 The "Yoshi" character came from his grandfather, Yoshio, who had died the previous year, and the "kaze" character was from his stablemaster and used by many of his stablemates.He was promoted to the top "makuuchi" division in January 2006.It took him only 12 tournaments to make the top division from his professional debut, equal to the second fastest rise ever since the six tournaments per year system was introduced in 1958.