Izutsu stable
Sakahoko stayed in the sumo world as an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the "toshiyori" name of Kasugayama. In 1994, when his father retired, he became Izutsu Oyakata and took over the running of Izutsu stable. The stable has one "makuuchi" wrestler as of 2019, Kakuryū, who surpassed Sakahoko and his father′s achievements by reaching the rank of "yokozuna" in March 2014. Kakuryū proved to be the only sekitori Izutsu produced, and the stable had just three wrestlers remaining at the time of his death. Izutsu also worked as a judge of tournament bouts and was a deputy Director of the Sumo Association. In May 2016 while on duty as a judge he suffered a broken thigh when Hakuhō gave Yoshikaze an extra shove after the bout was over, causing the wrestler to fall on top of him.