 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.