He wasn't known as a flamboyant or dominant wrestler, but he consistently climbed the rankings not winning much against strong opponents such as Inazuma, Shiranui, Hidenoyama or Tsurugizan.

He rarely won against higher-ranked wrestlers but he was evenly matched with other ōzeki and did not lose much against those below the rank of sekiwake.

[2] He retired in 1856, remaining in the association as a master under the name Kumegawa Hamanosuke (粂川 濱之助) and founding his own stable.

With him are buried the seventh (maegashira Kiryūzan II [ja]) and eighth (ōzeki Kagamiiwa) generations of Kumegawa, as was traditional at the time.

[3] The eighth generation of Kumegawa, Kagamiiwa inherited his shikona in 1921 after joining the stable he had founded, and reached the rank of ōzeki in 1937.