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 12 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 was a tournament runner-up four times. He fought as an ōzeki for 22 tournaments and retired in 1966. He became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Chiganoura. His shikona of Tochihikari was subsequently used by a later wrestler from Kasugano stable, also known as Kaneshiro Kofuku.

Pre-modern career record

Tochihikari Masayuki[1]
- Spring
Haru basho, Tokyo
Summer
Natsu basho, Tokyo
Autumn
Aki basho, Tokyo
1952 x Shinjo
21
 
West Jonidan #24
71
 
- New Year
Hatsu basho, Tokyo
Spring
Haru basho, Osaka
Summer
Natsu basho, Tokyo
Autumn
Aki basho, Tokyo
1953 East Sandanme #42
71
 
West Sandanme #16
44
 
West Sandanme #13
71
 
West Makushita #38
62
 
1954 East Makushita #28
53
 
East Makushita #18
80
Champion

 
East Jūryō #22
105
 
West Jūryō #14
114
 
1955 East Jūryō #8
96
 
West Jūryō #3
150
Champion

 
East Maegashira #13
105
 
West Maegashira #5
87
 
1956 West Maegashira #2
78
West Maegashira #2
510
 
West Maegashira #6
87
 
West Maegashira #5
69
 
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion 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

Modern career record

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
1957 East Maegashira #6
123
 
West Komusubi #1
69
 
West Maegashira #1
510
Not held East Maegashira #6
96
East Maegashira #2
411
 
1958 West Maegashira #8
114
 
East Maegashira #2
87
 
East Komusubi #1
78
 
East Maegashira #1
96
 
East Komusubi #1
411
 
East Maegashira #4
87
 
1959 East Maegashira #1
96
 
West Komusubi #2
96
 
West Sekiwake #1
105
F
East Sekiwake #1
105
 
East Sekiwake #1
87
 
East Sekiwake #1
510
 
1960 West Maegashira #1
87
 
East Komusubi #2
87
 
East Komusubi #1
69
 
West Maegashira #1
78
 
East Maegashira #1
69
 
West Maegashira #5
69
 
1961 East Maegashira #7
87
 
West Maegashira #3
87
O
West Maegashira #1
87
 
East Komusubi #2
105
F
West Sekiwake #1
87
 
West Sekiwake #1
312
 
1962 West Maegashira #4
114
 
West Komusubi #1
105
O
West Sekiwake #2
132
O
West Ōzeki #2
114
 
East Ōzeki #1
114
 
West Ōzeki #1
105
 
1963 West Ōzeki #1
96
 
East Ōzeki #2
132
 
East Ōzeki #1
96
 
East Ōzeki #2
123
 
East Ōzeki #2
69
 
East Ōzeki #3
87
 
1964 East Ōzeki #3
96
 
East Ōzeki #2
465
 
West Ōzeki #2
114
 
East Ōzeki #2
123
 
East Ōzeki #2
87
 
West Ōzeki #2
87
 
1965 West Ōzeki #2
114
 
East Ōzeki #1
96
 
West Ōzeki #1
366
 
East Ōzeki #2
87
 
West Ōzeki #1
69
 
West Ōzeki #1
510
 
1966 East Ōzeki #2
Retired
5100
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion 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. "Tochihikari Masayuki Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-26.


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