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. Of his six tournaments at
ozeki rank he only achieved a
kachi-koshi or winning record in two of them, and his overall record as an
ozeki was 26 wins against 31 losses, with 22 absences. In the May 1950 tournament, he won his first Fighting Spirit Award. 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 22 years in sumo. 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. ==Career record==