The cherry blossoms left us after the Haru basho, and now after the Golden Week holidays we get to the Natsu basho. Who is stepping in front of the curtain this tourney?
Chiyosakae Eita Ms 2w (5-2) posted a strong result to put on the silk mawashi for the 2nd time. He spent half of 2022 in a silk mawashi. Chiyo is from Fukuchiyama, Kyoto. He debuted in January 2009. He is a member of the Kokonoe-Beya.
Chiyosakae was born in the town of Kasuga (currently the city of Tamba) in Hyogo prefecture. Chiyosakae began practicing judo at the age of 3 and attended judo classes while in elementary school. During his fifth year of elementary school, Chiyosakae began attending judo classes in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, and would use this as his official birthplace when joining professional sumo. He attended Sanda Municipal Ai Junior High School in Sanda, Hyogo, before transferring to Fukuchiyama Municipal Nisshin Junior High School in Kyoto during his second year. During his time in school, Kishi won many prefectural judo tournaments. After graduating from Kyoto Kyoei Gakuen High School, the director of Kishi's high school judo club recommended that he join professional sumo since he was a fan of ozeki Chiyotaikai. Chiyosakae agreed and subsequently joined Kokonoe stable.
Fujiseiun Tatsuki Ms 2e (4-3) just cleared the hurdle of a kachikoshi result to make it to the paid ranks for the first time. Fuji is from Kumamoto City, Kumamoto-ken. He debuted in March 2021. He is a member of the Fujishima-beya.
Fujiseiun started sumo wrestling during his first year at Kawachi Elementary School, but stopped sumo wrestling in his third year and played baseball from his fourth year to sixth year. He then attended Kumamoto Shiritsu Kawachi Junior High School where he was a member of the judo club. He went on to attend Buntoku Gakuen Gymnasium and was a member of the school's sumo club. He continued his sumo career at Meiji University where he made top 32 at the Kokutai Sumo Tournament.
After graduating university in 2020, Fujiseiun got a job with Toppan, a printing company, and was planning to work at a factory in Saitama prefecture while simultaneously continuing his sumo career at the corporate level. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic he could not participate in training or tournaments so he decided to go pro instead.
Tokihayate Hideki Ms 3e (4-3) got his 4th win to secure a visit in front of the curtain. He is from Kurihara, Miyagi-ken. He made his debut in March 2019. He is a wrestler from Tokitsukaze-beya.
Tokihayate 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, Tokihayate 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.
