Tatsunami stable
He joined the Tatsunami stable in March 1957 and reached the top "makuuchi" division in May 1963. He was small, at just 178 cm and 103 kg, but he was very popular with sumo fans. In July 1964 he reached his highest rank of "komusubi", which he was to hold on three occasions with a combined record of only 10 wins against 35 losses. He was runner-up to Kashiwado in the July 1967 tournament.