Twenty-year-old Yusei Nakanishi has a new shikona (ring name).

Going by Asonishiki since January 2019, the Sakaigawa stable man, who at first used his own name as a shikona, will henceforth be known as Asonoyama.

Although no explanation was given, the new name is almost certainly derived from Mount Aso (Japan’s largest active volcano) located in his native Kumamoto Prefecture.