 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.He did not manage to reach "makuuchi" in 2014 and had an even less successful year in 2015, losing "sekitori" status after the November 2015 tournament for the first time in five years.He won promotion back to "jūryō" after the March 2016 tournament.