[2] He began participating in sumo from elementary school and notably wrestled at the Wanpaku National Championship.

[3] He attended Kindai University, where in his first year he won the National Student Sumo Individual Weight-class Championship in the under 100 kg category.

[4] It was during a visit there by the head coach of Isegahama stable, the former yokozuna Asahifuji, that he was persuaded to join professional sumo.

At the end of the 7 official days of competition, he and his stablemate Nishikifuji (then named Ogasawara) were both unbeaten and tied for the championship.

[6][7] For the January 2017 tournament, Midorifuji received his current shikona, or ring name, to evoke, with the kanji 翠 (meaning green), jade, a stone that shines brighter when polished, in the same way that a wrestler becomes better through practice.

[4] This promotion made him the first sumo wrestler from Shizuoka Prefecture to become a new jūryō since Tochihiryū [ja] in the March tournament of 2013,[4] and the second sekitori from Yaizu, after Katayama in 2004.

In the following November 2020 tournament, Midorifuji notably scored a victory over Jōkōryū on Day 13 using the rare kimarite (winning technique) zubuneri ("head pivot throw"), a first at this level of competition since Kyokushūzan used it in January 1996.

[24] Midorifuji was listed as a potential recipient of a Fighting Spirit award on Day 15, but it was contingent on an eleventh win.

[28] Midorifuji's Japan Sumo Association profile lists his favourite techniques as oshi (pushing) and katasukashi (under shoulder swing down).

[29] In November 2020 he beat Jōkōryū with the rare technique of zubuneri, or head pivot throw, which had not been seen at sekitori level in 22 years.

[31] Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Midorifuji Kazunari's official biography (English) at the Grand Sumo Homepage Terunofuji (retired) Kotozakura Hōshōryū Ōnosato Wakamotoharu Daieishō Abi Wakatakakage Takanoshō Kirishima Tobizaru Atamifuji Gōnoyama Ōhō Shōdai Ura Hiradoumi Chiyoshōma Takayasu Ichiyamamoto Endō Mitakeumi Rōga Takarafuji Churanoumi Ōshōma Tamawashi Meisei Midorifuji Takerufuji Nishikigi Ōnokatsu Shōnannoumi Kotoshōhō Hokutofuji Kinbōzan Hakuōhō Kitanowaka Tamashōhō Kagayaki Nishikifuji Tokihayate