 His last appearance at "sekiwake" was in January 1974.After this tournament he changed the second part of his "shikona" from Katsutoshi to Katsuhiro but it did not bring a change of luck and he remained largely in the "maegashira" ranks.Hasegawa retired in May 1976, but remained in the sumo world as an elder, with the name Hidenoyama Oyakata.