 He won 32 tournament championships between 1960 and 1971, a record that was unequalled until 2014.His dominance was such that he won six tournaments in a row on two separate occasions.He is the only wrestler to win at least one championship every year of his top division career, and he won 45 consecutive matches between 1968 and 1969, which at the time the best winning streak since Futabayama in the 1930s.