Career
He was the sport"s 30th yokozuna. He joined Izutsu stable and made a debut in January 1910. He was promoted to the top makuuchi division in January 1916.
He was promoted to ōzeki in January 1922.
After Ōnishiki Uichirō left the sumo world, there remained only one yokozuna, Tochigiyama, in Tokyo sumo at that time. The Tokyo Sumo Association wanted to promote one more yokozuna.
Although he didn"t record significantly superior results, he was awarded a yokozuna licence in April 1923. He was promoted to that rank without winning any championships in the top makuuchi division.
Therefore, his promotion was controversial, although championships (yūshō) before January 1926 were officially awarded by not the Sumo Association but a newspaper, the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun.
He was stricken by heart disease in November 1925 and was absent from the next tournament. His strength continued to decline and he retired in October 1928. In 1927 Tokyo and Osaka sumo merged and four tournaments a year in Tokyo and other locations began to be held.