 Until 2008 he was a Director of the Japan Sumo Association, responsible for the running of the annual "honbasho" held in Nagoya.He then worked at Special Executive level.Unusually for a senior member of the Association, he did not take charge of a stable, instead working as a coach at Sadogatake stable, firstly under former "yokozuna" Kotozakura, and from 2005 under former "sekiwake" Kotonowaka.