sentences:  Entering the January 2020 tournament as a "kadoban ōzeki", Gōeidō suffered his eighth loss in his Day 12 match against Asanoyama.He chose to retire rather than be demoted to "sekiwake" for the March 2020 tournament in his native prefecture of Ōsaka.The Sumo Association's head of Public Relations, Shibatayama Oyakata said on 27 January that he had received word of Gōeidō's decision from his stablemaster, Sakaigawa, and the following day it was confirmed that Gōeidō would be taking the "toshiyori" name of Takekuma Oyakata.