is a Japanese professional

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wrestler from

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. A former amateur wrestler at

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, he made his professional debut in January 2017, reaching the top

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division in July 2021. His highest rank has been ''

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'' 8. He wrestles for

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Career

Yamamoto did amateur sumo at university but then became a civil servant, and had to get special dispensation from the

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to join professionally as he was over the age limit of 23. He made his professional debut in 2017, wrestling with the Nishonoseki stable (now re-named

) and he won the ''

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'' division championship in his first tournament. He reached the top ''

'' division in July 2021. He began his top division career with a win over Ishiura with a rare backwards belt throw, or harimanage. He reached seven wins and two losses by Day 9, but then suffered five straight defeats and only secured his ''

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'' or majority of wins on the final day. The September 2021 tournament was less successful for him as he could win only four matches and was demoted back to ''jūryō''. However in November he earned immediate promotion back to the top division by taking the ''jūryō'' division championship or ''

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'' with a 13–2 record. Ichiyamamoto began the May 2022 tournament with five straight wins, and on Day 10 was the co-leader with Takanoshō on eight wins and two losses. However he lost his last five matches to finish with an 8–7 record. Ichiyamamoto and his stable were forced to withdraw on Day 9 of the July 2022 tournament in Nagoya after stablemaster Hanaregoma tested positive for

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. Ichiyamamato stood at six wins and two losses at the time, and his ranking for the September tournament was once again east ''maegashira'' 13 (although he was two spots closer to ''jūryō'' because of the increased size of ''

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''). Ichiyamamoto dropped to ''jūryō'' for the July 2023 tournament, where he withdrew with left knee issues after suffering four defeats in his first four matches. He was set to reappear on Day 8 in a bid to prevent possible demotion from ''

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'' status.

Fighting style

Ichiyamamoto is a ''tsuki/oshi'' type wrestler, who prefers thrusting and pushing his opponents to fighting on the ''

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''. He wins most of his bouts by ''oshidashi'' (push out), hatakikomi (slap down) or ''tsuki dashi'' (thrust out).

Career record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ichiyamamoto, Daiki 1993 births Living people Japanese sumo wrestlers Sumo people from Hokkaido

Career

Fighting style

Career record

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