Initially competing under his real surname of Ichihara, he was an amateur sumo champion at Nihon University, where he won eleven national titles.

After steady scores of five wins to two losses in his first two tournaments in January and March 2007, followed by 4-3 in May and July, he was promoted to the second jūryō division in November 2007 after a 6-1 at makushita 1 in September.

He scored 13 wins to 2 losses, although he lost a playoff for the championship on the final day, and was immediately promoted to the top makuuchi division for January 2008.

In February 2011, it was revealed that text-messages discovered on confiscated mobile phones implicated Kiyoseumi in match-fixing, as they appeared to show him agreeing to throw bouts in exchange for money.

[4] Unlike Kasuganishiki (the wrestler with whom the texts were exchanged), Chiyohakuhō and Enatsukasa who admitted their involvement, Kiyoseumi denied the allegations.

[6] After an investigation by the Japan Sumo Association, he was one of 23 wrestlers found guilty of fixing the result of bouts and he was forced to retire in April 2011.