Career
He made his debut in 2001 but had many injury problems. In 2006, he obtained Japanese citizenship, adopting the official name of Tebita Togawa. He retired in May 2009.
As an amateur he competed in the lightweight category at the Junior World Sumo Championships in 2000, just missing out on a bronze medal.
He made his professional debut in March 2001, joining the small Tagonoura stable. His first shikona or fighting name was Hisanoumi.
He reached as high as sandanme 24 in the fourth highest division in November 2004, but injury meant he was not able to participate in any tournaments from November 2005 until September 2006. As a result, he fell off the banzuke (ranking list) completely in July 2006.
He finally returned to the ring in November 2006 and fought three maezumo (pre-sumo) bouts – effectively beginning his career all over again from the very bottom.
He then took the jonokuchi championship with a 6–1 record. By May 2007 he had progressed to jonidan 20 where he turned in another fine 6–1 score. This earned him promotion back to sandanme for July.
In his first tournament in sandanme since September 2005 he could manage only a 2–5 score.
In the September 2007 tournament, despite missing his first bout, he went on to record five wins and just one loss. At the end of 2007 he changed his shikona from Hisanoumi Taiyō to Aotsurugi Kenta.
He scored three wins against four losses at Sandanme 1 in that tournament. He missed the May 2009 tournament, and announced his retirement from sumo.
