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
Miyabiyama Tetsushi slap downs, "hiki otoshi" and "hatakikomi". Like most "oshi" specialists, he was at a disadvantage if his opponents managed to grab hold of his "mawashi" or belt. At , he was the heaviest man in the top division from the retirement of his stablemate Musashimaru in November 2003, until the arrival of the (now retired) Yamamotoyama in 2009. Miyabiyama was married in 2008 to a 24-year-old former office worker from Kurume, Fukuoka, and their wedding reception was held in June 2009 with 450 guests including his stablemaster Musashigawa Oyakata attending. In June 2013 his second eldest son died. In February