Miyabiyama Tetsushi most short-lived "ōzeki" on record (not counting wrestlers who have quickly been promoted to "yokozuna"). Miyabiyama sat out the two tournaments following his demotion with an injury, and so had to start all over again from the "maegashira" ranks. In January 2003 he looked to have earned his first ever "kinboshi" or gold star and to have defeated "yokozuna" Takanohana for the first time in eleven attempts with a rare counter-attacking "nichonage" throw but although the referee declared him the winner the judges ordered a rematch, which he lost. (The Sumo Association was inundated with calls of protest from the
Chiyotaikai Ryūji and sat out the regional tour in April due to a fractured rib. In September 2009 Chiyotaikai withdrew from the tournament after suffering eight defeats in the first ten days. He had an injury to his left knee in addition to his elbow problem, and commented, "I have no power to fight once I get in the ring." "Kadoban" for the fourteenth time in the Kyushu tournament in November, he won his first two bouts but then lost eight in a row, his demotion from "ōzeki" being confirmed on Day 10 when he was lifted out by Asashōryū. He withdrew