Career
After finishing as runner-up to Chiyonoyama with a 13-2 record in March 1955 (Chiyonoyama defeated him in a playoff) he was promoted to sumo"s second highest rank of ōzeki. He only managed to stay at ōzeki for eight tournaments, as injury meant he had three consecutive make-koshi or losing scores which saw him demoted from the rank. He fought in the maegashira ranks until his retirement in 1959.
He became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association, working as a coach at his old stable.
He was known as Shikoroyama Oyakata until 1961 and then Tatsutayama Oyakata until his death in 1985. He was well known for his extraordinary size: at 2.02 m (6 ft 7 1⁄2 in) tall he was the tallest modern era ōzeki until Akebono in 1992.
Through most of the 1940s only two tournaments were held a year, and in 1946 only one was held. 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.