He was an amateur champion at Kinki University, and won the All Japan Gakusei Championship in his senior year.
He won immediate promotion to the top makuuchi division after his jūryō debut, the first wrestler to do so since the establishment of the six tournaments a year system in 1958.
He missed the July and September 1991 tournaments through injury, and was demoted back to the makushita division.
He won promotion back to jūryō after winning his second makushita championship, again with a perfect 7–0 record.
Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique Also shown: ★=Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi