 However, due to cellulitis, he had to quit the club and instead did various part-time jobs in between attending lectures at the university.He did not make his professional debut until March 2004, at the age of nearly 23, just before the upper age limit set by the Sumo Association.He was recruited by former "sekiwake" Terao, the head coach of the newly opened Shikoroyama stable, who he had admired as a young boy.