Sadogatake stable
He reached the second highest rank of "ōzeki" in 1958. He was a tournament runner-up in the top "makuuchi" division on five occasions and earned seven "kinboshi" for defeating "yokozuna" when ranked as a "maegashira". After his retirement in 1962 he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association and worked as a coach at Sadogatake stable. He was offered the chance to take charge of the stable in 1974 but declined, preferring to remain as an assistant coach there until his death in 1981.