As a matter of course, he was expected to become yokozuna and a three-piece keshomawashi (ornamental sumo apron) was prepared, but he suffered from bad stomach and intestines due to heavy drinking and it forced him to miss three consecutive tournaments from January 1888, and finally he was demoted to maegashira.
当然横綱も期待され三つ揃いの廻し化粧廻しも用意されたが、酒量が過ぎたことから胃腸を患い、明治21年（1888年）1月場所から3場所全休、前頭に陥落する。