He reached the retirement age for elders of 65 in September 2017, but stayed with the Sumo Association for an additional two years as a consultant.
He played many sports in elementary school, including judo and swimming, and began to increase in size rapidly from the fourth grade.
However, around this time he was spotted by a member of yokozuna Kashiwado's support group and persuaded to join Isenoumi stable.
He made his debut in September 1970, alongside future yokozuna Chiyonofuji, maegashira Oko (later a sewanin) and jūryō Ushiwakamaru.
He was promoted to elite sekitori status when he reached the jūryō division in July 1975, at the same time as his stablemate Konuma.
He reached his highest rank of maegashira 1 in January 1981, and was the last person to fight ōzeki Takanohana before his retirement, defeating him on the sixth day.
Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique Also shown: ★=Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi