Career
His highest rank was sekiwake. Upon retirement from active competition, he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association. He was head coach at Wakamatsu stable 1979-1990, when he left the Sumo Association.
Former ōzeki Asashio Tarō IV took over as Wakamatsu"s head coach in March 1990.
The New year tournament began and the Spring tournament returned to Osaka in 1953. Since the addition of the Kyushu tournament in 1957 and the Nagoya tournament in 1958, the yearly schedule has remained unchanged.