Ōyutaka Masachika

Ōyutaka Masachika
大豊 昌央
Personal information
Born Eiji Suzuki
(1955-03-29) March 29, 1955
Horinouchi, Niigata, Japan
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 156 kg (344 lb)
Career
Stable Tokitsukaze
Record 382-345-42
Debut November, 1973
Highest rank Komusubi (January, 1983)
Retired January, 1987
Championships 1 (Jūryō)
1 (Sandanme)
1 (Jonidan)
* Up to date as of August 2012.

Ōyutaka Masachika (born 29 March 1955 as Eiji Suzuki) is a former sumo wrestler from Horinouchi, Niigata, Japan. He made his professional debut in November 1973, and reached the top division in May 1982. His highest rank was komusubi. He retired in January 1987, and as of 2016 he is an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Arashio.[1] He is also the head of the Arashio stable, which he founded in 2002. His son fought for the stable under the shikona Chikarayama, retiring in January 2017.

Career record

Ōyutaka Masachika[2]
Year in sumo January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 March
Haru basho, Osaka		 May
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya		 September
Aki basho, Tokyo		 November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1973 x x x x x (Maezumo)
1974 West Jonokuchi #8
6–1
 		 West Jonidan #53
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #69
6–1
 		 West Jonidan #12
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #25
6–1
 		 West Sandanme #60
5–2
 
1975 West Sandanme #32
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #18
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #31
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #19
4–3
 		 East Sandanme #6
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #17
1–6
 
1976 East Sandanme #48
5–2
 		 West Sandanme #17
5–2
 		 East Makushita #51
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #1
5–2
 		 West Makushita #35
0–1–6
 		 West Sandanme #10
2–5
 
1977 West Sandanme #33
3–4
 		 East Sandanme #47
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 West Jonidan #2
7–0–P
Champion
 		 West Sandanme #10
3–4
 		 West Sandanme #25
3–3–1
 		 East Sandanme #38
6–1
 
1978 West Makushita #54
6–1–P
 		 East Makushita #22
4–3
 		 East Makushita #17
2–5
 		 West Makushita #37
5–2
 		 West Makushita #22
3–4
 		 West Makushita #31
6–1
 
1979 West Makushita #11
4–3
 		 East Makushita #7
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 East Makushita #37
3–4
 		 East Makushita #46
4–3
 		 East Makushita #35
4–3
 		 East Makushita #28
4–3
 
1980 East Makushita #20
3–4
 		 West Makushita #28
5–2
 		 East Makushita #15
5–2
 		 East Makushita #7
4–3
 		 East Makushita #4
4–3
 		 West Makushita #1
4–3
 
1981 East Jūryō #13
8–7
 		 West Jūryō #9
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #6
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #2
3–12
 		 West Jūryō #12
10–5
 		 West Jūryō #6
10–5
 
1982 East Jūryō #1
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #5
12–3
Champion
 		 West Maegashira #12
3–12
 		 East Jūryō #5
10–5
 		 West Maegashira #13
8–7
 		 East Maegashira #9
11–4
 
1983 West Komusubi #1
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #3
5–10
 		 East Maegashira #7
6–9
 		 East Maegashira #10
9–6
 		 West Maegashira #3
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #8
8–7
 
1984 East Maegashira #5
7–8
 		 East Maegashira #7
7–8
 		 West Maegashira #7
5–10
 		 West Maegashira #13
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #3
8–7
 		 East Jūryō #2
6–9
 
1985 East Jūryō #8
6–9
 		 East Jūryō #11
9–6
 		 West Jūryō #6
3–12
 		 West Makushita #4
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 West Makushita #44
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 West Sandanme #24
7–0
Champion
 
1986 West Makushita #28
6–1
 		 East Makushita #10
5–2
 		 West Makushita #3
2–5
 		 West Makushita #16
2–5
 		 West Makushita #36
4–3
 		 West Makushita #26
4–3
 
1987 East Makushita #21
Retired
0–0–7		 x x x x x
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up Retired Lower Divisions

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi(s); P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Oyakata (Coaches)". Nihon Sumo Kyokai. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  2. ↑ "Ōyutaka Masachika Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-08-28.


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