Tochihikari Masayuki

Tochihikari Masayuki
栃光 正之
Personal information
Born	Ario Nakamura (1933-08-29)August 29, 1933 Kumamoto, Japan
Died	March 28, 1977(1977-03-28) (aged 43)
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight	128 kg (282 lb)
Career
Stable	Kasugano
Record	577-431-11
Debut	May 1952
Highest rank	Ōzeki (July 1962)
Retired	January 1966
Championships	1 (Jūryō) 1 (Makushita)
Special Prizes	Outstanding Performance (3) Fighting Spirit (2)
Gold Stars	4 Yoshibayama (2) Kagamisato Asashio
* Up to date as of October 2008.

Tochihikari Masayuki (29 August 1933 – 28 March 1977) was a sumo wrestler from Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan who reached the second highest rank of ōzeki in 1962. He joined Kasugano stable in 1952 and reached the top makuuchi division in 1955. He never won a top division championship but was a tournament runner-up four times. He fought as an ōzeki for 22 tournaments but lost the rank after recording three consecutive losing scores and immediately announced his retirement in January 1966. He became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Chiganoura. He was a judge of tournament bouts and was involved in both the incorrect decision to award a win to Toda that stopped Taiho's 45 bout winning streak in March 1969 and the famous decision in January 1972 to declare Kitanofuji the winner over Takanohana by kabai-te. He died of rectal cancer at the age of 43. His shikona of Tochihikari was subsequently used by a later wrestler from Kasugano stable, also known as Kaneshiro Kofuku.

Pre-modern career record

• In 1953 the New Year tournament was begun and the Spring tournament began to be held in Osaka.

Modern career record

• Since the addition of the Kyushu tournament in 1957 and the Nagoya tournament in 1958, the yearly schedule has remained unchanged.

See also

• Glossary of sumo terms
• List of past sumo wrestlers
• List of sumo tournament second division champions
• List of ōzeki

References

External links

• Career record