 He had been ranked as a "yokozuna" on the "banzuke" in 63 tournaments, which remained the most in history until Hakuho surpassed it in May 2018.During his career he had won 951 matches, the most in history at the time (he was overtaken by Ōshio in 1987).Of those victories, 804 came in the top division (a record broken by Chiyonofuji in 1991), and 670 of those came at the "yokozuna" rank.