Tochihikari Masayuki
# Tochihikari Masayuki

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 was promoted to ōzeki in May 1962 alongside his stablemate Tochinoumi. 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.

Tochihikari Masayuki :

| - | Spring Haru basho, Tokyo | Summer Natsu basho, Tokyo | Autumn Aki basho, Tokyo |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1952 | x | Shinjo 2–1 | West Jonidan #24 7–1 |
| 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; P=Playoff(s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira ||||
| - | New Year Hatsu basho, Tokyo | Spring Haru basho, Osaka | Summer Natsu basho, Tokyo | Autumn Aki basho, Tokyo |
| 1953 | East Sandanme #42 7–1 | West Sandanme #16 4–4 | West Sandanme #13 7–1 | West Makushita #38 6–2 |
| 1954 | East Makushita #28 5–3 | East Makushita #18 8–0 Champion | East Jūryō #22 10–5 | West Jūryō #14 11–4 |
| 1955 | East Jūryō #8 9–6 | West Jūryō #3 15–0 Champion | East Maegashira #13 10–5 | West Maegashira #5 8–7 |
| 1956 | West Maegashira #2 7–8 ★ | West Maegashira #2 5–10 | West Maegashira #6 8–7 | West Maegashira #5 6–9 |
| 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; P=Playoff(s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira |||||

## Modern career record

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

| 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 | West Maegashira #6 12–3 | West Komusubi #1 6–9 | West Maegashira #1 5–10 ★ | Not held | East Maegashira #6 9–6 ★ | East Maegashira #2 4–11 |
| 1958 | West Maegashira #8 11–4 | East Maegashira #2 8–7 | East Komusubi #1 7–8 | East Maegashira #1 9–6 | East Komusubi #1 4–11 | East Maegashira #4 8–7 |
| 1959 | East Maegashira #1 9–6 | West Komusubi #2 9–6 | West Sekiwake #1 10–5 F | East Sekiwake #1 10–5 | East Sekiwake #1 8–7 | East Sekiwake #1 5–10 |
| 1960 | West Maegashira #1 8–7 | East Komusubi #2 8–7 | East Komusubi #1 6–9 | West Maegashira #1 7–8 | East Maegashira #1 6–9 | West Maegashira #5 6–9 |
| 1961 | East Maegashira #7 8–7 | West Maegashira #3 8–7 O★ | West Maegashira #1 8–7 | East Komusubi #2 10–5 F | West Sekiwake #1 8–7 | West Sekiwake #1 3–12 |
| 1962 | West Maegashira #4 11–4 | West Komusubi #1 10–5 O | West Sekiwake #2 13–2 O | West Ōzeki #2 11–4 | East Ōzeki #1 11–4 | West Ōzeki #1 10–5 |
| 1963 | West Ōzeki #1 9–6 | East Ōzeki #2 13–2 | East Ōzeki #1 9–6 | East Ōzeki #2 12–3 | East Ōzeki #2 6–9 | East Ōzeki #3 8–7 |
| 1964 | East Ōzeki #3 9–6 | East Ōzeki #2 4–6–5 | West Ōzeki #2 11–4 | East Ōzeki #2 12–3 | East Ōzeki #2 8–7 | West Ōzeki #2 8–7 |
| 1965 | West Ōzeki #2 11–4 | East Ōzeki #1 9–6 | West Ōzeki #1 3–6–6 | East Ōzeki #2 8–7 | West Ōzeki #1 6–9 | West Ōzeki #1 5–10 |
| 1966 | East Ōzeki #2 Retired 5–10 |
| 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; P=Playoff(s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira |||||||
