 His first tournament as "yokozuna" finished with a disappointing 8–7 score, but in March 1988 he beat "yokozuna" Hokutoumi in a play-off to achieve his second tournament victory.However, the Kokonoe stable "yokozuna" Chiyonofuji and Hokutoumi were to prove dominant over the next few tournaments and he never won another tournament.He scored a famous victory over Chiyonofuji on the last day of the November 1988 tournament, however, ending Chiyonofuji's 53-bout winning streak in what turned out to be the last sumo match of the Shōwa period.