaments and finished in best eight in his second and third year.

Tamaki attended Kinki University and enrolled in their Department of Business Administration. In his first year at Kinki University, he won the West Japan Student Rookie Championship. After that he won two titles in the West Japan Tournament. He also competed in national championships. In his fourth year he served as a captain in the National Students Sumo Championships organization. He was also a runner-up in the Top 16 - All Japan Sumo Championship tournament. After his college sumo career, Tamaki opted to turn professional and joined Takasago stable with his college teammate and close friend, Asanoyama.

## **Career**

### **Early Career**

Tamaki made his professional debut on January 2016 under the shikona of Asatamaki. "Asa" is a prefix used by every member in the Takasago stable, and "Tamaki" is his family name. He took the jonokuchi championship with a perfect 7-0 record. The following tournament he changed his shikona back to just his family name of "Tamaki". The next tournament Tamaki took the jonidan yusho with another 7-0 record. The next tournament Tamaki achieved a 6-1 record in sandanme which was good enough for promotion to makushita.

In his first tournament in makushita, Tamaki was in the race for the yusho, but lost his last match against eventual yusho winner Yamaguchi. He was promoted to a career high of makushita 10, but suffered his first make-koshi of 3-4. He would stay in the upper levels of makushita for around three years. On November 2018, Asagyokusei was ranked at makushita 3 and even faced off against juryo ranked wrestler, Gokushindo, whom he beat on the last day to finish with a rare 2-6 record. In the July 2019 tournament, Tamaki scored a 4-3 record at the rank of makushita 3 which secured him a promotion to the juryo division.

### **Juryo Career**

Upon promotion to juryo, he changed his shikona to "Asagyokusei". Asagyokusei struggled in his first tournament and finished with a 5-10 record. He was demoted back down to makushita, but achieved a 5-2 record which secured re-promotion to the juryo division in the January 2020 tournament. Asagyokusei was on the verge of a kachi-koshi (winning record), however he lost on the last day to Hidenoumi which gave him a final record of 7-8. The next tournament Asagyokusei finished with a 5-10 record which demoted him back down to makushita.

## **Fighting Style**

Asagyokusei is an oshi-zumo specialist, which means he prefers thrusting and pushing techniques rather than fighting on the mawashi. The most common kimarite that he employs is oshidashi (force-out), hattakikomi (slap-down), tsukiotoshi (thrust-down), hikiotoshi (hand pull down) and tsukidashi (front thrust-out); all which don't employ the mawashi.

## **Record**

### **Division Results**

* **Total:** 187-161/348 (47 basho)
* **Juryo:** 17-28/45 (3 basho)
* **Makushita:** 150-132/282 (40 basho)
* **Sandanme:** 6-1/7 (1 basho)
* **Jonidan:** 7-0/7 (1 basho)
* **Jonokuchi:** 7-0/7 (1 basho)

### **Championships**

* 1 **Jonidan** Championship (May 2016)
* 1 **Jonokuchi** Championship (March 2016)

## **Shikona History**

* Asatamaki Kazuma (2016.01 - 2016.03)
* Tamaki Kazuma (2016.05 - 2019.07)
* Asagyokusei Kazuma (2019.09 - 2021.03)
* Asagyokusei Taiko (2021.05 - )

## **Gallery**

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

Asagyokusei Kazuma - 2019 (Retrieved from the JSA)Asagyokusei's tegata
### **Career Overview**

Tamaki gets recruited into Takasago stable (c. 2015)Tamaki prepares for his upcoming match (c. 2019)Tamaki ensures promotion to Juryo (c. 2019)Tamaki becomes Asagyokusei upon promotion to Juryo (c. 2019)Asagyokusei meets the mayor of his hometown (c. 2019)Asagyokusei celebrates promotion to Juryo (c. 2019)Asagyokusei presented with his kesho-mawashi (c. 2019)Asagyokusei defeats Kaisho (c. 2019)Asagyokusei defeats Kotonowaka (c. 2020)Asagyokusei accidentally concusses his opponent (c. 2021)Asagyokusei defeats Tochikamiyama (c. 2021)Asagyokusei defeats Kairyu (c. 2022)Asagyokusei defeats Kamito (c. 2023)
## **Sources**

* Asagyokusei Taiko Japanese Wikipedia Article
* Asagyokusei Taiko Rikishi Information