Growing up in Mongolia Turbold was a great athlete participating in many different sports like judo, basketball, darts, and speed skating.

In his third year at the university he won the All-Japan Sumo Championship giving him the title of amateur Yokozuna (the first foreigner to do so).

After graduating from university Turbold entered Nishikido stable, recruited by former sekiwake Mitoizumi.

In July 2020 at the rank of jūryō 14 he produced a 10–5 record, losing a playoff for the yūshō or championship to Akua.

He was forced to sit out the January 2022 tournament after a member of Nishikido stable tested positive for COVID-19.

It was reported that a few days earlier, he appeared to be favoring his left leg after inadvertently collapsing in his match against Takarafuji.

[7] His medical certificate with the Sumo Association stated that the withdrawal was due to osteoarthritis in both of his knees.