 Discounting the special circumstances of Futahaguro's departure from sumo he was the second youngest "yokozuna" to retire, after Tochinoumi.Ōnokuni has remained in the sumo world as an "oyakata", or elder, and opened his own training stable, Shibatayama-"beya" in 1999.In March 2008 the stable produced its first "sekitori", Daiyūbu, but he spent only one tournament in "jūryō" and retired suddenly in June 2010 after falling out with his stablemaster.