Education
He defeated the future top makuuchi division wrestler Futeno, and also finished ahead of the future Asashōryū.
He defeated the future top makuuchi division wrestler Futeno, and also finished ahead of the future Asashōryū.
He has both a makushita and a jūryō division championship. His highest rank has been maegashira 9. In his second year of high school he took the championship to take the high school yokozuna title.
He went onto Toyo University where the future Kimurayama was his teammate.
Joining Irumagawa stable, he was below the official height requirement at just 166 cm but was accepted after passing a secondary examination. Initially fighting under his own surname of Isobe, he reached the second highest jūryō division in November 2007.
After changing his shikona to Sagatsukasa he initially remained near the bottom of jūryō and was demoted to makushita on several occasions. He lasted only one tournament in makuuchi and a series of poor performances back in jūryō saw him demoted to makushita once again.
He lasted four tournaments at the top before being relegated to jūryō for the March 2012 tournament.
However, he was injured and missed the last seven days of the tournament and was again relegated. He only lasted one tournament in jūryō and dropped out of the salaried divisions back to makushita where he has remained. Sagatsukasa"s Sumo Association profile lists his favoured techniques as kuisagari, an unusual move employed by shorter wrestlers that involves pushing the head against the opponent"s chest and grabbing the front part of the mawashi, oshi (pushing) and nage (throwing).
His most common winning kimarite in his career to date have been oshi dashi (push out), hiki otoshi (pull down) and tsuki otoshi (thrust over).
In September 2011 he defeated Tochinowaka with the spectacular ipponzeoi move, which had only been seen twice in the top division since 1974.