sentences:  In the July 2014 tournament, he logged his fourteenth consecutive appearance at "sekiwake" a modern age record, passing up Kaiō's thirteen.He finished 12–3, beating two "yokozuna" and two "ōzeki" and earning another Outstanding Performance Prize (his 3rd in a row).In recognition of his continued outstanding performance at "sekiwake" he was promoted to "ōzeki" for the September 2014 tournament despite having a mediocre 8–7 record in the May tournament and only 32 wins in his last 3 tournaments when 33 is generally the standard for promotion.