In 1997 his stablemaster died suddenly and for the remainder of his career he was coached by former ozeki Daiju.
Kenji Miyazawa | Kenji Doihara | Kenji Ito | Kenji Sawada | Kenji Yoshino | Kenji Yamaoka | Kenji Ozawa | Kenji Osawa | Kenji Ogiwara | Kenji Nomura | Kenji Kosaka | Kenji Kodama | Kenji Kawakami | Kenji Kamiyama | Kenji Hatanaka | Kenji Haga |