Chiyotaikai Ryūji Kokonoe stable until his retirement in January 2010 at the age of 33. He remained in sumo as a coach at his stable, and became the head coach in August 2016 following the death of Chiyonofuji. After his father's death, Chiyotaikai's family moved to Ōita, which is considered his hometown and listed as such on the "banzuke" ranking sheets. When he was eleven, his mother remarried, to a local businessman. (In May 2009, Chiyotaikai finally adopted his mother's remarried surname of Sudō as his own.) He was an enthusiastic player of baseball and soccer as well as martial arts. He
2009 in Shooto held on March 8, 2009 at Hirano Ward Community Hall in Osaka, Kansai, Japan. Shooto: Shooto Tradition 6 was an event held on March 20, 2009 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Shooto: Gig Torao 2 was an event held on March 22, 2009 at The Fukuyama Industrial Exchange Center in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan. Shooto: Shooting Disco 8: We Are Tarzan! was an event held on April 10, 2009 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan. Shooto: Gig Central 17 was an event held on April 12, 2009 at Asunal Kanayama Hall in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Shooto: Gig Tokyo 2 was