He began to wrestle directly in the jūryō division under the shikona, or ring name, Chitosegawa Otomatsu (千年川 音松).

He briefly changed his ring name to Tetsuoiyama Keikichi (鉄生山 珪吉) then to Akitsukaze in 1828, an archaic word to evoke a dragonfly, an animal renowned for always moving forward and synonymous with good omens in sumo wrestling.

Throughout his career he maintained a good score against Kashiwado when the latter was a dominant wrestler, even recording two consecutive victories over him in 1823 and 1824.

[2] In 1834, the rankings underwent a series of upheavals, notably caused by the absence of the dominant yokozuna Inazuma.

The reason for this demotion was theorized to be his absence during his first tournament at ōzeki rank, which had displeased the sumo association's executives.