In his first 5 years at the Kansai Ki-in, he had a spectacular record in the Oteai with 51 wins and just 3 losses through 2005.
In 2002 he finally lost his first Oteai match with a record of 11 wins and 1 loss.
This amounted his Oteai career record to a 94.4% winning percentage.
His run was stopped after the Oteai was replaced with a similar system used by the Nihon Ki-in of promotion through title winning.
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