Ōyutaka Masachika

Ōyutaka Masachika
大豊 昌央
Personal information
BornEiji Suzuki
(1955-03-29) 29 March 1955 (age 69)
Horinouchi, Niigata, Japan
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight156 kg (344 lb)
Career
StableTokitsukaze
Record382-345-42
DebutNovember, 1973
Highest rankKomusubi (January, 1983)
RetiredJanuary, 1987
Elder nameArashio
Championships1 (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 became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Arashio.[1] He opened Arashio stable in 2002. His son fought for the stable under the shikona Chikarayama, retiring in January 2017. Arashio-oyakata reached the mandatory retirement age of 65 in March 2020, and was replaced as head coach of the stable by his most successful wrestler, maegashira Sōkokurai.[2] Sōkokurai had been expelled from sumo in 2011 for alleged match-fixing, but Arashio always stood by his wrestler, and Sōkokurai was re-admitted to sumo in 2013 after winning a court case.

Career record

Ōyutaka Masachika[3]
Year 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 wins–losses–absences    Top division champion Top division runner-up Retired Lower divisions Non-participation

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi; 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 17 August 2016.
  2. ^ "協会からのお知らせ". Nihon Sumo Kyokai (in Japanese). 26 March 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Ōyutaka Masachika Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 28 August 2012.


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