 In September his bout against Ichinojo was stopped by the referee after he suffered a heavy nosebleed from striking Ichinojo's shoulder, a rare occurrence, but he still went on to win.He made his "sanyaku" debut at "komusubi" rank in the November 2014 tournament.However, he scored only six wins, and struggled badly when facing the top ranked wrestlers again, scoring only 1–14 at "maegashira" 2 in January and 2–13 at "maegashira" 3 in July.