Sadanoumi Takashi is a professional sumo wrestler from Kumamoto, Japan.
Background
Matsumura was born the oldest son of the sumo star also known as Sadanoumi who was active in the 1980s, who reached the rank of komusubi and was well known for his swift sumo technique. Matsumura aspired from a young age to follow in his father"s footsteps and upon graduation from junior high school in 2003 he joined Sakaigawa stable which was founded by former komusubi Ryōgoku who had himself been a protege of the senior Sadanoumi. From the January 2004 tournament, he took the ring name of his father.
Career
His highest rank has been maegashira 1. He has one special prize for Fighting Spirit and one gold star for defeating a yokozuna. Being a lighter wrestler, he struggled to succeed for a number of years, but in November 2007 he managed to take the sandanme division championship with a perfect 7-0 record.
This championship catapulted him from sandanme 44 into the third division at the rank of makushita 27.
This would put him in upper makushita where after two tournaments he was promoted to the salaried ranks of jūryō for the first time in July 2010. He lasted eight tournaments in the division before being demoted again, sitting out his last tournament in jūryō with a dislocated ankle.
As before he began to struggle again in makushita and would remain there for twelve tournaments before working his way back up and finally re-entering jūryō in January 2014. This time around he found his stride quickly and was able to rise through jūryō in only two tournaments with two strong performances.
He was promoted to the top division makuuchi in May 2014.
His made a splash in his top division debut, earning an 10-5 record and the Fighting Spirit prize. This was the first such repeat in the history of sumo. Foreign a few tournaments after his makuuchi debut, when he appeared in the ring entering ceremony, Sadanoumi wore a keshō-mawashi with the official Kumamoto prefectural mascot Kumamon on it to promote his home prefecture.
Sadanoumi has a chronic disease of the cornea which severely limits his vision.
In order to avoid risky surgery he wears special hard contacts every night that dramatically improve his vision for the following day.