In 1998, the
Japan Sumo Association board election nominated Takadagawa as trustee. However, he did not follow the Takasago clan's candidacy and ran for office by himself, causing a dispute. Takadagawa was excommunicated from the
ichimon and the stable became independent. As he was approaching the mandatory retirement age, Maenoyama handed over control to
Futagoyama stable's former
sekiwake Akinoshima in 2009, as Akinoshima had dissension with the head coach at his stable. In 2011, the stable joined the Nishonoseki
ichimon ending nearly thirteen years of non-alignment with an ichimon. The stable did not have any
sekitori between
Dairaidō′s last appearance in
jūryō in July 2006 and the promotion of
Ryūden in September 2012, where he lasted for only one tournament before reaching
sekitoriship again in November 2016. In September 2014
Kagayaki reached
jūryō, ending Takadagawa's
sekitori drought. Kagayaki went on to reach the top
makuuchi division in January 2016, the first Takadagawa wrestler to do so since
Kenkō in 1992. Ryūden then reached the top division himself in January 2018. On 10 April 2020, the Sumo Association announced that an undisclosed wrestler had tested positive for the
coronavirus. It was later confirmed to be
Shobushi of Takadagawa Stable, a
sandanme wrestler who died from coronavirus complications on 13 May 2020. == Ring name conventions ==