He made his professional debut in March 2007, joining Oguruma stable, and reached the top makuuchi division in September 2016.

He rose to the top of the makushita division in March 2013, where he was on the verge of promotion to elite sekitori status but fell short with a make-koshi or losing 1–6 record.

After making attempts to lose weight his results began to improve and he earned promotion to the jūryō division after the January 2015 tournament.

He chose the shikona himself, with "kaze" (wind) being a suffix used by all wrestlers at Oguruma stable, and "Ama" taken from Amanogawa (the Milky Way), because his birthday of July 7 coincides with the start of Tanabata (Star Festival) celebrations.

Ranked at maegashira 13 in his makuuchi debut in September 2016, he managed only five wins against ten losses and was demoted straight back to jūryō.

Amakaze is known for his sense of fun and love of food, and enjoys posting photos of himself and fellow wrestlers at leisure on social media.