 After his retirement he worked as a coach at his old stable under the "toshiyori" or elder name of Hanaregoma, but he left the Sumo Association in February 1977 to seek a new profession.Ryūko played the station chief in the 1977 live-actor film version of Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo.He joined the cast of the "jidaigeki" "Abarenbo Shogun" during the first series (about 175 episodes), and continued through the second series (about 190 episodes).