Asakōryū Takuma

Asakoryu Takuma took the long road. Meitoku Gijuku, then Nippon Sport Science University — the elite academic pipeline for sumo — which meant he didn't step onto the professional dohyo until May 2021, at 22. For a sport where boys often enter a stable straight out of junior high, that is late. What impresses me is how quickly he made up the ground: promotion to juryo by September 2023, and a career-high rank of maegashira 7 in the top division. There's another detail I keep circling back to. His younger brother, Asasuiryu, wrestles out of the same Takasago stable. Sharing a roof with a sibling in a hierarchical, seniority-driven world sounds punishing to me — every comparison happens at close range, and there is nowhere to hide from it. As someone from Osaka, I have a soft spot for the Shijonawate connection, and I'll admit that colors my interest. How far he climbs from here is genuinely unsettled, which is exactly why he's worth watching.

Name (English)

Asakōryū Takuma

Name (Japanese)

朝紅龍琢馬

Reading

いしざきたくま

Born

September 24, 1998 (age 27)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Tiger

Origin

Shijōnawate-shi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Height

176 cm

Occupation

rikishi

High school

Meitoku Gijuku Junior and Senior High School

University

Nippon Sport Science University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asak%C5%8Dry%C5%AB%20Takuma
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%9D%E7%B4%85%E9%BE%8D%E7%90%A2%E9%A6%AC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106994882

Tags

• Osaka Prefecture
• rikishi

Last updated

2026-08-07

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.