As a matter of course, he carried all before him in his division and was promoted to the top Makuuchi division, where he set a champion-like record of eight wins and one tie in the December 1874 tournament.
当然こんな地位からでは敵などおらず、明治7年（1874年）12月場所新入幕で8勝1分の優勝相当成績を挙げた。