, born June 27, 1993, as is a Japanese professional

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wrestler from

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. His highest rank is ''

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'' 9.

Early life

Masamitsu Umeno comes from a family originally from the island of Tsushima. His grandmother (Hideko Umeno) was the oldest ''ama'' diver in Tsushima. He first went to the Isahaya Agricultural High School, before graduating from

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where he was a member of their sumo club. During his time as a student, he suffered a meniscus injury to his left knee and to his

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at the All Japan University Sumo Uwajima Tournament on April 29, 2015. He aggravated his injury at the Individual Weight Category Championships and was unable to compete in subsequent competitions. His professional debut was postponed because of his torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He however joined professional sumo in 2016, entering the Sakaigawa stable because his master (former '' komusubi''

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) is also from his home prefecture. His stablemate Hiradoumi, who reached the top '' makuuchi'' division in September 2022, is also from Nagasaki, and the two of them have maintained a friendly rivalry.

Career

Wrestling under his real name of Umeno Masamitsu, he changed his '' shikona'', or ring name, to Tsushimanada in 2017, to evoke 20th century '' ōzeki'' Tsushimanada Yakichi, who was originally from Tsushima Island like his family, and to whom he thought he was related to. However, after further investigation his master declared "it was not the case". In 2019, Tsushimanada was competing to win the ''makushita'' division championship but failed against then-former ''ōzeki'' Terunofuji who was making his comeback in the divisions after his injury and 4 tournament absence. While in ''makushita'', in the final day of the May 2022 tournament, Tsushimanada defeated upper division wrestler and former ''komusubi'' Shōhōzan. This proved to be Shōhōzan's final match.
In September 2022, it was announced that he would be promoted to ''

'' for the November 2022

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, hence being the fourth '' sekitori'' in his stable. His promotion also makes him the first wrestler from his hometown to be promoted ''sekitori'' in 45 years, since the retirement of former ''maegashira'' Shishihō Yoshimasa. However, Tsushimanada suffered a narrow loss in his first tournament as a ''sekitori'', achieving a 7-8 '' make-kochi'' record. After his first tournament at ''sekitori'', he visited his hometown of

for the first time in seven years, because he decided that he would not return until he became a ''sekitori''. Tsushimanada maintained his ''sekitori'' rank due to the balance of promotion and demotion within the

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. After a good performance during the 2023 January tournament, in which he scored five wins in a row during his last five matches, he was promoted to ''jūryō'' 9, his highest rank at the time. However, after a weak performance at the March tournament, Tsushimanada was relegated to ''jūryō'' 14, threatening him with demotion back to the ''makushita'' division. Nevertheless, he managed to go from a 1–6 score at Day 7, to a ''kachi-koshi'' score of 8–7, notably winning his last four bouts and securing his ''jūryō'' status.

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* {{Goo Sumo, A=, 3733 1993 births Living people Japanese sumo wrestlers Sumo people from Nagasaki Prefecture Nihon University alumni

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