born in sapporo, he took up skiing as a young boy, as he came from an area famous for its ski slopes. he also played basketball at school. however his father was an amateur sumo enthusiast and encouraged his son to try the sport. in his third year of junior high he took part in the national junior high school sumo championships, held in tokyo, and was put up in tatsunami stable during the championships. daishoho was an amateur sumo champion at nihon university, and after graduation he returned to tatsunami stable. he entered professional sumo in january 1990 at the "makushita" level, and quickly reached the top "makuuchi" division in july 1991. his best performance in a tournament was in september 1992 when he was runner-up to takahanada with 11 wins. he reached his highest rank of "komusubi" in january 1993, but after that he was plagued by a number of injuries to his knees, back and triceps. he fell back to the "jūryō" division after pulling out of the january 1997 tournament on the 4th day.