is a Japanese professional

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wrestler from

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. After a successful amateur career, he turned professional in January 2016, making the top ''

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'' division in November of the following year. His highest rank has been ''

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11.'' He wrestles for

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Early life and sumo background

He started sumo in his second year of elementary school, eventually in high school he would go on to win Kanazawa high school sumo tournament helping him to join the prestigious

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sumo program which he would later be Captain. He injured his

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in his third year having to undergo corrective surgery to fix. After graduating he became a business association player after finding employment at Nihon University as a staff member. After winning the 2015 Japan Corporate Sumo Tournament one of the four tournaments that grants tsukedashi, he decided to join

under fellow Nihon University graduate Daishōyama.

Career

He made his debut in January, 2016. Because of his amateur success he was granted a ''

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'' allowing him to skip the lower divisions of sumo. He quickly rose up the ranks recording only one ''

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'' or losing record on the way to the ''

'' division. He won the ''

jūryō Professional sumo as administered by the Japan Sumo Association is divided into six ranked divisions. Wrestlers are promoted and demoted within and between these divisions based on the merit of their win–loss records in official tournaments. For ...

'' division ''

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'' or championship in July 2017 and followed up with another ''

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'' or winning record in September. He made his ''makuuchi'' debut in November 2017 at the rank of ''

'' 14. After a 6–9 record he produced ''

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'' or winning records in his second and third top division tournaments, and was promoted to his highest rank to date of ''maegashira'' 11 in May. However he scored only 4–11 in this tournament and was demoted back to ''

.'' He returned to ''makuuchi'' after the September 2018 tournament where he scored 11–4, losing a playoff for the championship to Tokushōryū. He was unable to get winning records in the November 2018 and January 2019 tournaments and was demoted to ''jūryō'' again. He returned to ''makuuchi'' in March 2020 following an 11-4 record in the previous tournament, but could only score 5–10 and was again demoted. He returned to the top division a year later in March 2021, and managed to remain in ''makuuchi'' for three straight tournaments, but fell back to ''jūryō'' in September 2021. In May 2022 he took part in a playoff for the ''jūryō'' championship after an 11–4 record, but he was defeated by Nishikifuji.

Fighting style

Daimami is a ''yotsu-sumo'' wrestler who prefers grappling techniques to pushing or thrusting. His favoured grip on his opponent's ''

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'' is ''migi-yotsu'', a left hand outside, right hand inside position. His most common winning ''

kimarite ''Kimarite'' ( ja, 決まり手) is the technique used in sumo by a ''rikishi'' (wrestler) to win a match. It is officially decided or announced by the ''gyōji'' (referee) at the end of the match, though judges can modify this decision. The rec ...

'' is a straightforward ''yori-kiri'', or push out.

Career record

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