Retirement From Sumo
After his retirement he became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Tateyama, and worked as a coach at his old stable until it closed in 1982 due to the ill health of his old coach. He then worked at Kumagatani stable until it too shut down in 1996, upon which he was transferred to Tatsunami stable. After twenty years as an assistant coach, in May 1997 he was asked to become head coach of the Asahiyama stable after the sudden death of the previous stablemaster, ex komusubi Wakafutase, and he adopted the name Asahiyama. Daimanazuru briefly made the top division in 2006, and for a short time in 2011 Tokusegawa was a member of the stable after it absorbed Kiriyama stable, but there are no current sekitori. Asahiyama has also worked as a shimpan or judge of tournament bouts.
He has a pronounced dome on his head, due to him injecting silicone to meet the Sumo Association's height requirements when he was first recruited as a wrestler.
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