Takasago stable
Fujizakura retired in March 1985, after facing demotion to the "makushita" division. He became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association, opening up Nakamura stable in 1986, taking four "jonokuchi" ranked wrestlers from Takasago stable. He had a policy of not accepting foreign-born wrestlers or "makushita tsukedashi" entrants with a college sumo background, and encouraged his wrestlers to obtain high school diplomas by correspondence courses over the internet.