 He slowly returned to full fitness and after a series of solid performances he took his second "makushita" championship in May 2007 with a perfect 7-0 record from the rank of "makushita" 3, to earn promotion back to "jūryō".After scores of 10-5 in July and 9-6 in September, he was promoted to the top "makuuchi" division for the November 2007 tournament.In April 2005 Oshiogawa stable was absorbed into Oguruma stable, in anticipation of Oshiogawa Oyakata's retirement the following year.