in his "jūryō" debut in march 2017 asanoyama recorded 10 wins to tie for the lead on the final day of the tournament but was beaten in a play-off by the much more experienced toyohibiki. after 8 wins in may he tied for the championship with 11 wins in july but again lost a play-off, this time to his near contemporary daiamami. his efforts were enough to secure promotion to the top "makuuchi" division for the next tournament. he was the second "sandanme tsukedashi" entrant to reach "makuuchi" following yutakayama.