Kasugayama stable

In 2012 Kasugafuji stood down as head following his election to the Sumo Association's board of directors, handing over control to the former Hamanishiki of the affiliated Oitekaze stable, and remained at Kasugayama stable under the name elder name Ikazuchi.

A settlement was reached on the rent issue in 2015 with Hamanishiki agreeing to move the stable to another location with the same ward of Kawasaki.

[2] In August 2016 the court ordered that Hamanishiki pay Kasugafuji 171.6 million yen for the certificate.

[3] They also criticized him for not training or guiding his wrestlers at all during the September tournament, despite being told to after being removed as a judge in August.

The closure went ahead despite the stable's koenkai, or supporter's group, sending a petition to the Sumo Association demanding the decision be reversed, and eleven of the stable's wrestlers refusing to move to Oitekaze and instead submitting their retirement papers in protest.