In September 2011 Tamaasuka was promoted back to "makuuchi" after scoring 8-7 at "jūryō" 1in the preceding July tournament. He thus became the second wrestler (after Wakanoyama) to twice achieve the feat of returning to "makuuchi" after dropping to "makushita". Once again he lasted only one tournament back in the top division. He won his second "jūryō" championship in May 2012 with a score of 12–3 and secured promotion back to "makuuchi", but produced his worst performance in the top division to date in the following tournament, winning only two bouts. However, he responded by earning a sixth promotion to the top division for January 2013, but was demoted after only one tournament. After two more tournaments in "jūryō" he received his seventh promotion to the top division and this time was able to remain there for his longest stint yet of three tournaments before being demoted again.