sentences:  As a compromise, he took the name Hokutoumi (北勝海), taking the" kanji" 勝 ('win') from the second "kanji" of Tokachi but pronouncing it as the first "kanji".After his second tournament title in March 1987 and a runner-up performance in May, he was promoted to "yokozuna" for the July tournament.In 1988 he suffered a severe back injury which kept him out of three tournaments.