initially fighting under his own surname of kadamoto, he won the "jonidan" championship in his second full tournament with a perfect 7–0 record. he recorded only one "make-koshi" or losing score on his way to elite "sekitori" status, which he achieved two years after his debut, upon promotion to the "jūryō" division in january 2007. to mark the occasion he adopted his present "ring name" of toyohibiki. the "toyo" part of his ring name came from the name of his home area of toyoura (the same "toyo" also being the first character in his mother's name toyomi) and the second part came from the name of his high school, yamaguchi hibiki. he won the "jūryō" championship in his debut tournament with a 10–5 record, and reached the top "makuuchi" division for the first time in july 2007.