Tokihayate Hideki

Tokihayate Hideki - 時疾風 秀喜 (born August 25, 1996) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kurihara, Miyagi. He made his debut in March 2019 and currently wrestles for Tokitsukaze stable. He reached the juryo division in May 2023. His highest rank as of 2023 is juryo 6.

## **Early Life**

Tomie began sumo wrestling during his second year of elementary school because he was bigger than most of his other classmates. In addition to sumo, he also participated in soccer and volleyball, but after entering junior high school, Tomie solely focused on sumo. For high school, he attended Miyagiken Kogotanorinkoto School where he finished third at the National High School Sumo Championship during his third year.

After graduating high school, he enrolled at Tokyo University of Agriculture with the intention of becoming a teacher. During his third year, he reached the top 16 at the All Japan Sumo Championship. He began considering to join professional sumo after Midorifuji and Nishikifuji, who are from the same year as him, dropped out from Kinki University to pursue a career in professional sumo. In his fourth year, he made top 32 at the National Student Sumo Championship. After graduating from university, Tomie joined Tokitsukaze stable due to its strong affiliation with his school.

## **Career**

### **Early Career**

He made his professional debut in March 2019 under the shikona "Tokisakae" (時栄). He won the jonidan yusho with a perfect 7-0 record in July 2019 and reached makushita in November 2019 after only spending one tournament in each other previous divisions. In March 2021, while ranked at makushita 15, Tokisakae won his first six matches, but missed out on a guaranteed juryo promotion after losing to returning makuuchi wrestler Abi on the 13th day. In September 2021, he suffered a muscle strain on his left thigh as well as an injury sustained to his right knee and had to withdraw on the seventh day of the tournament. In March 2022, he was given the new shikona "Tokihayate" (時疾風). He reached a career-best makushita 3 rank in November 2022, but missed out on a juryo promotion after losing to Tochikamiyama on the final day to finish with a 3-4 record. Nevertheless, in March 2023, secured a 4-3 record in his previous highest rank, which saw him promoted to Juryo for the May 2023 tournament.

### **Juryo Career**

Tokihayate was the first newly promoted sekitori from Miyagi Prefecture since Gojoro in July 1995. He got off to a solid start in his juryo debut before losing his last five matches to finish with a 6-9 record. He was demoted back down to makushita in July 2023, but returned to juryo immediately in September 2023 after winning the makushita yusho with a perfect 7-0 record in July. And in September he was able to acheive his first juryo kachi-koshi, maintaining himself in the division.

## **Fighting Style**

According to his Japan Sumo Association profile, Tokihayate's preferred grip on his opponent's mawashi is hidari-yotsu, a right arm outside and left hand inside position. His favorite techniques are listed as yorikiri (force out) and oshidashi (push out).

## **Record**

### **Division Results**

* **Total:** 129-81-3/209 (28 basho)
* **Juryo:** 22-23/45 (3 basho)
* **Makushita:** 88-56-3/143 (21 basho)
* **Sandanme:** 6-1/7 (1 basho)
* **Jonidan:** 7-0/7 (1 basho)
* **Jonokuchi:** 6-1/7 (1 basho)

### **Championships**

* 1 **Makushita** Championship (July 2023)
* 1 **Jonidan** Championship (May 2019)

## **Shikona History**

* Tokisakae Hideki (2019.03 - 2022.01)
* Tokihayate Hideki (2022.03 - )

## **Gallery**

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

Tokihayate Hideki - 2023 (Retrieved from the JSA)Tokihayate Hideki - 2023 (Retrieved from the JSA)Tokihayate's tegata
### **Career Overview**

Tokihayate gets introduced by Tokitsukaze Oyakata (c. 2019)Tokihayate in Maezumo (c. 2019)Tokihayate defeats Homarefuji to win the Jonidan Yusho (c. 2019)Tokihayate defeats Hokuseiho (c. 2021)Tokihayate prepares for his upcoming match (c. 2023)Tokihayate ensures promotion to Juryo (c. 2023)Tokihayate after promotion to Juryo (c. 2023)Tokihayate celebrates promotion to Juryo (c. 2023)Tokihayate presented with his kesho-mawashi (c. 2023)Tokihayate defeats Tsushimanada (c. 2023)Tokihayate defeats Tochiseiryu to win the Makushita Yusho (c. 2023)Tokihayate wins his first Makushita Yusho (c. 2023)Tokihayate serves as Kirishima's flag bearer (c. 2023)
## **Sources**

* Tokihayate Hideki Japanese Wikipedia Article
* Tokihayate Hideki Rikishi Information