Tsurugizan began his wrestling career by joining the
Osaka-based sumo association thanks to a
wrestler named Tsurugahama, a relation of his father. There, he joined Inagawa stable and started to wrestle in 1875 under the
shikona, or ring name,
Kyōya (). In 1882, he decided to join the Tokyo-based sumo association. In 1883, he became a student of
Umegatani, who was still an active wrestler at the time, in Ikazuchi stable and competed in the May tournament of the same year directly as a ''
san'yaku''-ranked wrestler. He retired in June 1892 and became an
elder in the Sumo Association under the name Musashigawa, notably serving as a
shimpan. He died in November 1910 at the age of 58. ==Career record==