He was born in Funabashi, Chiba, not far from the
Kuramae Kokugikan. At the age of 15 in March 1976 he joined Izutsu stable (later renamed
Kokonoe stable), recruited by former
yokozuna Kitanofuji. He switched from his family name of Yagi to the
ring name of Fujihikari in 1978. After several years in the lower
divisions he broke into
jūryō division in January 1985, but only stayed there for two tournaments. He returned to
jūryō in January 1986 and made the top
makuuchi division in September of that year, before falling back to
jūryō. In November 1987 he returned to the top division and stayed there for two years, reaching a highest rank of
maegashira 1 in January 1988, although he was unable to defeat a
yokozuna or win a special prize. During this period he was part of a stable that included two
yokozuna,
Chiyonofuji and
Hokutoumi, as well as fellow
maegashira Takanofuji. The beginning of the end of Fujinoshin′s career came on Day 12 of the Aki basho in September 1989 when he had his ankle broken by a wrestler (
Misugisato) who fell on it while Fujinoshin was sitting by the
dohyō waiting for his match. He was unable to compete and had to default and withdraw from the tournament. and as a result he fell back to the
jūryō division. He returned to sumo in January 1990 but was unable to win promotion back to
makuuchi and announced his retirement in September 1990 having fallen into the
makushita division after another enforced absence. ==Retirement from sumo==