[5] Kotoshōhō withdrew on Day 10 of the May 2023 tournament due to a patellar subluxation in his left knee,[6] after having suffered eight consecutive defeats.

He won the November 2023 jūryō title–his third career title in that division–with ten wins and a playoff victory over 2023 tsukedashi entrant Ōnosato.

[9] Kotoshōhō spent 2024 competing in the maegashira ranks, securing winning records in his first four tournaments before suffering eight losses in September.

In November he won three matches before pulling out near the end of the tournament, with his medical certificate indicating a toe dislocation and avulsion fracture requiring two months of treatment.

[11] In June 2023, Kotoshōhō held a press conference at Ryōgoku Kokugikan to announce his engagement to a woman of the same age, living in Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture, to whom he proposed after the May 2023 tournament.

[14] Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Terunofuji (retired) Kotozakura Hōshōryū Ōnosato Wakamotoharu Daieishō Abi Wakatakakage Takanoshō Kirishima Tobizaru Atamifuji Gōnoyama Ōhō Shōdai Ura Hiradoumi Chiyoshōma Takayasu Ichiyamamoto Endō Mitakeumi Rōga Takarafuji Churanoumi Ōshōma Tamawashi Meisei Midorifuji Takerufuji Nishikigi Ōnokatsu Shōnannoumi Kotoshōhō Hokutofuji Kinbōzan Hakuōhō Kitanowaka Tamashōhō Kagayaki Nishikifuji Tokihayate