 He opened up his own training stable, Kitanoumi-"beya", taking several wrestlers from Mihogaseki stable who had already been under his wing.Kitanoumi stable is one of the largest in sumo, and has produced a handful of top division wrestlers over the years, such as "maegashira" Ganyū, Kitazakura and Kitataiki.He also inherited Russian wrestler Hakurozan, who joined the stable in 2006.