Izutsu stable
Following his retirement from active competition Tsurugamine became an elder of the Sumo Association under the "toshiyori" name of Kimigahama, and set up his own Kimigahama stable. However, he really coveted the stock of his old Izutsu stable, but was unable to come to agreement with the widow of his old boss, who had died in March 1972. In 1977 he was able to purchase the stock from former "yokozuna" Kitanofuji and became head coach of the renamed Izutsu stable. He was well-known for insisting on intense training or "keiko". His wife was the adopted daughter of the adopted daughter of the 25th "yokozuna" Nishinoumi II, who had founded Izutsu stable in 1909, and all three of his sons joined the stable as new recruits. Two of them, Sakahoko and Terao, emulated their father by having successful top division careers. He also oversaw the promotion of Kirishima to "ōzeki" in 1990. In 1994 he reached the mandatory retirement age and passed on ownership of the stable to his middle son Sakahoko. Terao founded his own Shikoroyama stable in 2004. His oldest son, who used three different shikona in his career (Fukuzono, Kakureizan and Tsurunofuji) never got beyond the "juryo" division and did not qualify to become an elder. Instead he ran a chankonabe restaurant after his retirement in 1990.