Tatsunami stable
He joined Tatsunami stable and made his professional debut in May 1932. Along with his stablemates Futabayama and Haguroyama, he supported Tatsunami stable. In January 1937, he was promoted to the top "makuuchi" division. In January 1938, he defeated "yokozuna" Musashiyama, gaining his first "kinboshi" or gold star. He was promoted to "ōzeki" in January 1943, but was demoted to "sekiwake" in May 1944. He was promoted to "ōzeki" again in November 1946, but he lost all eleven bouts in the November 1947 tournament. He was demoted again in the May 1948 tournament. Of his six tournaments at "ozeki" rank he only achieved a "kachi-koshi" or winning record in two of them, and his overall record as an "ozeki" was 26 wins against 31 losses, with 22 absences.