this tournament and dropped out due to injury. This would drop him to maegashira 10 in March, but two consecutive 8–7 winning tournaments would put him back in upper makuuchi for the July 2014 tournament. He scored 11–4 there, which returned him to sekiwake for September, but he had to miss the whole of that tournament through injury and dropped back to the maegashira ranks. Nine wins in November and nine more in January 2015 saw him back at komusubi for the March tournament where eight wins were sufficient to gain promotion to sekiwake again. He dropped back to komusubi for July, but was promoted to sekiwake for the fourth time for the September tournament. He lost his sekiwake rank in November 2015 after a poor 2–13 record, and spent 2016 in the maegashira ranks. His run of 34 consecutive tournaments ranked in the top division ended after the May 2017 tournament when he was demoted to the jūryō division. After spending two tournaments in jūryō he returned to makuuchi after the November 2017 tournament. He stood at 6–3 after nine days but then lost four bouts in a row and withdrew on Day 14 due to a left knee injury, which meant a make-koshi score and demotion back to jūryō for January 2018. He won the jūryō division championship for the third time in this tournament, defeating Hidenoumi in a playoff and ensuring another return to makuuchi. After three consecutive winning records from May to September 2018, Myōgiryū was promoted to maegashira 1 for the November tournament. On Day 2 he defeated yokozuna Kisenosato for only the fourth time in 20 meetings to earn his third career kinboshi and his first since 2013. He was promoted to komusubi in January 2019, the first time he had been ranked in san'yaku since November 2015, but fell short with a 5–10 record. In May 2019 he earned his fourth kinboshi with a defeat of Kakuryū. In January 2020 he defeated Hakuhō and Kakuryū on consecutive days, but finished with a 5–10 record. In September 2021 he was runner-up in a top division tournament for the first time, finishing on 11-4, two wins behind new Terunofuji. He was still in contention for the championship on the final day but lost his last match to Meisei. During this tournament he also defeated Takakeishō for the first time. He was awarded his sixth Technique