 He announced in September 2010 that he was opening up a "yakiniku" restaurant in Kōtō, Tokyo.In March 2011 prosecutors announced that Ōtake, as well as Kotomitsuki and 25 others involved in the scandal, would be spared indictment over gambling due to lack of implicating evidence.In 2017 Takatoriki spoke out against the controversial plan to bring casinos to Japan.