Career
He joined Tatsunami stable and made his professional debut in May 1932. Along with his stablemates Futabayama and Haguroyama, he supported Tatsunami stable. In January 1937, he was promoted to the top makuuchi division.
In January 1938, he defeated yokozuna Musashiyama, gaining his first kinboshi or gold star.
He was promoted to ōzeki in January 1943, but was demoted to sekiwake in May 1944. He was promoted to ōzeki again in November 1946, but he lost all eleven bouts in the November 1947 tournament.
He was demoted again in the May 1948 tournament. In the September 1952 tournament, he defeated yokozuna Chiyonoyama, gaining a kinboshi and winning his second Fighting Spirit Award.
In January 1953 he returned to sekiwake, and he remains the oldest man in the post-war era to be promoted to a san"yaku rank.
During the Autumn 1954 tournament which held from September 19 to October 3, he reached his fortieth birthday, and after the tournament he retired from an active wrestler. After his retirement, he re-established the Kasugayama stable, which he ran until his death in 1971. Among his rikishi was the former maegashira Onobori.