TOKYO –
Fukuoka-born sumo wrestler Arashifuji has earned his first promotion to the highest makuuchi division forward of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, which opens on November 8 on the Fukuoka International Center, in response to the most recent rankings launched by the Japan Sumo Association on October 26.
Arashifuji, a local of Umi in Fukuoka Prefecture, belongs to the Isegahama steady and can make his top-division debut in his dwelling prefecture.
He started his skilled sumo profession on the Miyagino steady within the March 2024 event, coming into on the backside of the makushita division beneath a particular qualification system that permits completed novice wrestlers to begin above the bottom ranks.
He transferred to the Isegahama steady in April 2024 and continued his rise via the skilled rankings, incomes his first promotion to the second-tier juryo division on the Nagoya event in 2026.
His newest promotion marks one other milestone in his profession, bringing him into sumo’s highest division for the primary time as he prepares to compete earlier than a house crowd in Fukuoka.
Source: Kyodo