Kimikaze Toshiji
Career. He was the first professional sumo wrestler from Waseda University in 78 years. He joined Oguruma stable in January 2009, recruited by former "ozeki" Kotokaze. He was promoted to the "juryo" division in July 2011 after winning the "makushita" division championship or "yusho" with a perfect 7-0 record. At this point he changed his "shikona" from his family name of Naoe to Kimikaze. After winning the "juryo" championship in March 2012 with a 12-3 record, he was promoted to the top "makuuchi" division. He had to withdraw from his debut tournament in the top division  on the 13th day and never managed to return to "makuuchi". He is the first wrestler since Sakaizawa to have to withdraw from his only top division tournament. Retirement from sumo. Due to persistent injuries, including a torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder, he announced his retirement in May 2014. His danpatsu-shiki or official retirement ceremony took place on June 22, 2014 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Hotel with around 230 guests taking part in the hair-cutting. His marriage was announced at the event. After leaving sumo he returned to his hometown of Chofu to open a sumo -themed restaurant. Fighting style. Kimikaze was an "oshi"-sumo specialist, preferring pushing techniques to fighting on the "mawashi" or belt. His most common winning "kimarite" was "oshi-dashi" (push out) but he was also very reliant on slap downs ("hataki-komi"). Career record.