sentences:  For this tournament he faced all the top-ranked men at the beginning instead of during the second week as had been the case in his debut.He fell short with five wins against ten losses, although did upset "ōzeki" Kotomitsuki on the third day.After this tournament he was named as one of seven wrestlers who NHK commentator Shuhei Nagao (the former Mainoumi) called the "Seven Samurai" and identified as "holding the key" to a Japanese resurgence in sumo, which was dominated by foreigners in the top ranks.